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Sport, 1910

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 8

Dave Smith, the Australian middle-weight champion, met Billy Papke. world's middle-weight champion. at the Stadium in Sydney on Monday night. Each weighed list. [?]…

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Morpeth Regatta, a Record Attendance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 4

Though a great crowed of people from different parts of the district journeyed to the seaside yesterday. a sufficient numbers patronised the rega[?] at Morpeth, as…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 8

There were thirty two football deaths last vear in the United States—understood to be the nighest figure ever recerded. in spite of the fac[?] that certain specially deadly devices had…

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Boxing in Brisbane. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 5

At Brisbane to-day Whiting, of Melbourne, defeated the aboriginal Jerry Jerome in twenty rounds on Points…

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Cricket. Maitland v. DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 8

The match played on the A[?]ion Ground yesterday between Maitland and Dungog teams was won by the former by 23 runs, Dungog, in response to Maitland 165…

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Boxing Contest. Lang Defeats Burns. London, Monday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 5

Over 5000 spectators watched the contest between Lang and Jack Burns. La[?] attacked strongly from the start, and led well in the first, round. In the second sound several…

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Interstate Cricket Matches. New South Wales v. VICTORIA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 5

New South Wales and Victoria continued their match in Melbourne yesterday. Victoria had lost two wickets for 93 at the luncheon adjournment, Ransford being 33. On…

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Swimming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 2

Young Wilks, of Maitland (says a writer in the "Reference) is determined to make as good as possible in the swimming world. and there are people—[?]. all bad judges,…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 2

Tommy Burns evidently thinks a great deal of the heavyweight boxer, Jack Lester, whom the cable recently informed us he had unearthed in Seattle, where the…

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The Art of Swimming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 4

The Christmas season is providing its usual crop of holiday bathing fatalities. Some of these no doubt result from recklessness and venturesomeness, some probably from…

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Cricket. Bendeich's Team v. PATERSON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 2

All very interesting cricket match was played on the Paterson cricket ground on Monday between the local players and "Bendeich's team, which resulted in a win for…

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Interstate Cricket. New South Wales v. VICTORIA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 5

New South Wales and Victoria continued their match in Melbourne yesterday. New South Wales' second innings closed for 382, leaving Victoria 462 to get to win. Trumper…

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The Holiday in England. Football Enthusiasm. London, Dec. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 5

Hank Holiday (Boxing Day) was dull, though without rain. Hundreds of thousands of people from the north attended the football match. Fifty thousands inmates of workhouses…

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Athletics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 2

At the Sydney Sports Ground, on Monday night, Jimmie Fitzgerald proved beyond doubt that he is much too good for the professional distance men of this State. In the race set…

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Swimming

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 3

Arthur Wilks, Maitland's promising swimmer, left for Sydney to-day, and will remain there until after the Australian carnivals. Wilks intends to strain every…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

The fight between "Cyclone" Thompson, of America, and Tim Land, of Australia, took place at the Stadium, Rushcutter's Bay, last night, and caused more excitement than…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 4

Playing for Wellington on Monday, Saunders, the one-time Victorian, secured six wickets for 61, and thus had a big hand In dismissing Auckland for 154…

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Bowls. Maitland v. WARATAH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 3

The following have been selected to meet the waratah Club on the park next Saturday afternoon:— Rourke, Bolt, Drew Hayes; Mrshall, McLennan, Gash, Bowden, Oakes…

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Accident at Glen Innes Races

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at the Glen lnnes races on Tuesday. Just as the horses were approaching the winning post in the Welter Handicap, Portunus fell,…

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