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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1911

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

For some reason or other people did not enthuse much over the proposed meeting at Newcastle on Saturday between Joe Shakespeare and Bob Whitelaw, and owing…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 2

Mt. Olive C.C. met and defeated Ravensworth C.C. at Mt. Olive on Saturday last. Ravensworth second 15 runs for eight wickets, and Mt. Olive put on…

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Tennis Championship

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 3

London, Saturday.-A F. Wilding, the New Zealand tennis player, has won the championship singles at Mentone, defeating Decugis. The scores were: 6-2, 6-3,…

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Lawn Tennis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 5

Wilding and Ritchie had a walkover in the final 'round of the open doubles at the Riviera lawn tennis championship tournament, as H. and R. Kleinschroth scratched…

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Association, Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 5

In the association football match England three goals defeated Wales, nil…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 7

Billy Hannan has accepted the challenge issued by Peter Cook, and articles will be signed without delay. Hannan and Dave Mookin, with whom he recently fought a…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 7

A meeting of the Morpoth Rugby Union Club will be held in the Temperance Hall, Morpoth, on Friday night, when members will be enrolled for the coming season. All…

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Jerry's Plains Races

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

The Jerry's Plains Amateur Race Club held a race meeting on Saturday last The attendance was not as large as usual, owing to the threatening…

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University Amateur Boxing. Australian Winner London, Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 5

Mr. R. C. Larking a Melbourne student at Oxford University won the middle. weight inter-University boxing championship…

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Swimming

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 4

Cecil Healy, who has occupied a prominent place in Sydney swimming for many years, has made up his mind to give up active racing. Few have kept…

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Fatal Boxing Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 5

Victor Gleeson, who was knocked out in a boxing contest at Waterloo last night, is dead. His opponent, Jack Whittaker, has been arrested charged with causing the death…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 4

The match between South Africa and South Australia at Adelaide resulted in a win for South Africa by six wickets. The following players will represent…

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Football. Eastern Division Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the Eastern Division Football Club was held last evening in Winchester's Rooms. There was an excellent attendance, presided over by…

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Bulbs in Bowls

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

The bowls for bulbs (states the English "Journal of Horticulture") should be shallow. It is surprising what a charming effect can be obtained by…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

Mr. D.L. B. Glasheen, Sccretary of the Hunter District Cricket 'Association, has been notified by Mr. P. K. Bowden, sccretary of the N.S.W. Cricket Association, of…

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The Fatal Boxing Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

Jack Whittaker, who was arrested on a charge of causing the death of the boxer Victor Jacobsen(otherwise Gleeson), was allowed bail to-day. The other parsons arrested in connection with the affair…

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Bowls. Arnott Shield Compeittion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

In the match Maitland v. Waratah, at Waratah, the following plavers will journey to Waratah on Saturday:- Oakes, Kerr, Poulton, Hill, Rourke, Clarke, Drew,…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 7

Billy Hannan and Peter Cook will box the best of 20 rounds in Maitland Town Hall on the evening of April 7 for a sidebet of £10 each and a division of the…

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Maitland's Swimming Champion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

Some very sincere friends and well-wishers of Mr. Arthur Wilks, the 220 yards country champion swimmer of New South Wales, entertained him at Miss Edwards' refreshment…

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