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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1911

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Bowls. Maitland Bowling Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 7

Thursday next being Anniversary Day, Mr. G. Rourke has very kindly come forward with a trophy to provide a day's enjoyment for the members on the park, where…

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Swimming

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

The Australasian swimming championship meeting was commenced at Brisbane on Saturday. H. H. Hardwick (N.S.W.) won the 220 yards championship in 2min…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury, The Scone Advocate

Jimmy Clabby and Ray Bronson, the two clever American boxers, left for London on Saturday. Billy Papke, the world's middle-weight…

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Sporting. SWIMMING

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

The Australasian swimming championship meeting was commenced at Brisbane on Saturday. H. H. Hardwick (N.S.W.) won…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

The inter-State match, New South Victoria, commences Sydney on Thursday. Owing to the unsettled weather…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 7

The two big Mikes—Mick Ryan and Mike Williams—will have a lash at one another at Gunnedah to-morrow night, a circumstance which will doubt less occasion a good deal of…

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Cricket on the Albion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 4

A match will be played on the Albion Ground to-mmorrow (Anniversary Day) between Newcastle and MAitland teams. Play commences at ten o'clock…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 3

Following will represent Maerannie against Bulga at Victoria Square' on Saturday, play to commence at 11.30 a.m.:— Council (3), Brooker, Holmwood,…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 4

The next match on the programme of the South Africans is to be played tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday at Hamilton (Victoria)…

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General Gables. Boxing Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 3

Harry Lewis beat Johnny Summers at the Olympia in the fourth round…

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The Turf. Bandwick Races Postponed, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 2

Owing to heavy rain, the A.J.C.'S Anniversary Day meeting at Randwick had to be postponed until Monday…

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Local and General News. Athletic Club's Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 2

The sports which were to be held in east Maitland to-day. under the auspices of the Athletic Club. were postponed in consequence of the wet weather until a…

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Athletics

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 4

A cablegram from Capetown announces that Jack Donaldson, the Victorian athlete, ran 150, yards at Kimberley on Saturday in 14sec…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 7

A message from Vancouver says:—Ted Nelson the Australian welter-weight, has decided to return to Sydney with a view to seeking a match Dave Smith. The…

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Cricket. the Triangular Tests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 7

Next year in England should produce some of the finest cricket ever played. Three great teams will be fighting for the cricket supremacy of the world. It is to be…

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Interstate Cricket. Victoria v. New South Wales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 5

The above match, which should have commenced on the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday, but which was interfered with by the rain, began to-day. The weather was beautiful…

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Telegraphic News. Cricket. Victoria V.n.s.wales. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 2

FORMER, 3 out for 84. Trumper, 4 ; Kelleway, 24; Macartney, 0; Bardsley, 45; and Barbour 6. Both batting…

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