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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1912

2,020 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 101

Pony Races

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 2

Muswellbrook Pony Racing Club will hold its first race meeting on the Recreation Reserve on Saturday, 25th May, when £35 will be given away in prize money…

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Triangular Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 3

London, Wednesday.—It has been decided that C. B. Fry will captain the Englishmen in the test matches. The Australians are carrying out…

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Jerry's Plains Races

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 4

The Jerry's Plains Amateur Race Club will conduct another of its popular reunions to-day (Saturday). All the events have filled in an excellent…

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Athletics. Cessnock Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 7

An attractive programme of athletic sports and cycling events has been prepared for decision at Cessnock on June 3. the meeting has been registered under the New…

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Athletics. Ascot Handicap

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 15

There was an excellent attendance at the Ascot Running Ground on Saturday evening, when Messrs. Mangan and Daunt ran off another of their popular sprint handicaps…

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Football. Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 7

The Hunter District Rugby League opened its season on the Maitland Park on Saturday afternoon. The principal match was that between Kurri Kurri and Maitland…

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Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 7

On the Show Ground, East Newcastle, after leading by 8 to nil at half-time, beat West End (Maitland) by 14 points to 6. Chambers (2), Bridson, and Neve scored…

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Boxing. Keller Beats Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 7

At Sydney Stadium on Saturday night, Terry Keller, the American boxer, defeated Tim Land, the stiff-legged dairyman, on points after a very uninteresting contest…

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Jerry's Plains Amateur Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

The Jerry's Plains Amateur Race Club was favoured with beautiful weather and a very large attendance for its meeting on Saturday last. There were visitors from Singleton…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Trial Football Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 4

There was a fairly large attendance of the public on the Rawson-street reserve on Saturday, where a trial football, match took place between Kurri (C grade) and South…

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Triangular Cricket. South Africa v. Derbyshire. Rain Prevents Play. London, May 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 5

Rain prevented the commencement of play in the match between South Africa v Derbyshire, at Derby, yesterday. At 3.30 stumps were drawn for the day…

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The Effects of Strenuous Athletics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 6

The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of she American Navy has come to the conclusion that spectaculor and competitive athletics are undesirable. It is held that the…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 7

At the meeting of the Hunter Rugby Union last evening, at which there was a very large attendance, arrangements were made for commencing the competitions on…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 7

At Inverell W. Broadley defeated Ginger Bolton in three rounds. Talking about Johnson avoiding Langford and McVea, an English authority points out…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

A general meeting of the local club is convened for Thursday evening next, at the Railway Hotel. A North Newcastle team defeated…

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Newcastle Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 7

The following entries have been received for the Newcastle Cup meeting, to take place on Saturday and Wednesday, May 18th and 22nd:—…

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Sporting. CRICKET

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

The Australians were to have opened their tour in England on Saturday with a match against Notts, hut rain prevented ploy. The same element delayed…

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A Frenchman's Idea of Golf

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 4

"But your game of golf! Oh, yes, I know him. You put on the tunic red, so red as the Ingleesh rosbif underneath-done. You strap your sack of bended-head sticks on the…

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Totalisator Commission. Country Racing Man's Opinion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 7

The Royal Commission inquiring into the totalisator sat at Parliament House, Sydney, on Monday, Mr. R. H. Levien in the chair…

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Triangular Cricket. South Africa v. Darbyshire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

London, Sunday.—Rain prevented the commencement of play in the match between South Africa v- Derbyshire, at Derby, yesterday. At 3.30 stumps were…

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