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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1912

2,020 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 101

Football. Rugby League. Executive Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the executive of the Hunter District Rugby League was held at Edwards" rooms, High-street, last evening. Mr. D. J. Ryan, chairman of the…

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Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 7

The New South Wales team, which is to meet Queensland at Brisbane on Saturday, met a Northern team in Newcastle yesterday. The visitors won by 25 points to 3…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 4

Gilbert and Darmody, the South Sydney Rugby League prayers, who toured Great Britain with the victorious Kangaroos, will leave Sydney on July 2 to…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 4

Mr P. A. M'Alister, one of the Australian selectors and the well known Victorian cricketer, was entertained at a smoke social on Saturday evening, and…

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Bowls. Arnott's Rink v. MAITLAND

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 7

The return match between two rinks selected by Mr L. Arnott and two rinks from the Maitland Club, was played on the City green, Newcastle, yesterday, when the game…

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The Scone Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 8

A number of local sportsmen who went to Scone yesterday speak warmly of the excellence of the racing, the management, and the day's enjoyment…

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Athletics

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 4

A footrace took place at Cessnock on Saturday evening last, between Stan. Morriss, of Cessnock, and Eddie Redgrove, of Greta. The conditions of the…

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To-morrow' Matches. Rugby Union. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 7

The H.D.R.F Union is continuing the competitions in the different grades with matches on the Albion Ground, and at Newcastle to-morrow. The piece de resistance…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 7
Also in Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser

Club secretaries are notified that teams for insertion in Friday's "Mercury" must reach this office not later than 12 o'clock…

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Sporting. Lawn Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 2

A tennis match was played at Tarn Hall on 15th ult., between Bunnan Club add Tara Hall, which resulted in a win for the former by 17 games. Too much…

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Rugby League. Hatches for Saturday and

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 7

The matches that are set down for decision on the West Maitland Park to-morrrow afternoon give promise of excellent football and week by week the Maitland…

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General Cable News. Tennis. London, June 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 5

Motors. A. W. Gore and A. H. Lowe complete the English team to take part in the lawn tennis contest for the Davis Cup…

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Too Much Cricket. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 5

An active newspaper correspondence is going on with regard to the warning given by the small public attendances at the cricket matches. The general opinion is that there is…

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"Sold Like Slaves." Football Platers' Transfers Important Test Case

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 6

May a first-class football club, reasonably and legally, place such & prohibitive transfer fee on the head of a player who is not playing for them as to…

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Football. Monday's Match. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 7

As advertised in another part of this issue the H.D.R.F. Union is catering largely for its patrons on Prince of Wales Birthday (Monday next), and the bill of fare is such…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 7

The proposed match between Boh. Whitelaw and Arthur Douglas is off, trouble having arisen over Whitelaw desiring to have a side wager of [?]25 posted before he signed articles…

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Racing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 2

The programme of Aberdeen Amateur Race Club's Scone Hospital Bene fit race meeting is advertised in this issue, and the attention of…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 2

An A grade competition football match will be played on the Show ground to-day, between Muswellbrook and Murrurundi clubs. Play starts at…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 3

A well known cricket connoisseur (Mr J. C. Waine). who is at present in England furnished a Sydney correspondent with a vivid description of Macartney's…

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