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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1912

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County Cricket. London, July 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 5

In the match against Warwickshire, North Hants only scored 53. Foster took 5 wickets for 22. G. L. Jessop. the Gloucestershire captain,…

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Boxing. Kauffman-miller Bout Postponed. San Francisco. July 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 7

Al. Kauffman has become unexpectedly ill, and the fight which had been fixed between him and Charley Miller for July 31 has been postponed…

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Imperial Cricket Conference. Programme Forecasted. London, Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 5

The Imperial Cricket Conference deferred until the necessity arises, the consideration of a method of arriving at a final result in the triangular cricket contest…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 4

Following will represent Singleton v. Kurri Kurri, at Kurri on Saturday next: -Full-back, R. Houston; three-quarters, J. Johnson, V. Simpson, R. Eather, K…

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The Game of Bowls

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 2

A meeting of the recently-formed Bowling Club was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. The President (the Mayor, Alderman H…

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County Cricket. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 5

Warwickshire defeated Northamptonshire, which was leading in the country championship, by 305 runs…

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Coursing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

Mr. T. O'Brien is out with anothear open-paddock sweepstakes to be run at Wingen, on Saturday 3rd August, when followers of the…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 7

Jack M'Gowall, the noted boxer, died in the Melbourne Hospital on Thursday, aged 40. At the. conclusion of sparring at the Melbourne Athletic Rooms the previous day, he…

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Bowls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

In accordance with, a recommendation from a sub-committee the recently formed bowling club has decided to purchase three blocks of land at the corner of Pitt and…

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Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 7

The grand benefit programme to be submitted by the H.D.R.F. Union on the Albion Ground to-morrow is one that appeals strongly: to all patrons of Rugby Union. The…

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Tennis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

The Munni Club has not been opposed in a tennis match for some weeks, so I expect that most of the players will be a bit stale when…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

The Scone fifteen are down to visit Murrurundi to-morrow, and should victory rest with them, the U.H.F.A. premiership is theirs…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

The Australians have once more demonstrated their superiority over their colonial cousins. Commencing with 1910-11 season in Australia, the…

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Rugby League. To-morrow's Programme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 7

Fine weather! This is all that the officials of tho Hunter League require to make, the football they are placing before the Maitland public, to-morrow afternoon acceptable in…

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Football. To-morrow's Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 7

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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General Cable News. London, July 18. BOWLS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 5

The Now South Wales bowlers defeated Trinity Club, Leith by 75 points to [?] and the match against Kirkcaldy resulted in a win for the visitor by 86 points to 74…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus, The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Cox, the North Coast champion, defeated Hickman, the South Coast champion, on a foul in the fourth round. Cox now intends to challenge Bill Lang for the Australian…

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