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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Aberdeen Pony Races

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

The following are the weights alloted in connection with the Aberdeen Pony Races to take place to-day(Saturday):—Maiden'Plate, 14,2 and under, 4 furlongs…

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Latest Sporting News. Moorefield Races Postponed. Sydney. Saturday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 5

Rain fell throughout the morning, and the race meeting at Moorefiled has been postponed until Tuesday…

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Football. Saturday's Matches. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 7

Saturday's games leave the competition in an even more interesting condition than it was before. North Newcastle and East End (Maitland), who occupied first and…

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Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 7

Rain, and plenty of it, always minimises the quantity and spoils the quality of any outdoor sport, and while this applies to football as much as to any branch of sport, there…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 4

An interesting match was played at Victoria Square on Saturday afternoon, under the auspicious of the Hunter District League Union. The contestants were Singleton and…

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Moorefield Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 5

Moorefield races have been further postponed till Thursday…

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Boxing. Boxers for Australia. Milwaukee. July 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 7

Buck Croouse, of Pittsburg (middleweight), Packy Macfarland, George CHip (middleweight), Tom M'Mahon (lightweight), and Dan Daly, are shortly…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Hunter Rugby Union was held last evening. There was a good attendance. A communication fom the Union's…

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Sporting. COURSING

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

Owing to the continuous rain, and the resultant scarcity of hares, Mr. Thos. O'Brien, the promoter, announces that the coursing sweepstakes…

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Boxing. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 5

Bob Fraser, of Melbourne, defeated Barney Ireland, the New Zealand middleweight, on points after a 20 rounds contest…

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Boxing. Probable Local Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 7

There is every likelihood that Phillips Brothers will arrange some excellent matches between leading boxers in the very near future. On Monday evening they…

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Injury at Football

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, while playing with Singleton team in the football match against on Victoria Square, a young fellow named H. Winsor,…

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Gresford Pony Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 4

The race meeting of Gresford Pony Club has, owing to rain, been postponed until a future date (to be advertised), and time for receipt of nominations has been extended…

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CRICKET. Close Game With Sussex

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

The match between Australia and Sussex was continued on Friday and Saturday last, resulting a draw, after ono of the best games of the tour…

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Moorefield Races Postponed. Owing to Rain. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

The Moorfield races, which had been postponed from Saturday last till tomorrow (Tuesday), have been further postponed till Thursday next, owing to…

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Races Postponed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 2

Owing to the racecourse being partly under water, it has been found necessary to postpone until the 10th August the Muswellbrook Jockey Club's races,…

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Boxing Championship. Johnson Retires Chicago, July 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 5

Jack Johnson has announced that he has finished boxing, as the price he wants. he has not retired in favour of anyone…

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Lawn Tennis Championship. Lake Forest (Iii.), July 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 5

Maurice McLoughlin has retained the Western American lawn tennis championship, by defeating T. C. Bunty; 8-10, 6-l, 6-4, 6-4…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 7

The City and Suburban Rugby Union team to play Maitland on the Albion Ground on Saturday has been chosen as follow:—Sewell (Eblana), Tallby, Hay (Manly Surf…

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Swimming

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 4

A London cable, dated Tuesday, says: —Miss Fanny Durack, the Sydney swimmer, who was one of the Australian team at the Olympic competitions, in which…

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