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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1913

1,932 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 97

General Cable News. Championship Golf. Paris. July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 5

Lord Charles Hope won the amateur golf championship, heating lassen at the 37th hole after a tie…

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Lawn Tennis. the Doubles Championship. London. July 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 2

In the challenge round of the All-England Championship Doubles, Roper-Barrett and C.P.Dixon (England) successfully defended their title defeating F.W.Rahe…

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Athletics. Running Record. London. July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 2

Applegarth won the 220 yards athletic championship in 21 3-5sec.—a British record…

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Swimming

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 4

San Franeisco, Saturday.—Duke Kahanmoku, of Hawaii, 'won the 100 yards swimming race in 51 3.5sec. He also won the 75 yards race in 39 4,5sec., both…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 4

Jerry Jerome boat Harry Mansfield in 11 rounds at Brisbane on Saturday night. Mansfield's is seconds threw in the towel…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 4
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In the metropolitan first grade Rugby League competition on Saturday, Newtown beat Eastern Suburbs 14 points to 11, in the presence of 20,000 spectators…

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Foot Ball League Rugby Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 7

Cessnock Seniors trounced Kurri on Saturday last to the tune of 28 to 4, principally due to the poor defence of the red, white, and blue brigade. There was a better…

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Lawn Tennis. London, July 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 5

In the final for the All-England Plate, F. Lowe beat Roc. 8-10, 6-3, 6-3…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 2

A competition match was played on the local Show ground on Saturday between the Miners and Scone A. team and resulted in a victory for…

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Boxing, Clarke Defeats Cox

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 7

Jack Clarke, of. St. Peters, and Billy Cox, of .Newtown, each weighing. 9st 7lb met at the Newtown Railway and Tramway Club's Stadium on Monday night The building…

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Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 7

The Hunter team to piny against New at Newcastle on Saturday has been slightly altered. B. Redding is unable to play owing to an injured ankle, his place…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 2

Following will represent Singleton [?] v. Kurri Knrri at Maitland on Saturday next team to to leave by 12.45 p.m. train:—D. Whitten, J. Burn., A…

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Bowls Central Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 4

At Hamilton green:—Sums, G. Edwards, Edwards, Goodman; H. Pain, G. Galton J[?] Poulton, R,Galton; G. Norman C. Wil[?] Nicholls, Williams…

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Boxing. Burns v. SMITH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 7

Week Burns, the Sydney lightweight met Robin South, the English fighter at the Olympie Stadium, Brisbane on Wednesday night. In the ninth round Burns proved his…

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Inter-university Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 5

Cambridge University beat Oxford Univer-sity by four wickets, largely through two steady innings of 71 and 45 by Sugden. Fraser played for Oxford, and G. A. Fairbairn…

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Football ' Hunter District Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 7

At the weekly meeting of the Hunter Ruby Union, Mr. G. Ferris presided over a very large attendance. The Muswellbrook. Club asked for a…

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Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 7

The fastest, brightest, and best match of the season, is what is expected on the Maitland Park to-morrow afternoon, between East End team had the undefenti[?]d Newcastle City. It…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 2

Scone ana Muswellbrook A's meet in a competition match on the latter's ground to-morrow: and Scone and A'berdeen B's on the local…

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Lawn Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 2

In the challenge round of the lawn tennis singles championship at Wimbledon on Saturday, A. F. Wilding, of New Zealand, the holder, defeated M. E…

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