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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1913

1,932 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 97

Boxing in New Zealand. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 5

Murphy out-pointed Hock Keys in a 20-rounds' contest at Wellington, New Zealand…

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Cricket Lorn Junior Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 7

Last evening the first general meeting or the Lorn Junior Cricket Club was held in Fatzeus' Hall, when there was a good attendance. The chair was occupied by Mr. Geo…

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Lawn Tennis. New York, Aug, 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 2

Maurice M'Loughlin has retained the lawn tennis championsip of the United States by defeating Norris Williams, of Philadelphia, in the final…

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Football Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 7

The Hunter Rugby Union had made all arrangements for a visit to-morrow from the Central Northern Union (Tamworth), but this morning: the local secretary (Mr…

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Bowls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 7

The following players will take part in a rink tournament on the Central green on Saturday afternoon:—Crockett, Davey, Nicholls, Bolt; Sams, Johns, Eldridge, J. Pain;…

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Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 7

If any doubts as to the popularity of the junior football existed in the minds of the League executive, they were undoubtedly dispelled on Saturday last by the…

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Football

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 2
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

For the first time for a number of years a Raymond Terrace football team has managed to run into the final match of the season. They met and defeated the…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 7
Also in The Scone Advocate

At the annual meeting of the Mulbring Cricket Club, which was held on Tuesday evening it was again decided to affiliate with the Maitland District Junior Cricket Association,…

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County Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 5

H. T. W. Hardinge, playing for Kent v. Middlesex, at Lords, scored 110, completing his 2000 runs in first-class cricket this season…

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The Turf Wyong Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 7

The gales and "winds which shook the barley" during the flood in May played sad havoc with Wyong Park racecourse, but the club, which has its headquarters down in the pretty…

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Scone Cricket Club. Annual Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above was held at the Willow Tree Hotel on Saturday night last, when Mr. A. Smith (Vice-President) occupied the…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

That sterling young idol of the "stoushing" crowd, Les Darey, was last night matched to meet Joe. Shakespear the best of 20 rounds at Jack Andrews' stadium here…

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Rugby Football. Ns. Wales V. New Zealand. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 5

The scores at half time in the Rugby League match at Auckland this afternoon were New South Wales 11, Auckland nil…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

The following team has been chosen to represent the Miners and B team in a match with the A team on the Show Ground this afternoon:—W Kendall, W Smith, R…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 7

A remarkable performance has been this week by H. T. W. Hurdinge, of Kent. He has scored four centuries in succession, a feat only three…

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Boxing. Evernden Stops Picato

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 15

The contest staged at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night was strenuous and full of incident, and, by stopping Flank Pieato in a dozen rounds, the English welter-weight,…

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