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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1914

2,002 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 101

Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 7

On the Maitland Park yesterday Maitland High School A beat Fort-street A (Sydney) by 18 points to 6. Trenerry, Tremaine, Whiteley, and Clark scored tries for High…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury, Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Two matches were played at Victoria Square, Singleton, on Saturday, under the auspices of the Huntor District League Association.In C grade…

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Lawn Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2

A Waverley (Sydney) team paid a visit to Scone, and played the Scone and played the Scone Club on Saturday and yesterday. The visitors…

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Football Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 6

The principal football match played in connection with the sports was that between Central Newcastle and a team from the Hunter District Rugby League. The…

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Boxing. Bell and Jeanette

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 7

The most astounding thing about the contest at Premierland last night, between the coloured heavyweight, Joe Jeanette, and the Australian, Colin Bell, was the referee's…

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Missing Racing Pony. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 5

A sensational affair is reported from Melbourne. According to the story told to the police a racing pony called "If" was taken out of its box last night, being led from…

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The Turf. Newcastle Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 7

Extremely fortunato in the past, Newcastle Jockey Club is now "getting a bit of the dirt," to use the vernacular of turflness. Its great annual carnival was…

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Sporting. Football. Scone v.ABERDEEN

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2

Scone and Aberdeen met on the local ground on Saturday in a com-petition match on Saturday last, the home men winning a…

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County Cricket. London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 5

Sussex playing Worcestershire at Worcester scored 526 for four wickets and declared the innings closed. V. C. W. Jupps scored 217 not out…

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Football Riot. Scene at Melbourne Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2

During the football match between Richmond and Melbourne at the Richmond ground on Monday, two of the spectators started to fight, and a crowd gathered round…

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League Football 49,000 People Present. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2

There were 40,000 people present to winess the second match between the English team and New South. Wales, under Rugby League rules. The ground…

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Football. Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 7

Last night's meeting of the Hunter District Rugby League was a very large and enthusiastic one. Mr. James Mudd presided in the absence of Mr. D. J. Ryan…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 7
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Sydney Hagerty met Frank O'Grady at Wellington (N.Z.) for the New Zealand lightweight championship. Hagerty won in the 12th round. O'Grady's seconds…

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A Lady Football Umpire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 4

A novel scone was witnessed by n fair number of spectators at a football match played on Saturday between the Clyde Juniors and Tooradin Juniors, at Clyde (says…

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Lawn Tennis. Hard Court Championships. Paris, June 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 2

In the final of the singles for the world's hard court championship, A. F. Wilding defeated Count Salm, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4. In the final of the doubles, M. De Cugis and…

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County Cricket. Essex Thrashes Surrey. London, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 5

Essex playing Surrey on the Oval inflicted a most decisive defeat on the home team, which scored 132 in its first and 86 in its second innings. Essex in the first innings…

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Tammany Hall Methods. Amateurism. Dead Men's Votes. New York, June 8. Teachers of Swimming. Budapest, June 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 2

The District Attorney, Mr. Whitman, has drawn up 88 indictments against election officials connected with Tammany Hall for using the names of dead men during the elections. The International Amateur Swimming Federation has replied in the negative to the Australian question as to whether a swimming organiser and instructor, paid by an…

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