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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1914

2,002 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 101

Lawn Tennis. London, July 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 5

In his singles with Brookes, Beamish was very nervous and he lost many points through double faults. He kept up strong drives on Brookes weak…

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Boxing. Colin Bell's Defeat. London, Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 7

At the outset of the flight with Wells at the Olympia, Bell made it clear he had thought out a plan of campaign and that it was based on what Carpenter and others…

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Boxing. Colin Bell Defeated. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 2

Bombardier Wells knocked out Colin Bell in the second round last night. The Australian gave a wretched exhibition. There was a big attandance,…

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County Cricket. London. Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 5

Sussex v. Notts at Brighton replied to one latter's three for 501 declared with 499. Chaplin was 203. not out. Notts in the second attempt scored 198 for three wickets and the…

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Rugby League Football. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 5

Enormous interest is being manifested in Laneashire and Yorkshire in the third and final test match between the team touring Australian and the Australians The…

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Boxing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

M'Goorty and Clabby meet at the Stadium to-morrow night. Johnson has arranged to meet Langford in October. Johnson is…

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Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 7

The attendances which have greeted the matches net down by the officials of the Hunter Rugby Union are very gratfying indeed, but it will be admitted that the…

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Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 7

The programme of matches arranged to be played on the Albion Ground to-morrow afternoon by the Hunter Rugby League is one of the finest yet submitted for public…

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Rugby Test Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 5

Mr. Larkin, secretary of the Rugby League, cabled last night to the secretary of the English Northern Union explaining the situation, and this morning he received…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 7
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Club secretaries are informed that teams for insertion in Friday's issue must reach this office not later than 12 o'clock…

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Gloucester Races

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 10

For some time past an energetic committee have been working hard to obtain sufficient funds to build a cottage hospital…

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Newcastle Races

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

The Newcastle club's Prince of Wales Birthday meeting took place on Monday last Charter Laddie won the Prince of Wales Handicap,…

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Sporting. CRICKET

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

Writing in the London "Badminton Magazine," G. A. Faulkner, the famous South African cricketer, expresses the opinion…

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Governor at Goat Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 6

Arthur Sinnley Governor of Victoria [?] attend a goat race at Wangratin [?] The race is to be the feature [?]carnival on the district…

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Great Football Match at Weston

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 3

A great football match was played at Weston on Wednesday when the staffs of the two hotels got to work. The fact of the strike being on…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 6
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

A cable from Paris states that an application has been made to the courts to attach £3000 from Jack Johnson's Winnings in connection with his fight…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 6
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The English Rugby League team defeatod Western District, at Bathurst on Wednesday, by 42 points to 2. The third test match between England…

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