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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1914

2,002 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 101

Boxing at Aberdare South. Coming Champion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

At Aberdare South, or Siberia as it is familarly known by the boys who live there, boxing has come be look upon as a splendid passtime…

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Boxing. Welsh Defeats Ritchie. for Lightweight Championship. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

The fight at Olympia last night, between Willie Ritchie, the light weight champion of the world, and Freddie Welsh, the lightweight…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 8

Milburn Saylor and Joe Shugrue will meet at the Rushcutter's Bay Stadium to-night. Les Darcy is going to Sydney to…

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Tennis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 2

A match was played on Potts Point Co[?] on Saturday last between the Railway Club and Potts Point and was won by the Railway by 49…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 2
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Two matches will be played on the Show ground this afternoon when Muswellbrook players will meet Aberdean team in the A and B…

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Boxing. Andrews' Stadium

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 15

There was an excellent attendance at drews stadium on Saturday evening, to witness the contest between Young Jeffries, of Teralba, and Joe Geddes, of Lochinvar, for…

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Racing Cyclists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 4

Messrs. A. O. Martens, W. Northey, H. Thomas, and H. Martens, members of the Kurri Bicycle Club, left for Sydney yesterday to represent the club in the Dunlop…

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Boxing. O'donnell Defeats Coghill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 8

The Newtown Stadium was well filled last night, when Les. O'Donnell and Gordon Coghill, light-heavyweights, were billed to contest at 20-round bent. The weights were announced…

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Henley Regatta. the Diamond Sculls. London, July 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 3

In the Diamond Sculls Colin Stewart beat D. H. L. Gollan (New Zealand) by a length. Gollan was unable to strike fast enough, but he sculled powerfully and consistently,…

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Lawn Tennis. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 5

J. C. Parket, A. H. Lowe T. M. Mavrogordate, and Kingscole, have been selected to meeting the windows of the Australian-United States match in American in the event of the British…

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Lawn Tennis. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 3

Continuing the All-England Championships at Wimbledon, A. F. Wilding (New Zealand) and N. E. Brookes (Australia) defeated S.N. Doust (Australia) and…

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No Mixed Boxing. Home Office Color Line

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 4

The boxing match between the negro Sam Langford and Gunboat Smith, which had been fixed for June 30 at Olympia, has been cancelled, as the result of statements made to Mr. C. B. Cochran,…

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English Cricket. London, July 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 5

In the match Gentlemen v. Players at the Oval yesterday, the professionals secred 327 Hobbs, Tarrant, and J. W. Henrue were dismissed for 12 but [?] and Strudwick scored…

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Football. Match in Sydney. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 5

In the Rugby Union match Metropolitan v. Northern District, at half-time Metropolitan was 13 to 8, Charleston socred and Cullen secured two goals…

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Boxing Championship. Welsh Wins. Beats Bitches on Points. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 3

Freddie Welsh (England) and W. Ritchie (United States) met in a contest for the worlds lightweight championship last night. Welsh won on points…

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Racing. Newmarket First July Meeting. London, July 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 3

At the First Newmarket July meeting to-day, the race for the principal event on the card resulted as under:— PRINCESS OF WALES STAKES, of 2000…

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Pony Racing Dispute. Boycott of Associated Clubs. Jockeys Support Owners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 6

Over 200 members of the Pony and Galloway Owners and Trainers' Association attended a meeting at the Sydney School of Arts on Tuesday. The business was the…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1914 · page 7

On account of the combined Newcastle and Maitland team playing in Sydney the local senior competition was suspended on Saturday. The junior matches played on the Maitland…

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Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1914 · page 7

On the last occasion this season, when Kurri Kurri and Cessnock met the latter gave the other mining team its first defeat of the sea-son. Cessnock's win then of 7 to 5 was…

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