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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1915

1,272 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 64

Boxing. Tournament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 7

The first round of the £60 heavyweight and featherweight tournaments will be continued on Saturday night, when first-class sports in promised…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

In a return match, played yesterday, N.S.W. Rugby League defeated Queensland by 39 points to 6; the match on Saturday also…

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Quirindi Races

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 2

Belgian Handicap.—Aberdonia, King Hampton, Arch Foote. 6 to 4 on. Australian Handicap.—Anne Bolynnei Polly Dear, Miss Vanadium, 5 to 4…

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Singleton Letter. Bowls. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 2

Saturday last wan an eventful day in the history of Singleton Bowling Club, when a match was played on the local green, between a team selected by the president of…

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Bowls. Presidents Bowling Team. Gala Day at Singleton Green

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 3

Saturday, last will long be remembered by members of the Singleton Bowling Club when they received the honor of a President's team from Sydney and…

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Boxing. Tournaments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 7

Those in search of a good night's amusement, and at the same [?] of witnessing some good exhibition bouts of boxing, should not miss the continuation of the first round…

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MUSWELLBROOK RACES—July 5

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 3

The next race meeting of the local Proprietary Club will be held on Memday, July 5th. The programme will be similar to that which attracted a record…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 June 1915 · page 4

At the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday the Queensland Rugby League team was beaten by New South Wales by 39 points to 6. Horder, who on…

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Mecca for Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1915 · page 7

A chat with Eddie McGoorty reveals that great lighter has a high opinion of Australia as a home of the boxing games. For a high-class man who will fight square and on…

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Boxing. Champions Darcy and King

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1915 · page 7

The coming match between Les Darcy and Mick King in Sydney on Saturday night represents the highest point which Australian middleweights have reached for years…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 7

The programme to be put before the public on the Maitland Park to-morrow is easily the best so far this season. There will be two senior and three junior matches, so that…

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Football

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 3

Cessnock Seniors v Neath, at Cessnock, 9.30 p.m.—Nicholson, Kempe, Davis, McGrane, Nowland, Pearl, Hartley, Watson, Shake…

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Wallsend Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 7

Given fine weather. Wallsend races, which are set down for to-morrow (Saturday) should attract a large attendance, and with such good entries the meeting should he…

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Tennis at Pokolbin

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 2

The first Mixed Doubles' Tournament was concluded on Saturday last, and after some exciting and closely-contested games, was won by…

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Boxing. Rise of Tommy Uren

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 7

Tommy Uren is a lightweight of whom a good deal is being heard, and he promises to make yet more stir. He first came into the limelight through his fine fighting in…

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Lower Rouchel Races

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 2

Despite counter attractions, the Lower Rouchel Race Club brought off a successful fixture on Monday last. The attendance was hardly…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 8

Fred Dyer, the "Welsh singing boxer," made a brilliant reputation for himself in Brisbane and Melbourne before eomiing to Sydney. In Brisbane he got…

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Boxing. Tournaments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 7

The Maitland and Stadium should be packed to the doors to-night to witness the second night of the first round of Mr. Howe's great £50 tournaments. There will be six hears…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 5

In the Hunter Rugby Union's junior competition this afternoon West End boat High School by 5 to all, and East End Boat East Maitland 14 to 9…

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