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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1915

1,272 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 64

Boxing. Moloney Defeats Brownlee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1915 · page 5

Jim Moloney, of Newtown, scored an easy victory over Tommy Brownice (Balmain) at the Olympia Stadium last night. Moloney's weight was announced at 11.6½, and…

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Tamworth Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1915 · page 7

Following arc the nominations; for the Holiday meeting to be hold at Tamworth on the 28th instant. Weights for the grassfed events appeared in last, evening's issue…

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Boxing. Darcy Wins in Ten Rounds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1915 · page 15

After receiving heavy punishment for the whole of the nine previous rounds, Mick King, middleweight champion of Australia, had to have his towel skied after 20 seconds of the…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1915 · page 7

The game between Newcastle and West End on the Maitland Park on Saturday ended abruptly, the former leaving the field shortly before half-time. The referee had issued…

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Boxing. Tournaments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1915 · page 7

The end of the first round of Mr. Howe's £50 tournament was brought to a close on Saturday night before a very large attendance. As the tournaments, progress, the…

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Dungog Pony Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1915 · page 7

Fine weather prevailed for the Dungog Pony Club's race meeting on Saturday, and there was a good attendance, including many visitors from Newcastle. The track…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 June 1915 · page 4

Tommy Uren (9st 8lb) defeated Billy Gradwell (9st 8¼lb), of America, at Sydney Stadium, at Saturday night. Uren had the lead in the majority of rounds,…

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Boxing. Tommy Uren

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1915 · page 7

Tommy Uren beat the American light weight Billy Gradwell in round at the Sydney Stadium last Saturday night, and if the visitor had not been the…

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Dungog Pony Races

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1915 · page 5

There was a good attendance at the Dungog Pony Races on Saturday last. The racing was slightly marred by two horses…

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Hospital Races. Monday Next

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1915 · page 2

The sports fixture, on the cards for Monday next (Prince of Wales' Birthday) promises to be a great success, and fine weather now is all…

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Golf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1915 · page 2

Members of Muswellbrook Golf Club are reminded that the usual monthly stroke com petition for the Association's war medal will be played on Saturday next. A match i[?]…

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Boxing. Country Men at Olympia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1915 · page 7

The new £1000 tourney at Olympia will be in swing in a few weeks. This is a field in which the promising boxing material which "blushes unseen" in country districts…

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Victorian Tennis Player Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1915 · page 4

News was received privately by friends in Melbourne on Tuesday of the death of Mr. J. J. Addison, the well-known Victorian lawn tennis player, in action in North of…

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BOXING. McGOORTY and Hardwick

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1915 · page 7

That fine young Australian heavyweight, or rather mid-heavyweight, Harold Hardwick, is full of hope for his match with Eddie McGoory at Sydney Stadium next…

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Boxing. Boxers Keeping Fit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 7

There is a fidgetty theory which was growing too much current, making it appear that weeks or even months of notice were wanted by a boxer before he could…

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BOWLS. Cessnock's First Match

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 2

The Cessnock bowlers played their first match last Saturday, when they journeyed to Kurri, and gave the kurri bowls exponents an easy…

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League Football Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 2

Western again too good. Two good games were played at Neath last Saturday. There was a big crowd present. The Juniors were the first…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 5

That fine young Australian heavyweight, or rather mid-heavy weight, Harold Hardwick, is full of hope for his match with Eddie M'Goorty at Sydney…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 2

A match takes, place to-day between Aberdeen and Muswellbrook on the show ground…

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Boxing. General Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 7

"Snowy" Baker has repeated his assurance that if Les Darcy is able to beat Eddie McGoorty, he will at any price import the marvel Mike Gibbons to face the…

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