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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1918

424 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 22

Bowls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 July 1918 · page 7

The game on'Saturday afternoon on the Maltland.'Park between members residing In the. municipality, anil those outside "the boundaries,' of' the town created even a…

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Maitland Races. July Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 July 1918 · page 7

Maitland Jockey Club was favoured with a beautifully bright afternoon on Saturday for its July meeting. The attendance was a very large one, seemingly greater than at…

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Tennis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1918 · page 2

Balls were bounced on the Dungog tennis court on Saturday last for the first time, and there is rumor of a strong club being formed. The…

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Bowls. Saturday's Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1918 · page 7

East Maitland [?] President's team (six rinks) on the East Maitland green:—piper, Phair, Hay, Lee; Burgess, Dalton, Cotterill, Noon Stain Wilson, Delohery Hills; porter…

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Football. Singleton V Northern Suburbs (Newcastle)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 July 1918 · page 2

The team for Singleton will be selected from the following, to play on Victiria Square next Saturday:—F. Twomey, H. Harps, J. Mantle, J…

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Newcastle Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 7

The flags will be flying at Newcastle tomorrow, and judging by the splendid acceptances there promised to be big fields for every event of the day, while speculation is…

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Bowls. Hunter District Bowling Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 7

The conference of delegates from the bowling clubs of the district, which had been adjourned to enable the various clubs to consider the proposal to establish a bowling…

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Racing Dates. Next Season's Fixtures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 7

The metropolitan racing and trotting fixtures have been approved by the District Commandant (Brigadier-General Lee) for the year, commencing August 1 next, and…

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Bowls

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 2

The A grade competition for President's Shield was concluded on Saturday, and resulted in a win for A. Giles' team. Detailed scores are as follows:…

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Racing in Way Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 7

Addressing the New Zealand Racing Conference, the president Sir George Clifford said the enemies of racing told them the continuance of it during war time was…

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Boolaroo Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 7

The following nominations have been received for Boolaroo meeting on Saturday next:— The Maiden Handicap: 6 furlongs.—Miss…

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Curtailing Racing. Farmers and Settlers' Motion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 3

On the motion of Mr. G. Young (Narromine), the Farmers' Conference decided to impress upon the Federal Government the necessity of curtailing horse racing…

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Football

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

On Saturday the Clarence Town Waratahs will play Hinton at Clarence Town, play commencing at 3.15 p.m. A good game is expected. The…

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Football. To-morrow's Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 6

Rainbows v. Magpies, at East Maitland:—E. Trowbridge, N. Laybutt, A. Scholes, B. Porter, E. Dickie, K. Anderson, D. McFariane, R. Burg, E. Doherty, B. Mudd, T. Trowbridge, K. Ellis, J…

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Racing Sensation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 2

A sensation has been caused in Melbourne racing circles by the discovery that one of the fences on the steeple course at Flemington had been…

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Racing in War Time

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 11

Addressing the New Zealand Racing Conference, the president, Sir George Clifford, said the enemies of racing told them the continuance of it during war time was…

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Racing Dates. Next Season's Fixtures

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 11

The metropolitan racing and trotting fixtures have been approved by the District Commandant (Brigadier-General Lee) for the year, commencing August 1 next, and…

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Football. Inter High School Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 6

Two teams—one soccer and one Rugby Union—from Sydney Technical High School, visited Maitland and played the Maitland High School. The matches were played on…

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Curtailing Racing. Farmers and Settlers' Motion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 7

On the motion of Mr. G. Young (Narraomine), the Farmers' Conference decided to impress upon the Federal Government the necessity of curtailing horse racing…

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Union of English-speaking Races. a Bishop's View

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 5

In the course of a lecture at Goulburn on Wednesday evening, before the Roman Catholic Club, on "Fdmund Burke." Bishop Gallagher said:—"I…

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