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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1919

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Boxing. Flyweight Championship. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 6

Two glove contests were decided at the Imperial Athletic Pavilion this morning. Jack Darcy, of Maitland, and Mckenzie, of Teralba, met in a ten round contest,…

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Of Sport. Lendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 7

[?]wa Race Club meet Jockey Club. Jockey Club races; worth Jockey Club;…

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Interstate Cricket. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 5

Perfect weather is being experienced for the interstate match between Victoria and South Australia, which commences to-day. The wicket is in splendid order…

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Rugby Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 5

A message from London states that the football match Wales v. New Zealand, resulted in a draw, each side scoring three points…

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Newcastle Races. New Year's Day Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 7

The New Year's Day meeting of the popular Newcastle Jockey Club was brought off successfully on the club's fine course at Broadmeadow. The weather, though…

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Mungo Brush Regatta

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 3

The annual regatta was held at Mungo [?]xing Day and the day following. The weather added considerably to the attendance, and visitors were present…

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Maitland Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The flags will be flying at Rutherford to-morrow. when the Maitland Jockey Club's January meeting will take place. The weather promises to be fine and hot, and if…

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Rugby Football

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 5

A message from London states that the football match Wales v. New Zealand, resulted in a draw, each side scoring three points…

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Bowls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

Muswellbrook defeated East Maitland on the local green on New Year's Day by 12 points, after a very closely contested game…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 3

The cricket match at Melbourne between Victoria and New South Wales resulted in a win for Victoria by 216 runs…

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Cabinet Meeting. Boxing Restrictions Removed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 8

A meeting of the State Cabinet was held yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. Fuller, Chief Secretary and acting head of the Government. Minister discussed a…

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Boxing. Flyweight Championship Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 8

Two glove contests were decided at the Imperial Athletic Pavilion this morning. Jack Davey of Maitland, and McKenzie, of Teralba, met in a ten round contest,…

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Football. Wales Defeats New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 15

A message from Swamsea states that 25,000 persons witnessed the match between New Zealand and Wales. Both played strong teams. In the first half, which was…

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Maitland Races. Successful Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 7

The Maitland Jockey Club's January meeting was held at Rutherford on Saturday, and attracted a very large gathering from all parts of the district. Newcastle and…

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Maitland Races

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

On Saturday last there was fine weather and a big attendance at the races. The Novice was won by Warrall (3 to 1) with Sarture and Sir…

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Cricket. Kurri v. East Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 7

Kurri Kurri played East Greta at East Greta oval last Saturday. East Greta won by 10 runs. East Greta made 105, the chief scorers being N. Tiedeman 52, and G…

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Victoria Racing Club. Autumn Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 7

The entries received at the V.R.C. offices for the following races are:- NEWMARKET HANDICAP; 6 furlongs.- St. Mira, King's Treasure; Lucy, Malt,…

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Boxing. Bouts at Lochinvar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 7

The boxing game was resurrected at Lochinvar on Monday night, as in some other places, when Jones' Hall was opened up as a gymnasium by Young Douglass, the focal…

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Bowls. Maitland Bowling Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 7

The usual monthly committee meeting of the maitland Bowling Club took place last evening, a large attendance being presided over by Mr. W. R. Kerr…

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Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 3

The following will represent Cessnock in the A Pennant competition against Singleton at Cessnock to-morrow:—Thompson, Joe…

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