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Sport, 1920

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Gloucester Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 5

Gloucester races will be held to-morrow. A special train will leave Newcastle at 8.45 a.m. carrying passengers and horses, calling at Honeysuckle and leaving…

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Bowls. Hunter River District Competitions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 2

The Singleton A team meets East Maitland. A team on Singleton green on Saturday, play starting punctually at 2 o'clock sharp, in order to permit…

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Boxing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 2

The fight which was to have taken place to-night between Nutty Fairhall and Siddie Bailey had to be abandoned owing to Bailey contracting gastritis…

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Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 3

A complimentary game was tendered to Mr. Newton on Saturday afternoon last by the Bowling Club, this being the last occasion for some time on…

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Football Meeting

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 3

The local League Club held a successful meeting at Mr. Krohn's Refreshment Rooms on Tuesday evening last, the attendance being good. Mr. T. Dennett…

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No Races

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

"Even racecourses would be closed," said a union secretary, who argued that the scheme, was impossible…

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Lawn Tennis Club

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 2

Intending members should not for-get that a meeting of the Lawn Tennis Club will be held in the School of Arts on Friday evening at 8 p.m…

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Lawn Tennis Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

A meeting of executive delegates to the proposed Tennis Association was held in the M.L.A. Chambers last evening, presided over by the Rev. P. A. B. Williams…

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Wallsend Easter Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 7

The following entries have been received for the Wallsend Jockey Club's Easter race meeting:— FRIDAY…

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International Cricket. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

The secretary of the Australian Board of Control for international Cricket has received a cable from Marylebone Club accepting the board's invitation to send a team…

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Maitland Races. To-morrow's Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 7

There is every, indication, that the meeting of the Maitland Jockey Club at Rutherford to-morrow will be largely patronised. The nominations are numerous, and as the…

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Boxing. Scanlon Beats Fairhall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 7

Nutty Fairhall and Mick Scanlon provided the main contest last night at the Strand Boxing Theatre, Cessnock, Mr. Arthur Scott, of Sydney, officiated as referee…

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Races at Sedgefield

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 4

After a long spell, racing is to be relived at Sedgefield. An attractive programme has been arranged for Saturday, April 10th, and as liberal patronage from…

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Injured by Cricket Ball

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 4

A young man named Beverly Kerrigan, son of Mr Walter Kerrigan, and a nephew of. Mrs G. H. Coughlan, of Singleton, met with a painful accident…

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Amateur Athletic Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 4

The second half-yearly general meeting of the Maitland Amateur Athletic Club will be held in the club rooms, Elgin-street, on Monday next, 29th instant, at 8 p.m…

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Boxing. Green Still Champion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 7

The contest between Jerry Sullivan and Jack Green for the bantam championship—a title held by Green—at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night, was an interesting…

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Sunnyside Tennis Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Sunnyside Tennis Club will be held in Mrs. Fulton's residence, George-street, East Maitland, to-night (Monday) at 7.45 o'clock. The…

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Cricket Association. Executive Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 2

A meeting of the executive committee of the H.R.D. Cricket Association was held in the School of Arts on Saturday evening, Mr. E. Bowden presiding over a fair…

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Football. East Maitland Cadets v. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 7

The first football match of the season was played at East Maitland on Saturday. when cadet teams from East Maitland and Kurri Kurri met. There was a fair…

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Athletics. Maitland Amateur Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 7

The Maitland Amateur Athletic Club opened its season on Saturday, when junior and senior 75 and 440 yards handicaps were decided. The result of the 75 yards…

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