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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1920

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Maitland Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 5

Maitland Jockey Club races to be hold at Rutherford on Saturday if favoured with fine weather promise to be largely attended. Big fields should start in each of the…

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Lawn Tennis. Saturday's Games

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 2

Sunnyside A grade v. Morpeth, at Sunnyside:—Messrs, Scoles, Young, Cook, Hickey Misses Curwood Banfield, Longworth, Mrs. Winehester…

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Bowls. Hunter River District Bowling Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon 12 rinks chosen from the Hunter Association will play 12 rinks from the Newcastle Association. six rinks will play on the Lowlands green at…

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V.r.c. Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 7

At that V.R.C. Grand National meeting yesterday Berribee fell in the Kensington steeplechase and the rider H. Myers, sustaned a broken thigh. The weather was bleak and…

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Athletics in Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 2

Sir,—With regard to that proposed sports ground, I was very pleased to note the Agricultural Society's sympathetic reception of the suggestion to permit athletes to train…

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Rabbit Coursing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 3

A meeting of the local Coursing Club was held in Lightfoot's paddock on Saturday afternoon last. The attendance was not nearly as large as usual…

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Boxing Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 3

Next Friday night Nutty Fairhall and Billy James meet at the Strand Stadium for the Northern feather weight championship. Fairhall has…

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Football

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 2

The following have been selected to represent the Rovers in the match against the Albions at Dungog on Saturday next, play to commence at…

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Bowls. Maitland Bowling Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 7

The inter-association match Northern District v. Hunter River, postponed from last Saturday, will take place to-morrow. Six rinks each will be occupied at East Maitland and Lowlands…

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Football. To-morrow's Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 7

On the Maitland Show Ground to-morrow (Saturday) the senior matches will be East End v. East Maitland at 3.15 and Western Suburbs v. Eastern Suburbs at 3.15…

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Lawn Tennis. To-morrow's Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 7

Morpeth A grade v. Sunnyside (East Maitland) at Sunnyside:—P.A.B. Williams S. Dunstan, H. Ralston, G.M'Donald, Misses Tucker, E. Sim, M. M'Ginley and K…

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Maitland Races. To-morrow's Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 7

There is every promise of a fine day for the Maitland Jockey Club's meeting at Rutherford to-morrow, and also of a very large attendance, as the popularity of the club is on the increase…

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English County Cricket. Fine Bowling Feat. Black

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 5

Thomas, howling for Northamptonshire against Yorkshire, the champion County, took nine wickets for 30 runs. The first seven batsmen only scored six runs…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 5

The following will represent Singleton against Cessn[?]ck in the second round of the Grade Competition on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, to-day…

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Coursing. Meeting at Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 13

The Cessnock Coursing Club held a meeting a Saturday afternoon. The results were:-First Stake:-G. Richardson's Little Tich and J. Harper's Countess divided…

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Boxing. Wall Defeats White

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 13

There was a very large attendance at the Imperial Stadium, Newcastle, on Saturday night on the occasion of the contest between Al White and Dave Wall, to…

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Sporting. Turf. Maitland Races

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 8

The flags will be Hying at Rutherford this afternoon, when the Maitland Jockey Club will hold another of its popular reunions. Six races are listed, and…

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Cricket in Australia. London, Wednesday Night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 10

Colonel F. S. Jackson, interviewed concerning the prejudice against cricketers who have not served in the war strongly urged that the feeling in Australia should be…

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Tennis Championships. Tilden v. Shimidzu. London, June 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 11

The contest between Shimidzu and Tilden, in the final of the international lawn tennis [?]nampionship, worked up popular interest on the highest pitch. Crowds waited for…

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Maitland Athletic Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 4

A special general meeting of the Maitland Athletic Club will be held in the club room, Elgn-Street, on Monday evening next, at 7.30 o'clock. The matter of club room gymnasium…

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