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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1921

2,194 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 110

Swimming Baths

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 4

The adjourned public meeting of citizens and ratepayers in connection with the movement for the establishment of swimming baths in West Maitland was…

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Football. League Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 7

The meeting of East End and Kurri on Saturday is the second occasion they have met the season, the first resulting in a win for Kurri by 3 to nil. Since…

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Lawn Tennis. Competition Fixtures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 7

The sub-committee appointed to draw up the fixtures for the Maitland District Tennis Association's competitions met last evening and succeeded…

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Bowls. Hunter District Association. Champion Rink Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 7

On Saturday afternoon next the first round in the champion rink competition will be played. As nearly all the best players in the district are playing in…

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Late Sporting News. Maitland Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

The special train arrangements for Maitland races which are to be held at Rutherford on Saturday next will be found in this issue. With a fine…

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International Golf. Britain's Easy Victory. London, June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

Great Britain beat America in the foursomes at Gleneagles. Britain won three matches, America none, and two were halved…

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Ascot Races. Evidences of Luxury. London, June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 6

There is no sign of natonall misery as a result of the Industrial crisis in the preparations at Ascot, where the promise of fine weather, following…

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Coursing Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 4

The match between Anzac and Time, Payment was run off at Hexham on Saturday. The conditions were first 5 kills. Mr. W. Frewin was judge, and…

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Boxing Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 6

The battle between Nutty Fairhall and Andre Dupre, which is set down for next Friday night, is creating a great amount of interest locally. Over…

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Tennis

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 3

The annual tennis meeting of the local Club was held at the School of Arts on Monday 4th June. There was a good attendance in spite of the unfavorable…

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Football

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 3

Members of the Raymond Terrace Club played Tea Gardens on Monday, and were successful, though the margin was not a wide one. Both games, league and union…

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Bowls. Maitland Bowling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 7

Owing to there being no matches to-morrow in the sanders Should competition the local club members will if the greens are fit, avail themselves of…

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Lawn Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 5

Team to play for Scone Park Club against Gundy to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon: Meehan, Beatty, Hatherley, Barwick, Misses. Sullivan and Berwick…

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Boxing. Buxton v. MURPTHY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 7

Tommy Buxton, the Maitland boxer, who is to flight Matt. Murphy of Sydney, at the Newcastle Stadium to-morrow. arrived home from Sydney…

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A Racing Failure

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 7

A Newcastle man tells a rather original story of how he came to give up racing. He was endeavoring to make a bet on the favorite, but could not…

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Sporting. Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 5

The Australians, in their match against Gloucester, yesterday "declared" when 533 runs had been complied for the loss of eight…

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Soccer Football Club Sports

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 6

Beautiful weather favored the sports meeting held on Monday last by the Cessnlock Football Club on Cessnock Park. This function was a splendid…

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Football. No Matches

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 2

On account of the unveiling ceremony at Dungog on Saturday there will be no competition games played. A team representing Hamilton…

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Football. Matches on Show Ground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 7

Interesting football will be served up on the Show Ground to-morrow, when three matches under League rules will claim attention. In the A…

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Lost £1000 at Racing. Moree Publican

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 7

Hugh John McPherson, who was examined by Mr. Palmer, official assignee, before Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. Salusbury), said he had lost about…

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