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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1921

2,194 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 110

(To the Editor.) Maitland Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1921 · page 6

Sir,— Permit me space in your valuable paper to express my disgust in reference to the representative football team picked to play in Newcastle…

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Football. Western Suburbs V. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1921 · page 6

The Hunter Rugby League's competitions were advanced another stage on Saturday, The principal match was that between Kurri Kurri and…

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Coursing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 4

A very successful afternoon's coursing, promoted by Mr W. Wake, took place at Sedgefield on Saturday. The attendance included many visitors from…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

Bert Spargo, the clever Victorian featherweight, defeated Tommy Noble (England) on points after 20 rounds of vigorous fighting at Sydney stadium…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

Murrurundi dafeated Muswellbrook by 11 points to 8 on the local showground on Saturday last in the A grade competition. In B grade Murrurundi beat…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 2

The match against Hampshire ended in a draw. The local side ran up 370 (Mead 129, Fry 59, Hosie 41, Newman 32, Kennedy 28)…

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Sporting. Lawn Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 2

The following have been selected to represent Scone Park Club in a match against. Oakleigh on Saturday next, on the Park courts:—Messrs…

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St. John's Tennis Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 4

The annual meeting of members of St. John's Debating Society Tennis Club will be held in St. John's school-room, on Wednesday night next, at…

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BOWLS. Rink Championship. Mosman Beats Cessnock

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 4

A large number of bowlers watched the country and State finals for the rink and pairs championship on the City green on Saturday. Mosman won the…

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Golf Championship. Experts' Forecasts. London, June 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 5

In the first qualifying round Kirkwood's score was 73. England will keep the golf championship, say the experts. "Kiruwood'…

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Football Fatality. Youth Killed at Bibbenluke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred at a football match on Saturday at Bibbenluke when Victor Jencocke (17), only son of the public school master at…

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Football. the Team to Meet Newcastle. (To the Editor)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 7

Sir,—Penult me space to reply to "Football Patron" regarding the team selected for Hunter against Newcastle on Saturday next. I am a very keen…

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Coursing. £10 Stake at Sedgefield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1921 · page 4

A coursing match will be held at Sodgefield on Monday next (Prince of Wales Birthday) for a 10 stake Entries close on the 26th instant…

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Boxing News. New York, June 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1921 · page 5

Paul Journee, the French heavy weight, was beaten in the fifth of a fifteen-round bout by Augie Rainer, o' New York…

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Golf Championship. London, June 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1921 · page 5

The aggregated for the qualifying rounds for the open golf championship at St. Andrews thus for are [?] 146, Kirkwood 149, Holland and…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 4

The Australians, in winning the match against Surrey by 78 runs, accomplished a rather striking performance, when the figures at the close of the…

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Western Suburbs Football Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 4

A special meeting of members of the Western Suburbs Football Club will be held in Miss Edwards room to-morrow (Friday) at 7.30 p.m…

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Football. Match for

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 7

The Maitland A.H.C. Guilds expect to put a good team in the field on Monday at Morpeth, to play a combined guild team from Sydney. These teams…

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