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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1921

2,194 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 110

Boxing News. Vancouver, July 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 2

Carpentier and Gibbons have been matched to fight in New York in October for the light-heavy weight championship…

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Boxing News. Carpentiee's Engagement. Vancouver, July 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 12

A message from New York states that Carpentier has signed an agreement to fight anyone whom Tax Rickard secures in October. He is…

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International Golf. Kirkwood Behind. Vancouver, July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 5

A message from Washington states that Jim Barnes of New York is well in front of the field of 78 competitors in the National Open Golf…

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French Football Discipline. London. July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that a member of the Paris Olymplque Association, Football Club has been sentenced in default at Rouen to four…

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Lawn Tennis. Australian Successes. Vancouver, July 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 12

A message from Toronto states that the Australians won the four doubles in the Canadian lawn tennis championship series. Peach and Todd defeated…

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Boxing in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 7

Frank Mancer. 9.2½, knocked out Billy Stanley, 9.5½ in the seventh round at Brisbane on Saturday, Stanley was down in the fifth, sixth, and…

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Boxing. Godfrey Defeats Edwards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 7

Sid Godfrey, 9.8, decisively defeated Liew Edwards, 9.8, on points at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night. Edwards was favourite at 7…

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Boolaroo Races. Saturday's Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 7

It was a thousand pities that the Boolaroo committee decided on going on with their meeting on Saturday, seeing the dreadful state of the…

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Golf Championship. American Wins. Vancouver, July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 5

Barnes won the championship in the International golf championship. (Reuter's Cables). VANCOUVER, July 22…

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Durham Rugby Football League. MEETING

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 3

At a meeting of delegates of the Durham Rugby Football League at the Globe Cafe on Thursday night last there were present Messrs C. E…

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Coursing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 4

Mr C. Morris advertises that coursing will be held on the Singleton' showground, Saturday next, July 30. The nominations close at 11, a.m. on same…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 3

That great interest is attached to the district premierships was evidenced by the determination of the players to take the field on Saturday…

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Boxing. Cole Outpointed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 7

At Gisborne (N.Z.) Tom Heeney, New Zealand, heavyweight champion outpointed Jack Cole, of Australia…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 3

Witin ten minutes of the time for the drawing of stumps Australia beat Yorkshire by 175 runs. With 81 runs on the board for the loss of…

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Lawn Tennis

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 4

Vancouver, Saturday.—The Davis Cup match preliminary tie, between Canada and Australia, began to-day, at Toronto. In the first singles game J. B. Hawkes…

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Sporting. Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 3

Hawkes and Armstrong, of Australia, had an easy win over two Canadians, Bennett and La Framboise in the Davis Cup preliminary…

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Football and the Flood

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

During the progress of the Murrurundi-Aberdeen football match on Saturday at Aberdeen the flood waters reached within a few feet of the touch…

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Sporting. Football. Scone Wins "B" Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 3

Scone "B" team defeated Murrurundi on Saturday last by 6 points to 5 and thus won the competition. The Murrurundi "A" team met and…

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Fourth Test Match Blustering Day's Cricket. England's Good Start. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 5

The weather sufficiently improved to anable a start to be made to-day in the fourth test match at Old Trafford, Manchester. It had rained during…

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Golf in America. Vancouver, July 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1921 · page 5

Kirkwood secured fourth place in the first round of the Metropolitan…

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