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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1922

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Lawn Tennis. Davis Cup Three

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 7

The Tennis Council has selected J. C. Anderson (N.S.W.), G. L. Paterson (Victoria), and P. O'Harn…

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A Racing Bet. No Power to Enforce Payment

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 6

In the Small Debts Court, at Young, Richard Scanlon, a laborer, sued W. R. Dolman, licensee of the Bendick Murell Hotel, in respect to…

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Athletics. Challenge Contest at Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 5

A challenge contest between the Y.M.C.A. Harriers and the Maitland Amateur Athletic Club will take place on the Maitland Show Ground…

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Boxing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 2

On Monday night next the first of a series of contests promoted by Mr. R. W. Wilson, will be held at the Picture Theatre. The boxing…

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Swimming Carnival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 5

Monday 10th inst. saw the final swimming excursion to Newcastle from the Cessnock Domestic School (Girls). The weather was perfect, and 81…

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Boxing Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 4

It will be a case of Greek meets Greek at the Strand next Friday night when those two good fighters clash, Leo Wax and Len Stanley. Both are…

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Tennis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 2

A meeting of the Aberdeen Tennis Club was held on Monday last. The balance sheet showed a small deficit, and annual report 70 per cent…

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Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 2

Aberdeen met and defeated Kayuga on the latter ground on Saturday last. Scores were: Aberdeen 113 and Kayuga 43. This concludes the…

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Boxing. Rldlky Disqualified

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 15

Bud Ridley and Stanley M'Bride, each weighing 9.2, provided the big contest at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday Stadium on Saturday night. Both men are…

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Boxing in Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 15

Paul Demsky beat Wave Geike in the fifth round in Brisbane on Saturday. He sent Geike down with a right cross. Each man scaled 9-4¾…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 5

The match, Country v. City, concluded at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday afternoon. The metropolitan team won by 10 wickets…

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Lawn Tennis

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 5

At a meeting of the tennis council in Sydney on Wednesday night it was decided to send G. L. Patterson, J. O. Anderson, and P. O'Hara Wood to…

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Heddon Greta Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 7

The following entries were received last evening for the above races, to be held on Saturday, April 22:— Flying Handicap, six furlongs and 100…

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Football. Entries for Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 5

The following entries have been received for the competitions to be conducted by the Hunter District League. The A grade entries do not finally close…

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Lawn Tennis. Maitland District Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 7

At a meeting of the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association it was decided to commence the competitions on the 29th instant with the…

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Cricket. Hunter v. GLOUCESTER

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 4

On the Show Ground yesterday afternoon a match was commenced between a Gloucester district team and and an eleven from the Hunter…

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Boxing News. Beckett v. Cook. London, April 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

joe Beckett, the champion heavyweight of Great Britain, defeated George Cook, the Australian heavyweight, after six rounds of battling…

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A Racing Bet. No Power to Enforce] Payment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 15

In the Small Debts Court at Young, Richard Scanlon, a labourer, sued W. R. Dolman,. licensee of the Bendick Murell Hotel, in respect to a wager, in…

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Boxing in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 7

At the Stadium, Brisbane, Archie Bradley, 9.13½ beat Frank Locke, 9.13, on a foul in the tenth round. Locke landed a long left swing which…

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Boxing. Yates Defeats Boucher

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 7

The principal attraction at the Imperial Stadium, Newcastle, on Saturday night was the bout between Billy Yates and George Boucher. The…

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