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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1922

2,183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 110

Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 2

The competitions open on Saturday next, the fixtures being:—First grade: Denman v Scone at Denman; Aberdeen v Muswellbrook at…

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Cricket

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

Monkerai and Stroud Road played their last match for the season at Monkerai on Saturday, April 29th, Monkerai being the winners. Stroud…

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No Football Referees

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 2

It is reported that the Upper Hunter Football Association is experiencing difficulty in enrolling referees for the competition matches. The…

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Cessnock District Lawn Tennis Association

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 4

The adjourned meeting of the above association was held on Tuesday night the 9th inst., when the rules and the date of closing of entries for the Davis…

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Boxing Event. Carpentier Beats Lewis. Vancouver, May 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 5

Carpentier won the light heavyweight championship of the world in his fight with Hed (Kid) Lewis in the first round. ("The Times" Cables)…

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Sporting Muswellbrook Park (Gent's) Tennis Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 2

A meeting of the above club was held in the Soldiers,' Club Room on Wednesday night last. Mr. S. G. Bidwell (vice-president) occupied the…

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School Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 4

An endeavour is to be made to organise a football competition in connection with the schools in the district, ana a meeting is to be…

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Boxing News. London, May 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 2

The almost unprecedented interest in the Carpentier-Kid Lewis match on May 11 is undoubtedly due to the universal belief that if any Britisher can…

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Boxing News. Kid Lewis's Defeat. London, May 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 5

The fights between Georges Capentier and Kid Lewis at the Olympic, for the cruiser-weight championship, commenced at 7.58 p.m. Lewis…

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Racing in England. Smith's Success. London, May 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 13

Silver Image's jockey was the Australian, George Smith, who thus had his fifth notable win for the week, viz., the Victoria Cup on April 28, the…

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Golf at St. Andrews. Record Round. London, May 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 5

George Duncan won the "Daily Mail" £1000 tournament at St. Andrews with an aggregate of 300, including a record last round of 68. This…

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English Cricket. Season Opened. London, May 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 13

The cricket season opened yesterday in glorious sunshine. Hobbs like a giant refreshed played a masterly innings for 68 at the Oval trials…

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Cricket Changes. Feeling Averse. London, May 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 13

A "Times" correspondent writes that there is no likelihood of the adoption of eight balls to the over, as the South African feeling is…

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Cricket's Charm. It's Great Uncertainty. London, May 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 5

Commenting on Armstrong's cabled views Mr. James Pardon, the cricket authority thinks that the legislation for rolling the wicket…

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Racing at Moscow. Display of Luxury Deprecated. London, May 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 2

This "Times" Riga correspondent reports that to the strains of the "Internationale" played by the band to the point of weariness the…

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Latest Forecast "Some showers on tablelands and parts of the coast; otherwise fine, with north to south winds." BOWLS

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 6

Members are invited to attend the green this afternoon, when practice games will be arranged. On Saturday next, 20th inst.,…

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East Maitland Athletic Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 4

A meeting of the East Maitland Athletic Club will be held in the Council Chambers, Bank-street, East Maitland, on Monday evening next, at 8…

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Football. Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1922 · page 7

The Hunter Rugby League opened its competitions on Saturday, but the weather was unfavourable. A strong southerly was blowing and light…

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Boxing in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1922 · page 7

After fourteen rounds of severe fighting, the referee stopped the contest between Max Gornik and lack Dunstan, at Brisbane Stadium. He awarded the…

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