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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1922

2,183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 110

Boxing News. Vancouver, July 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 5

A Jersey City message says the Leonard-Tendier lightweight battle on Thursday is drawing a record attendance. Seat sales total 400,000…

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Sporting Boxing. Kramer and Blackburn

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 1

Krankie Kramer the recently arrived American featherweight will meet our popular hard fighting Vince Blackburn at the stadium next…

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Army and Navy Boxing Championships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 4

A public meeting of those interested in the Army and Navy Boxing Championships will be held on Monday next, July 31, at 7 p.m…

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Motor 'Bus for Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 4

Messrs. Styles and Fenwick's motor buses will leave for Cessnock races to-morrow (Saturday morning, at 11.30 o'clock…

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Golf in America. Vancouver, July 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 5

Sarazen and Fotheringham will play Hazen and Kirkwood on Saturday…

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Threatened Strike. Trouble at Port Kembla. After Football Match. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 5

Sixteen members of the A.W.U. employed at the works of the Metal Manufactures, Limited, Port Kembla, attended a football match on a recent…

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Lawn Tennis

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 5

London, Wednesday.-G. L. Patterson, (captain), J. O. Anderson, P. O'Hara Wood, and Wertheim, the members of the Australian Davis Cup team, have…

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Boxing News. Tendler-leonard Fight. Vancouver. July 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 5

While the New York newspapers are unanimous in giving the fight to Leonard, all admit that Tendler had the champion nearly out in the eighth…

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Latest Sporting News. Races Postponed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 5

Epping trots have been postponed until, Monday, and the Menangle meeting which had been postponed until Monday has been further postponed…

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Football Before Work A.W.U. Men Dismissed. a Strike Threatened. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 6

Sixteen members of the A.W.U., employed at the works of the Metal Manufacturers, Limited, Port Kembla, attended a football match on a recent…

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Boxing in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 7

Archle Bradley, 10.0, gained a decisive points victory over Billy Undefiled, 9. 7½, at Brisbane on Saturday night. Bradley overwhelmed the…

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LOCAL & General News Rugby league Executive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 4

A special meeting of the Hunter District Rugby League Executive will be held to-morrow (Tuesday) evening to reconsider the protest lodged…

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St. John's Tennis Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 4

A general meeting of st. John's Tennis Club will be held in the Marist Bros.' School to-morrow (Tuesday) night at 8 o'clock. A full…

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Football. Hunter Leagues Semi-final

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 7

East End, after leading, East Maitland by 13[?] points to 2, at half-time in the semi-final of the Hunter Rugby League's A grade competition, played…

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Durham Rugby Football. League

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 3

At the meeting of delegates constituting the D.R.F. League, held at the Globe on Thursday night last, there were present Messrs. C. E…

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Coursing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 4

Mr G. Morris conducted a coursing meeting on the Singleton showground on Saturday. The results were as follow: Points Stake.—C. Morris's Ginger…

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Local Boxing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 1

Owing to heavy rain on Friday evening last, the contest between Leo Wax and Snowy Hill had to be abondaned…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

The "All Blacks" Rugby Union team of footballers played their first match against New South Wales on the Agricultural Ground, Sydney, on Saturday…

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Tennis in America. Vancouver, July 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 5

The members of the French Davis Cup team, Gobert, Boretra, Coehet, and Samazuilah, have arrived. They will paly the Australians at Boston on…

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