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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1924

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Gresford Races and Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

Gresford races and dance have been postponed owing to heavy rains in the district and will now be held on Saturday, February 2nd…

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Ascot Races Postponed (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 2

The Ascot pony meeting has been postponed until Monday next, owing to heavy rain, swamping the course…

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Athletics. Handicap at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

A handicap of 100 yards for £10 will be held at East Maitland on Saturday, entries closing at 9 a.m. on that day. It is registered with the N.S.W…

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Regatta

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

The Friendly Societies' held the regatta as arranged, on Saturday, and from a clean sporting view had a most successful day. There were good entries, and…

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Bowls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 8

Singleton players are due to meet Aberdeen on the local green on Saturday, 26th inst., and Secretary Robb is busy arranging for their…

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Tennis

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

The Raymond Terrace Tennis Club will meet a team from St. Paul's Club Stockton an Saturday in an all day's game, on the Boomerang Park Courts. The local…

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Boxing Uren V Josephs

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

Fight followers are well catered for at the Strand to-night. It is some time since such a classic event has been staged here. Joseplis and…

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Denman District the Swimming Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 7

The local swimming club is making great headway this season, having erected a men's dressing shed at a considerable cost. It was the…

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Sporting. CRICKET

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

Scone and Pankville meet at Scone in an all-day fixture to-morrow (Saturday). A.B.C. team to play Rovers at…

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Swimming. Establishing Times. Establishing the Records

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 7

Since Andrew Charlton came into great prominence as a long-distance swimmer he has broken several records. The New South Wales and…

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Maitland Races. ~ Events Reviewed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 7

Maitland races will be held to—morrow, and there should be a large attendance. Special trains will be provided, and a good afternoon's…

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Cricket Trip up North

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

A team of cricketers, organised by G. Daunt and T. King, toured as far as Macksville during the Xmas holidays. The following made the…

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Sporting Cables. Football. London, Jan. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

Byers, the Blackburn Rovers' inside left who was dismissed owing to a breach of the club's disciplinary rules, has settled his differences with the…

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English Cricket. Next Team for Australia. London. Jan. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

Lord Hawke, presiding at the annual meeting of the Yorkshire Cricket Club at Sheffield referred to the question of amateurs versus…

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Coursing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

The annual general meeting of the Singleton Coursing Club was held at the Fire Station rooms on Wednesday evening. Mr W. Button occupied the…

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Swimming

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

Andrew Charlton was chosen as one of the New South Wales representatives at the Australasian championship carnival, tq be held in Hobart and…

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Rugby Football. Sydney Player's Success. London, Jan. 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 3

A. C. Wallace, formerly of the Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University, and now a Rhodes scholar in residence at Oxford, was the…

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Rugby Football. England Defeats Wales. Game in the Rain. London, Jan. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 12

In showery weather, England defeated Wales in the international Rugby match by 17 points to 9. There were 40,000 spectators…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

A report from Wellington (N.Z.) on Thursday states that almost a world's record was put up in the Plunkett Shield cricket match between…

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Singleton Races

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 6

The following weights have been issued by Mr W. Rouse, the handicappor, for the Singleton Racing Club's meeting, to be held on Wednesday, January…

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