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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1924

3,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 152

Football. Soccer Code. Adamstown v. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 7

At Cessnock, Adamstown and Cessnock played a scoreless draw. The game was last and exciting, with Cessnock slightly the better team. Elgey, the…

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Coursing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 4

Singleton Coursing Club will conduct a big meeting on the Singleton racecourse enclosure on Easter Saturday and Easter Monday, April 19 and 21,…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 4

At the Bohemia Stadium, Brisbane, Harry Casey, of Rockhampton, 10.2½, defeated Leo Wax, of Newcastle, 10.0½, in the thirteenth round. Wax boxed…

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Singleton Coursing Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 3

Followers of coursing will hall with delight the formation of the above club. For a long time followers of the dogs have regretted that…

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BOXING Ten Rounders

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 4

Tom Howard v Swinton, and Hill v Hobson, are the two ten-rounders for this Thursday night at the Strand. These two bouts are…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 4
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The following team will represent Singleton Association No. 1 Team v. Maitland Association in the John Bull Shield on Howe Park on Saturday next,…

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Newcastle Golf Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 7

The official season for 1924 was opened by the Newcastle Golf Club on its links at Fern Bay on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a large…

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Combined Football Clubs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 4

Mr. W. Waller presided at a meeting of the East and West Wnd Football Clubs last evening, at Mitchell's rooms. It was decided that the…

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Football. Soccer Code

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 7

Greta Soccer Football Club opened the season by Vetting Maitland and playing the newly formed team on the Park on Saturday, Greta Wining by…

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East Maitland Park Tennis Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 4

Mr. Amos Smith presided at the annual meeting of the East Maitland Park Tennis Club, last evening. in the Literary Instituet. There was a…

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Bowls. the State Singles Championship. Unfortunate Incidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 4

The final of the State Singles Championship was played on the City green on Saturday, the contestants being Robert Craig, of Marrickville, who…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sporting. Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 2

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., report 10th April, 1924: The "off season" in wool selling has been entered upon in earnest. There is less We learn that there was a very satisfactory roll up to practice on the Park on Saturday afternoon last. at least some twenty-five members…

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Local and General. Lawn Tennis Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 4

An executive meeting of the Maitland land and District Lawn Tennis Association will be held in Mr. L. W. day's store. to-morrow (Wednesday)…

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Cricket. Match on Barrington Tops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 7

A cricket match has been arranged between Eccleston and Stewart's Brook, to take place on Barriugtor Dops on Easter Saturday…

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Soccer Football Visit From Fleet Team To-morrow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 3

A junior team from H.M.S. Hood, of the British Special Service Squad ron, will arrive in Cessnoek to-morrow and play a match against a…

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Fred Power Racing Days Finished. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 2

Mr John Brown's imported horse, Fred Power, has finished racing. He was one of the early favorites for the Sydney Cup, but went wrong a few…

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Unfair Criticism. New Zealand Cricket Tour. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 5

Warren Bardsley, the international cricketer, who returned to Sydney to day from New Zealand, in the course of an interview remarked: For…

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Athletics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 5

It is announced that the £10[?] foot running handicap promoted by Mr. John Enright, of Greta, has been postponed until further notice…

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Coursing at Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 5

The grand opening of the Singleton Coursing Club will take place at Singleton racecourse on Easter Saturday 19th, inst, and be continued on Easter…

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