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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1924

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CRICKET. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

The second match between South Africa and Scotland was commenced at Glasgow yesterday. The Home side had first use of a dull and…

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Boxing. Gibbons Defeats Carpentier. Vancouver

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

The 10-rounds' bout; between Tom Gibbons and Georges Caepentiers the French champion heavyweight, at Michigan City, resulted in a decisive…

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South Cessnock Cricket Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 6

In order to commemorate the winding up of the cricket season the South Cessnock Cricket Club held their annual social on Saturday…

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Football. Matches Next Saturday and

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 5

Muswellbrook A team will play a team from Summer Hill (Sydney) on the local showground on Saturday and Monday next. On Saturday the…

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Pony Racing. Steward at Inquiry Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 5

R. S. Turner one of the stewards of the A.R.c. giving evidence before Pony Racing committee to- day said he did not know whether bookmakers…

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Upper Hunter Football Association Competition Fixtures, 1924. A. Grade

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 6

June 14—Denman v Aberdeen; Murrurundi v Muswellbrook; Scone v. Quirindi. SECOND ROUND…

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Sporting Football. Muswellbrook Loses to Scone. Aberdeen Beat Murrurundi

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 1

Saturday's football matches in the Upper Hunter competition resulted in several surprises. Muswellbrook A. team went to Scone, followed by a…

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Football Two Local Teams Win Away. Souths to, WARATAHS 5

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

For this match at Clarence To[?] Souths fielded a much Stronger team than the one which met Norths the previous Saturday, while the…

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Sporting. Football Muswellbrook I. v. SCONE I. Interesting Game Ends in Favour of Scone

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

There was a large crowd on the Park on Saturday afternoon last to witness the game between the major thirteens of the Scone and…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 3

Paris, Monday.—Danny Frush, the ex-London featherweight, knocked out Eugene Criqui[?]n the fourth round of a contest scheduled for 20 rounds…

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Boxing. Kelly Disqualified

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 7

Tommy Kelly (10st 4lb), the Newcastle W[?] made his first appearance at the sydney stadium last night in a bout scheduled for fifteen…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 3

London, Monday.— Following are the averages to date in first-class cricket:— Batting: Hendren, 540 runs, average (67.5; Nourse, 338, 48.66; Fender 384,…

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Lawn Tennis

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 3

London, Tuesday.—The Davis Cup matches at Edgbaston were delayed by heavy rain, In the doubles Godfree and Woosnam (Britain) beat Alonzo…

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Football. Queensland Again Wins

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 7

The second match of the season between Queensland ans New south Wales Rugby League teams was played on the sydney Sports Ground…

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Tennis Giants. .London, June 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 5

Commander G.W. Hillyard (secretary of the All-England Tennis Club, wimbledon),in "Forty years of First class Lawn Tennis,"which has…

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Water Board. Tarro—miller's Forest Extension. Swimming Baths at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 3

The Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board met at their o[?] Newcastle, on Tuesday. The revenue return showed that fay…

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Athletics

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 3

London, Tuesday.—A message from Paris states that Carr, the Australian, competing at an athletic meeting at the Saint Doree Stadium, covered 100…

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Tennis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 7
Also in The Scone Advocate

The following teams will represent Cessnock against Maitland on June 9th. Players not available please notify the hon. secretary as…

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Proposed Swimming Baths

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 7

A letter from Mr. F. Miller Cessnock, was received at a meeting of the [?] District Water and Sewerage Board on Tuesday inquiring…

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