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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1924

3,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 152

Golf. London, May 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 13

In the fifth round of the amateur gold championship at St. Andrews. Denis Kyle, the Scottish international player, surprisingly defeated Cyril…

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Bowls. New South Wales Team Beaten

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 7

With the match against Auchen-flower the New South Wales Railway howlers on Friday complected their Queensland tour. They were defeated…

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Pony Racing. Steward at Inquiry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 15

R. S. Turner, one of the stewards of the A.R.C. giving evidence before Pony Racing Committee Tuesday, said he did not know whether bookmakers…

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Racing Sensation. Accident at Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 8

One of the most sensational smashes that has ever occurred on the turf in Australia took place at Ascot Racecourse yesterday afternoon, a few…

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Howe Park Tennis Club Further Accommodation Granted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 6

At the Singleton Municipal Council meeting on Thursday a letter was received from Mr E. W. Robinson, Hon. Sec. of Howe Park Tennis Club, asking…

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Law Tennis. the Personality of Mile Lenglen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 10

The personalities of famous sports people, are always an interesting study, more especially when the sport concerned is one that is played by so…

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Sporting Cables. County Cricket. London, June 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 2

Closing scores to-day in the ninth round of county championship matches were: Glamorgan, 84 (Thomas five wickets…

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Football. England v. N.S.W. SYDNEY

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

The scores at 3746 were England 7 N.S.W. 5…

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Cricket. South Africa V Scotland. London, May 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 12

The South Africans scored 186, Blanckenberg 43, Scotland in the second innings scored 144 for 4 wickets and declared. The South Africans scored…

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Sporting Cables. Boxing. London, May 29. Phil Scott outpointed George Cook. Davis Cup

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 13

The Australian Press Association has received details from Prague showing that the Davis Cup matches were much closer than might appear…

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Cricket. South Africans at Glasgow. Easy Win. London, June 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 2

A message from Glasgow a states that the attendance was small and the wicket sticky in the mater. Scotland v. South Africa, which the…

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Coursing. Singleton Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 7

The June meeting of the Singleton Coursing Club was opened on the enclosure at Whittingham on Saturday, and concluded to-day. The results of…

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Boxing. Mofarlane Beaten

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 7

Packy McFarlane, 9.3 was beaten by Digger Young, 9.0 at the Newcastle Stadium on Saturday evening. The contest commenced at a smart…

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Bowls. State Rink Championship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 2

The demi-semi-final of the State [?] championship was played on Saturday at East Maitland, to determine the winners in the Newcastle…

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Golf. New York. June 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 8

At Birmingham (Michigan) Cyri Walker, of New York, won the national open championship of 72 hole with 297. Bobby Jones was second…

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Maitland Races. Saturday's Events

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 7

Bitterly cold weather prevailed for Maitland races on Saturday a cold westerly wind making outside conditions very unpleasant. Nevertheless,…

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Football. England v. N.S. WALES

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. Half-time scores were :—N.S.W. 15; England 8…

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Football. Hunter League Matches. Maitland United v. GRETA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 2

The weather was most unfavourable for football on Saturday. There was a cold and strong westerly wind blowing and this made the…

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Lawn Tennis. Australians in America. New York, June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 8

G. L. Patterson has informed the United States Lawn Tennis Association that the team of Australian Davis cup players who have been…

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Sporting Cables. Cricket. South Africa v. Cambridge London, June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 8

The South African cricket commenced their match against Cambridge University to-day, and at the drawing of stumps had lost five…

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