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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1925

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Athletics. Three Miles Championship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 7

The sixth annual three miles championship of the Rose Bay Amateur Athletic Club was won by Roley Bateman, a former Maitlander, who has…

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Cadet Athletic Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 4

A Cadet Athletic Club has been inaugurated at the East Maitland Drill Hall. Lieut S. G. Wynn having the welfare of the boys at heart…

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Boxing. Sheppeard Defeats Walker

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 7

A twenty-round contest between Wally Waler, of Newcastle, and Ern Shppeard, of Lithgow, attracted a large attendance to Newcastle…

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Pokolbin Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

Large entries have been received for the Easter meeting of the Pokelbin race club. Opening Handicap.—Royal, Span…

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Sporting Cables. Boxing. New York, April 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

The New York "Evening World" says that negotiations for a Dempsey-Wills bout have virtually ended in arrangement for a contest for the latter…

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East Maitland Cricket Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 4

A meeting of East Maitland Cricket Club will be held in the Mechanies' institute to-morrow (Tuesday) at 7.30 o'clock. A full attendance is…

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Football. the Soccer Code. Third Test at Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 7

A meeting of the New South Wales Soccer Association was held in Sydney to consider the itinerary of the English team. Mr. Stack presided…

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Maitland Speedway. Racing in the Rain. Motor Cup Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 6

Further evidence of the popularity of the motor racing in Maitland was given on Saturday; evening when, despite showery…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 7

An advertisement in this issue invites, all players in the district who desire to play Rugby Union football during the coming season, to inform Mr. C…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 3
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

By receiving the decision over Dick Congress "at Sydney Stadium on, Saturday night, Gavino Deleon, the Filipino, recorded his third successive victory…

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Coursing. Stakes at Abermain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 7

The rabbit coursing held at O'Neill's ground, Cessnock, on Saturday, was attended by a good crowd to witness some good coursing. In the Puppy…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 3

The final lound of the John Bull Shield games will be played on Saturday next. The competition is still very open, and anything may happen…

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Boxing. Preliminary at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 7

Mr. James Allen, of Branxton, writes, stating that on Friday night last, at Cessnock, the preliminary fight between himself and butler was…

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Boxing. Dempsey to Fight

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 2

New York "Evening World" states that negotiations for the Dempsey-Wills bout nave been quietly maturing for the past two weeks virtually Insuring the…

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Control of Motor Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

The secretary of the Auto-Cycle Union of New South Wales has written to the secretary of the Hunter River Agricultural and…

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Local and General Hack Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

Hack Racing will be held on O'Neil's Course, Cessnock, on Easter Monday Good prizes will be given…

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Cricket John Bull Shield Match

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 6

The following players will represent Cessnock against Hunter River Association on Easter Saturday, on East End wicket: W. Lane (capt.), W…

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Football Season to Open on May 9

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 1

A meeting of the Upper Hunter Rugby League Football Association was held at the Aberdeen Hotel on Saturday last, when there was a full…

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Cricket. Robins v NORTHERN C.C. To the Editor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 7

Sir,—Your report of the match which concluded on saturday last states that there was "adverse criticism" when Northern division…

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