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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1925

2,758 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 138

Boxing. Flyweight Title

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 15

At the Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night, has Jackson, of Lithgow (holder), and Bily M'Alister, of Melbourne, fought for the Australian…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 8

London, Wednesday.—H. Sutcliffe, who was a member of Gilligan's team, writing in the "Daily Chronicle," in reply to Spofforth's belief that the…

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Lawn Tennis

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 8

Mr J.O. Anderson, Australasian tennis champion, left Sydney for London on Wednesday by the steamer Orama. He will participate in the Wimbledon…

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Boxing. Jones Defeats Watson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 4

Eddie Watson (Sydney), 8.0, met Taffy Jones (Abermain), 8.3, before a fair house at the Strand Stadium, Cessnock, last night, and a very…

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Singleton Racing Club

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 6

Singleton Racing Club will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, 27th May. The programme appears in our advertising columns…

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Sporting Cables. Swimming. Vancouver, April 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 12

Waller Spence, of the New York Athletic Club, won a 300-yards medley relay swimming event at San Francisco in 3m 55 2-5s, which is claimed as a…

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Bowls. State Pennant Match Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

Lowlands, the winning club of the Newcastle District Association, and East Maitland, winner in the Hunter Association, were to have played on…

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Cricket. Veterans' Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

The return match between veterans from DUngog and Maitland districts was to have been played on West Maitland Park oval to-day. Dungog…

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Lawn Tennis. Bombay, April 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 12

All emergency meeting of the council of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association was held at Lahore to-night to consider the suspension of the Indian…

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Interstate Bowls. New South Wales Again Victorious

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 8

The interstate, fowling carnival was continued in Sydney, when New South Wales played matches against Victoria and Queensland…

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Wallsend Races. Postponed to

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

Wallsend races have been postponed until Wednesday next…

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Sporting Cables. Cricket. London, April 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 13

Broadcasting by wireless his impressions of the M.C.C. tour, Gilligan paid tribute to Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Tate, Strudwick, and the team's all-round fielding…

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East Maitland Cricket Club. Annual Banquet

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 7

The annual banquet of the East Maitland Cricket Club was held in the Literary Institute, East Maitland on Saturday evening. Mr. T. F…

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Racing Agent. Slashed with Razors. London, April 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 13

Five members of a racing gang on Saturday savagely attacked George Rent, a turf commission agent, near the Euston Station, slashing his…

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Football in England. Team for Australia. London, April 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 12

At a meeting of the Committee of the Football Association, a communication was read from Mr. John Lewis, manager of the English team in…

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Lawn Tennis. Davis Cup Play. Revised Arrangements. New York, April 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

The United Lawn Tennis Association has announced the following revise dates and places for certain Davis Cup and national tennis events…

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Tennis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 4

In the final of the singles championship at the Highbury (North London) hard court tournament, P. G. D. Spence, the South African, defeated…

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Municipal Swimming Baths

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 4

Ipswich had municipal swimming baths 50 years ago, as is evident, from the following clipping from the, "Fifty Years Ago", column of the…

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Boxing. Newcastle Contests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 7

At the Newcastle Stadium, Garn Juno defeated Billy Jones. There were £100 side wagers on the fight. Jones opened well using both…

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Brilliant Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 7

Rugby Union football has returned to Maitland, and has returned to stay. The opening games of the season, played on Lorn park on Saturday…

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