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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1925

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Cricket Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 6

At a meeting of Singleton District Cricket Association, the date of the annual banquet was fixed for Saturday, June 6, when the association…

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English Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 3

London, Monday.—Playing cricket against the first XI of George Wayson's College, at Edinburgh, Cadet Woodhill, of Sydney, put up an excellent…

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Rugby League. Maitland United League Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 7

A special meeting of Maitland United Football Club was held at Mr. Los Mitchell's dining rooms last evening, Mr. F. Moroney occupied…

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Lawn Tennis. Saturday's Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 7

St. Mary's A grade v Kin Ora on St Mary's No. 1 court Misses Pankhurst and Smith Messrs. Swan Kerrigan Quist Rousell, B grade a bye…

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Football. North Sydney Team

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 5

Mr. W. Waller, secretary Hunter Rugby League, has received word that the North Sydney team, which was to play, a combined Maitland team on the…

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Bowls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 7

The semi-final of the champion rink, between East Maitland and Cessnock, will be played on the park on Saturday…

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Football South Dungog Football Club

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

A meeting of the club was held on Tuesday night at Brown's rooms, Mr. F. H. Robinson (vice-president) presiding over a good attendance of…

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Sporting. Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

Scone I. and Murrurundi I. meet on the Park to-morrow (Sat.) In a comp. match. Second thirteens of the same clubs meet at Murrurundi…

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Cessnock Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 5

The following entries have been received for the races to be held at Cessnock on Saturday, Way 23rd: Flying Handicap: Wise Sands…

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Football New Rule

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 3

Mr. Frank Delaney, honorary secretary of the New South Wales Referces' Association, writes as follows:—At the recent conference…

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Rugby League Fixtures for To-morrow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 7

The following team will represent Cessnock D grade against West Maitland at the showground to-morrow. Cars leave Kempe's corner at 1 p.m…

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Football. Some Golden Rules

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 4

The old saying, "Possession is nine points of the law," should be borne in mind by all aspiring footballers, for in no other game can…

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Notes on Newcastle Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 5

Cliffdale is well in in the Shorts and Mile. If the big horse is himself he will take some beating in which ever race he is started in. He won't…

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Lawn Tennis. Davis Cup Team

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 7

O'Hara Wood stated that he would not go as fourth man in the Davis Cup team this year. He was tied up with the indefinite delays and…

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Local and General Tennis Club Socials

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 6

Members of the Church of England Tennis Club intend to hold weekly socials in aid of the church funds. They will be held in the Parish Hall…

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Football. Rugby League. Schools Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 23

At lost the schools' competition, which all enthusiasts have been looking forward to for some time past, has begun. The football displayed by many…

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Bowls

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 6

In the Singleton Club's Handicap Pairs competition the following are asked to play to-day, 16th inst., or forfeit:—Decent and Low v. Kennedy and…

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Golf

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 20

At Hollinwell, Nottinghamshire, the "Daily Mail £1200 golf tournament, in which a hundred of the best professionals in British Isles…

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Hunter Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 21

The Hunter Rugby League's competitions were continued to-day. The early game on No. 1 oval of the Show Ground was between Thornton and…

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Coursing. Stakes at Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 15

The unfinished stakes of May 2 were concluded at Cessnock on Saturday last. The rabbits ran up to their old form on a ground that…

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