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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1925

2,758 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 138

Sporting Cables. Tennis. London. June 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 11

At Weybridge, the Australian visitors, who were the guests of Mr. F. R. Spofforth, impressed the critics, who comment on Miss Akhurst's remarkable…

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Sporting Cables. Golf Championship. London, May 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 2

At Westward [?] in the play for the amateur golf championship, the game, which was played in heavy rain, provided several sensation…

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Sporting Cables. London, May 27. FOOTBALL

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 5

The French Rugby Federation has decided not to accept the New Zealand Rugby Union's invitation to send a team in 1926, but is willing to do…

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Sporting Cables. English Cricket. London. May 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 12

The "Morning Post," commenting on a letter from Mr. B. J. T. Bosanquet, arguing that the cause of British cricket deterioration is failure to provide…

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Football. Rugby League. Morpeth Beats South Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 8

South Newcastle and Morpeth, playing in the Newcastle Rugby League's competition, provided the principal match on the Maitland Show Ground…

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Boxing. Newcastle Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 7

At the Newcastle stadium Leu Solton (8.5¼) of Sydney, defeated Taff Jones (8.5), a recent arrival from Wales, on points. Solton had the…

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Rugby Union. Royal Navy Beaten

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 8

Newcastle defeated the Royal Australian Navy by 21 points to three at the Newcastle Show Ground on Saturday…

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North End Football Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 4

A meeting of the North End Football Club will be held in Winchester's rooms, to-morrow evening…

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Maitland Races. Saturday's Events

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 7

There was a large attendance at Maitland races on Saturday, when the weather was fine. The going was slightly heavy. The fixture was well…

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Football. Rugby League. Notes by "The Critic."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 7

The, match, Morpeth and South Newcastle, has confounded the critics (including the writer). The Morpeth men are a wonderfully…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

The following players are asked to be in attendance on the Park on Saturday next, for practice. Team No. 1: Sutton, Watson. E. Mould,…

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Coursing. Results at Hexham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 7

Fine weather favoured the coursing inceting held at Hexham on Saturday, when a £35 stake was entered upon. The promoter has decided to add an…

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Boxing. Deleon Wins Again

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 3

Gavino Deleon, the Filipino boxer, scored his sixth successive victory in Sydney, when he forced Eugene fernandez to retire during the fourth round…

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Rugby League Cessnock Victorious Again

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Cessnock C grade league team added another victory to its credit when it defeated Maitland North End by 14 points to…

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Singleton Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 5

The programme for Singleton races, to be held on Wednesday, June 17, is advertised in this issue. Entries close at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9…

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Accident at Football

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 4

While playing a friendly game of Soccer yesterday morning Joe Stewart, 14 years of age, whose parents reside in Yango street, had his collar…

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Tennis. Australian Ladies. London, June 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 5

At the tournament at Weybridge the Australian ladies made a good impression on their first appearance. In the first round, Miss St. George defeated…

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Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 7

Maitland 2nd XV., at Newcastle, on Saturday.—Cummins, Jarman, schofield, C. Fry, Humphries, Henderson, C. Smith, Ryan, Croyle…

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North End Football Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 4

The North End Football Club, at a meeting held in Winchester's rooms, last evening, decided to hold a euchre party and dance, on June…

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