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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1925

2,758 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 138

Tennis

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 3
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

Playing in the M.U.O.O.F. Shield competition Wyong defeated Williamtown for the final. 8—7. The tennis match aganst Bolwarra on…

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Boxing Billy Davey

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 7

Fans will have the opportunity of seeing Billy Davey in action again at the Strand next Friday night. His opponent will be the winner of…

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Sporting Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 1

Muswellbrook A team will play the Denman A team on the latter's ground on Saturday. The local fixture is Muswellbrook Bs. v. Scone…

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Rugby League. Hunter Delegate's Complaint

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 7

At the executive meeting of the Hunter, District Rugby League, delegates, referred to the agreement with Newcastle League in regard to…

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Gilligan on Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 4

"Temperament is the thing that tells in Test matches. It is not how a man stands in the averages, but how he shapes on big occasions, that…

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Cessnock Races. Saturday's Events

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 7

Cessnock races will be held to-morrow when there will be a six event programme, entries for which, have f[?]led well. The railway timetable is…

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Races at Willow Tree

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

The recently-formed Willow Tree Race Club held its initial fixture on Wednesday last in the presence of a large gathering representative of…

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When Cricket Was Cricket. English Judge's Reference. London, June 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 5

Cricket averages were mentioned as an illustration in the income tax case in the King's Bench, whereupon Mr. Justice Rowzatt declared…

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Golf Championship. Macdonald Smith Favourite. London, June 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 5

Bookmakers who have sent out circulars offering odds in connection with the open golf championship, make the American Macdonald…

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Late Telegrams. Amundsen Returns Safely. Australian Lady Lawn Tennis Players Defeated. Shanghai Trouble

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

Amundsen and his party have returned to King's Bay, Spitzbergen, safely. Amundsen, in a radic message, said the party failed to…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 8

The English Soccer football team defeated Ipswich (Q.) on Wednesday by three goals to nil. In the second Rugby Union match…

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Lawn Tennis

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 13

A team of five women lawn tennis players, representing Great Britain, will sail for the United States after the championships at Wimbledon…

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Boxing. Josephs Defeats Buxton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 15

Patrons of the Strand Stadium, Cessnock, were disappointed at the outcome of the Buxton v Josephs contest, the principal attraction of last…

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Canterury Races Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 5

Owing to the rain making the track unfit for racing, Canterbury races have been postponed to Tuesday next. Richmond ponies were set…

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Vigorous Football. Accidents in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 14

When playing football at Belmore on Saturday Percival Mason aged 18, of Mortdale, fractured his right leg, and was admitted to…

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Shot Dead. Football and a Gun

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 5

Arnold Harcourt Morris, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Morris, of Cadia-road Orange, met with shocking shooting fatality on Sunday. Deceased, who…

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Golf Championship. Kirkwood to Contest. London, June 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 2

For the open golf championship 187 professionals and 13 amateurs have entered, including Kirkwood, the Americans, Barnes Bourne, and…

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English Golf Championship. Australian Competing. London, June 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 6

A message from Troon states that the first qualifying round of the open gold championship was played in bright sunshine, with a light…

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FOOTBALL. N.S.W. v. New, Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 5

In the match between New South Wales and New Zealand this afternoon there was no score at half-time…

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