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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1925

2,758 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 138

Lawn Tennis Australian Women Players. Spring a Surprise. VANCOUVER, June 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 13

H. Snodgrass (California) and R. Cooke (Hawaii) won the Mid-Pacific doubles championship. Snodgrass won the third Pacific…

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Football. Rugby League. Maitland Beats Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1925 · page 2

No match in this season's competitions has attracted greater local interest than that between Morpeth and Maitland United, which took…

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Boxing. Brook Defeats Volaire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1925 · page 6

At the Newcastle Stadium, Fred Brook (Newcastle) defeated Eugene Volairo (France) on points, at the end of a 20-round bout…

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Barraba Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Monday 29 June 1925 · page 5

Big Entries have been received for Barraba races, to be held next Saturday. The weights appear in another column…

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Visiting Tennis Champions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Monday 29 June 1925 · page 4

A number of Sydney tennis experts will visit Cessnock on Saturday, July 18th, and play exhibition single and double matches. The players to…

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Rugby Union. New Zelanders at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1925 · page 2

The game between New Zealand Rugby Union team and a New South Wales fifteen at Newcastle was attended by 8000 people…

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Boxing Two Good Fights Strand Contest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Monday 29 June 1925 · page 3

There was an improved attendance at the Strand Stadium on Friday night, and the audience received their money's worth in dinkum sto[?]sh…

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Heddon Races. Successful Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1925 · page 7

Heddon Jockey Club conducted a well-organised fixture on Saturday, when there was a large attendance. Arrangements were very attendance…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 3

Billy Grime, 8st 12½1b, feather and lightweight champion of Australia, had no difficulty in defeating de Leon, had 131b, the Filipino boxer, on points at…

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Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 7

The first grade fixtures for Saturday next are Combined Newcastle v. Newtown (Sydney) on the Newcastle Sports Ground and Western…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

Scone I. meet Denman I, in a comp. fixture on the local ground on Saturday next. On the Newcastle Showground on…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

The list of matches to be played in England by the Australian Cricket team next year lias been made available. There are 39 fixtures. Test…

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Lawn Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 3

Scone Park I to play Bunnan on the Park, Saturday next: Misses H. and N. Sullivan, Ward, Taylor, Silver, James…

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Denman Sporting. Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 1

In the competition match between Aberdeen and Denimm A grade players on the Denman ground on Saturday last, Aberdeen won by 5-3, after…

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Tennis Finance. Davis Cup Team Loss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Tawn Tennis Association of Australian which was held in Sydney last night reference was made in the…

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Saturday's Sporting Golf. Upper Hunter Team at Newcastle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 1

A team representing the Upper Hunter met a team from the Newcastle Club on the Stockton links on Saturday afternoon last and were…

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Football in Singleton Two Big Matches Last

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 2

Singleton showground was the scene of two great Rugby League contests on Saturday, when, local teams met teams from Eveleigh (Sydney) and…

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Lawn Tennis Play at Wimbledon. Australian Women Beaten. LONDON, June 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 5

The championship tournaments were continued, at Wimbledon today. The weather was gloriously fine and there was a large…

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