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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1926

3,185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 160

Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 3

Mr Clem Hill, one of the Australian cricket selectors, is to leave for England in April. He has been granted six months' leave of absence by the…

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Football. Wales Beats England. London, March 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 7

An international Soccer match was played at Selhurst Park yesterday between Wales and England, in dull weather, and attracted an attendance…

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Golf Champion Leaves a Great Send-off (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 2

Mr Tom Howard, the golf champion, left Sydney to-day for England by the mail steamer Otranto, and was given a great send-off…

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Rugby League Football Upper Hunter and Country Week

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 1

Mr. Miller, Secretary of the Rugby League, has written to a local enthusiast asking for suggestions for the re-grouping of country…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 7

Dick Elimour, of France, was declared the winner in a boxing match at Wellington (N.Z.) with Harry Casey, of Queensland. Casey was…

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Tennis

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 2
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

A game will lie played on the Hill courts on Saturday between Clarencetown and Raymond Terrace. Representative of the local club will be Messrs Davies, Brown…

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Cricket

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 8
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Following are the players to represent C. Grade P.A. team to play Extended clippers on clippers wicket at 2.15 p.m. sharp:—C. Alderton…

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Boxing To-night's Fight

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 5

Boxing fans are assured of a good night's sport to-night at the Strand. Bluey Blanch, who a short time back was boxing some of…

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Bowls. Interstate Carnival Concludes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 7

The Australian bowling carnival concluded in Sydney on Thursday when the interstate series of games were finished. Victoria, by defeating…

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Sporting. Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 2

The match, Old Boys v. Scone I., set down for to-morrow (Saturday), has been cancelled owing to the prevailing epidemic…

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Morpeth Football Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Morpeth Football Club will be held in Miss Clarke's rooms on Tuesday next, March 9…

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Proposed Swimming Baths. Ald. Arnoult Supports Movement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 1

Apparently Muswellbrook's aldermen are not interested in the movement to establish swimming baths in this town. After Ald Arnoult spoke…

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Motor Cycle and Cycle Racing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 5

The local club has sot down for this Saturday afternoon a programme of club events that should prove attractive to all lovers of the…

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Cricket. Umpires for

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 6

The following umpires have been appointed for the A grade competition matches commencing on Saturday next, 6th inst; Northern Division v…

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Pokolbin Races the First Day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 5

The Pokolbin Race Club had lovely weather for the first day of their Cup meeting on Wednesday. A mid-week meeting was a new idea for the club…

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English Cricket. "Professionals Now the Mainstay."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 3

In an editorial headed "Gentlemen and Players," the "Daily Chronicle" urges the selectors of England's team for the coming tests to…

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Dungog District and Stroud Cricket Association Pleasant Evening

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 4

On Saturday evening last, after the cricket final, on the Dungog ground, between Clarence Town and Stroud, a good crowd gathered in…

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Park Seats on Bowling Green and Tennis Court. Ald. Gentlemun Wants Them Removed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 4

The parks and gardens committee has drawn the council's attention to the fact that some of the seats belonging to the parks are now located…

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