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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1926

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Raymond Terrace Regatta

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 3

The regatta Commenced on Boxing Day and conducted with so much success on that day, was continued on Saturday, and concluded, and another successful…

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Tennis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 9
Also in Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser

The summer competition, for which seven B grade teams have entered, begins to-morrow. The matches will be played with teams of four, each pair…

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Hack Racing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 7

A day's hack racing is advertised to be held in O'Neill's Paddock on Saturday, 16th January. A great day of sport is promised…

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Cricket

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 7

The following will represent East End A grade v Cessnock at the Show Ground to-morrow at 2.30 p.m.: W. Lane, W. Edmunds P. Ryan, J…

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BOXING Turnbull v. Davey

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 8

Cess Turnbull and Billy Davey will be the opening fight for this year at the Strand. The fight will take place next Pay. Both have…

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Cessnock Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 5

Newcombe's char-a-bane will leave Church-street, at 11 a.m. to-morrow for Cessnock races…

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Maitland Races. the Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 7

The following entries have been received for the Maitland races, to be held on Saturday, 16th January, 1925: The Maiden Handicap, six…

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Lawn Tennis. State Selector Resigns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 7

The difference that has arisen among the New South Wales selectors over the picking of this State's representatives for the Australasian…

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Cricket. Inter-district Games

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

The John Bull Shield fixture, between-Upper Hunter, and Hunter River, played at Maitland on Boxing Day, was fraught with much…

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Gundy. Successful Races and Ball. £170 CLEARED

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

Gundy Diggers' Club, one of the most popular sporting institutions in the Upper Hunter, catered for the racing fraternity on New Year's…

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Bowls

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 7

The members of the Muswellbrook Bowling Club are now actively engaging in their favourite sport. On Saturday last they met a team from…

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Boxing. Juno Defeated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 7

Tommy Milton (Victoria), 8.11 outpointed Garnet June (Cessnock), 9.1 over 15 rounds, at the L[?] Stadium on Friday night, Milton was[From Our Own Correspondent.]…

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Boxing. Newcastle Stadium

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 15

Another Sydney versus Newcastle night at the Newcastle Stadium on Saturday provided ample interest for a good crowd, the three contests…

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Boxing. London, Dec. 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 12

Ernie Rice, the ex-lightweight champion, has signed for a match with Harry Mason, the holder of the title, for a match at the Albert Hall on…

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Man Drowned. Two Rescued. Swimming Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 16

A man was drowned, and another man and a women were rescued exhausted, when a bathing party got into difficulties in the Murrumbidgee…

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Swimming Lessons. School Children Being Taught.'

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 2

More than 6000 scholars at the Public schools of the State are being taught swimming lessons under the guidance of 77 teachers employed by…

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Rugby Station Results. London, Jan. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 12

The first day's traffic from the new Rugby station, was most satisfactory. Australian travellers, who have been mostly supplied at sea with German…

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Lawn Tennis. Australian Championships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 7

The Australian Lawn Tents Association has endorsed the nominations made by the various States of the following players who will…

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Rugby Union. Welsh Trial Game. London, Dec. 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 13

The Rugby Union trial match played at Cardiff, between Glamorgan and Monmouth, was won by Glamorgan by 20 points to 5…

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