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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1926

3,185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 160

Sporting. on the Ball. Beginning of Football. Season

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 2

The Rugby football season opened on the showground on Saturday, when A and B teams from Aberdeen met he local A and B teams, the latter being…

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Cricket. C. Weissel Has Another Good Season Aggregate, 1770; Average, 98.33

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 7

A glance through Murrurundi Club's scoring-book discloses that Cecil Weissel, the local versatile athlete, has been a prolific…

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Football. Rugby League Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 5

Entries for the competition to the conducted by the Hunter District Rugbt Football League this season have been extended for another week…

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Golf Club Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 2

The annual ball in connection with the Maitland Golf Club will be held in the Town Hall, West Maitland, on Thursday. April 22. Tickets, which are…

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Golf. Season Opened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

The golf season was opened at Singleton links on Saturday when a mixed foursome competition and a men's stroke competition were played…

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Kurri Rugby Union Club. Annual Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

At last night's annual meeting of the Kurri Rugby Union Football Club, it was decided to enter a first and second grade team in the…

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Eastern Suburbs Football Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 4

At meeting of Eastern Suburbs Football Club will be held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Thursday evening, 15th instant, at 8…

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Boxing. Jack Dillon Beaten. London, April 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

Percy Calladine beat Jack Dillon, a Sydney boxer, the referee stopping the fight in the seventh round, owing to Dillon's cut eye…

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Cricket. C Grade Final

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

The final of the Hunter Cricket Association's C grade competition between Abermain and East Maitland wil be commenced on the West…

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Local and General Old Boys' Rugby Union Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 4

A meeting of the Old Boys' Rugby Union Football Club will be held at the Soldiers' Club Rooms, on Friday night, 16th inst., at 8 o'clock…

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Golf. Howard in England. London, April 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

In a one-round four-ball practice match, George Gadd, the well-known professional, and the amateur, Ley Smith beat T. Howard, the Sydney…

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Racing Disqualification. the Inia's Boy Case. Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 5

The Southern District Racing Association last night considered the appeals of the connections of the racehorse Inia's Boy…

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Millfield Races. Two Days Meeting. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 5

M[?] Racing Club is putting on a two days meeting. Saturday; May 1, and Monday, May 3. The Prize money for each day's…

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Football. Game in England. England Beats Wales. London, April 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

England beat Wales in the international Northern Union match at Pontypridd, by 30 points to 22. Beautiful weather prevailed, and, an…

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Cricket Tests. Australia's Bowling Strength, Bardsley's Comments. London, April 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 5

In his article regarding the Australian team, referring to the bowling strength, Bardsley thinks that the absence of Armstrong and MacDonald…

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Rugby League Football Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 4

The date of closing for entries for the A, B, C, D, and under 16 grades competitions in connection with the Hunter District Rugby Football…

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Football. Rugby Union High Schools' Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 7

The high schools' Rugby Union competition will commence to-morrow afternoon. Newcastle, Marist Brothers, and Maitland High Schools…

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Golf Club Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 4

The annual ball in connection with the Maitland Golf Club will be held in the Town Hall, West Maitland, on Thursday, April 23. Tickets, which are…

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Clarence Town Cricket Social

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 4

A fitting wind-up to the local cricket season was the very successful social and dance, which eventuated on Friday evening last, in the…

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State Tennis Championships (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 2

The N. S. Wales lawn tennis championships were continued to-day. In the men's special doubles, Grogan and Grogan beat F. Peach and R…

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