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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1927

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Rugby Football. All Blacks Beat Wakefield. a Fine Display. London, Dec. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

The All Blacks Rugby football team defeated Wakefield by 29 points to 24. The All Blacks scored 7 tries, and 4 goals and Wakefield 4 tries, 3 goals…

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Boxing. Newcastle Tournament Finals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 16

The finals of the three divisions of the £500 tournament were decided at Newcastle Stadium last night before a good attendance. Mr. M…

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Boxing. Cook Defeats Payne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 11

George Cook, ex-heavyweight champion of Australia, made a successful return to this country at the Sydney Stadium last night, when he…

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How America Plays Football

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 14

An interesting account or now football is played in America is supplied by a Singletonian. who has been for some time in the United…

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Racing Accidents. Jockey Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 15

Two horses were killed and a jockey fatally injured on Perth Derby Day. Another jockey received serious injuries…

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Lawn Tennis. New Zealand Championships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

The New Zealand tennis tournament was continued yesterday in fine weather. The day's surprise was the downfall of the holder of the…

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Swimming. Charlton's Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 7

Takahiro Saite, one of the visiting Japanese swimmers, paid a visit to Wellington (N.S.W.) on Saturday, and later in the day appeared at the…

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Boxing. Jackson Beats Swift

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 7

Len Jackson 8.5½ and Tommy Swift 8.7½ met at the Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night, and Jackson won on a foul in the ninth…

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Cape Hawk Regatta. Concluding Day. Forster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

The Cape Hawke Regatta Club's 41st annual outing was concluded on Saturday, at the convincing spot near Forster…

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Lawn Tennis. New South Wales Players Beaten

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 7

A. L. North, the New South Wales player was defeated by Andrews, in the final of the New Zealand tennis championship…

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Cricket. John Bull Shield. Hunter District Beats Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 7

Hunter beat Wyong in the John Bull Shield competition by 289 runs on the first innings on the West Maitland Show Ground on Saturday…

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Swimming Charlton Marks Reçord

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

Andrew ("Boy") Charlton demonstrated at the Manly Baths on Saturday that he is in wonderful form, and the Sydney public should witness some…

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Boxing Grime Beats Butcher

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

At the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night, Billy Grime, lightweight champion, beat Butcher, welter weight champion. in the fourth round by a…

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SPORTING. Cricket. Phenomenal Scoring. World's Cricket Record

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

Victoria's first innings against Now South Wales yielded the enormous total of 1107 runs. It was a world's record score…

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Lawn Tennis. Crawford Beats Baker

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 7

J. Willard, who had strained his ankle, forfeited to R. E. Schlesinger in the semi-final singles of the cumberland championships, but, a fine…

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Cricket. Victoria's Big Score

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

New South Wales suffered defeat by an innings and 656 runs at the hands of Victoria in the Sheffield Shield match at Melbourne. N. S. Wales made 221,…

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Cricket. Sheffield Shield. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

Love and Hendry, the not out batsmen, continued the Victorians' second innings against South Australia to-day…

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Boxing. Newcastle Contests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 9

Three contests were staged at Newcastle Stadium last night, and a good night's sport was witnessed. L. O'Dennell acted as referee…

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Heddon Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 5

Heddon Jockey Club will cater fro northern racegoers on Saturday. There are five events set down for decision and, as the fields are up to…

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Football. Socoer. Inviting International Teams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 9

The Australian Association decided, at its annual conference to enter into negotiations with the Canadian Association and the Scottish…

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