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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1927

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Coursing Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 4

The Maitland Coursing Club's plumpton is almost ready for the opening meeting at Easter. The outside fencing has been, completed,…

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Boxing. Grime Defeats Trowern

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 7

Billy Grime defeated Trowern, the referee stopping the fight in the ninth round, Trowern was severely punished…

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Bowls. Grafton Beats Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 7

A team representing Wide Bay and Burnett District Bowling Association visited Grafton. and played the Grafton Club in a six rinks game, the…

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Public Tennis Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 4

A meeting in connection with the Morpeth public tennis court movement will be held in the Morpeth. School of Arts, to-morrow night at…

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Interstate Police. Cricket Match in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 5

The Victorian Police Force on Tuesday started a cricket match against New South Wales in Melbourne, At the end of the dat the…

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Maitland Coursing Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 5

The Maitland Central Coursing Club announces that it will open its season on Easter Saturday, with the following programme: 16 Puppy…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 3

The following players will represent the S.D.C. Association v. Murrurundi Association at Murrurundi on Saturday, March 26th Players unable to make…

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Boxing. Van Heats Tyncke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 7

Ernest Tyncke, the Belgian boxer, In a 15-round bout against Frank Van (11.2). at the Sydney Stadium, lost on a foul in the eleventh round…

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Cricket. Mid-week Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 7

The last round in the Mid-week Association's competition was played yesterday. Taxidrivers played Police on the West Maitland Park…

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Lawn Tennis. New South Wales Championships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 7

In the New South Wales lawn tennis championships, J. Willard and R. 0. Cummings advanced a further stage in the men's singles…

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Boxing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 11

Mick Moran, who proved himself a good fighter some time ago, has a notion that he still possesses the ability to hold his own with the…

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Coursing Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 10

Recently, at the invitation of the board of management of the N.C.A., Mr. H. Guest, secretary of the Cessnock Coursing Club, and Mr. Denyey…

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Tennis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 3

Clarence Town Club has decided to participate in the Raymond Terrace competition this season. A number of the details in connection therewith…

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Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 2
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

The following players will represent Victoria Park B team against St. Heliers at Victoria Park to-morrow:— F. Gill, A. Richardson, M. Jordan, E…

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Tennis Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the Maitland ana District Lawn Tennis Association was held in the School of Arts last evening. It was decided to run the…

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Cricket Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 2

Some twenty-one delegates of the local district cricket, association met on Wednesday night to deal with important matters. A full report…

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Sunday Cricket

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 12

The following will represent East End against Northern Division, at East End, on Sunday next, at 10.30 a.m.:—R. MeLennan. B. Stafford…

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Sporting. CRICKET

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 2

Merriwa completely turned the tables on Bunnan on Saturday hist, when they ran up the tidy score of 260 runs, of which the ever-green Colin Walker…

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Cricket. Association Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 7

A meeting of the Hunter River Cricket Association was held in the School of Arts last evening. The president, Mr. 13. A. J. Noble, was in…

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