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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1927

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Distance and Weight. Racing Arguments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 15

No more fruitful source of argument is there than racing. And possibly there is no other popular subject regarding which so many statements…

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Cessnock Races. Postponed Until

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 7

Cessnock races, which were to have been held. to-day, have been postponed owing to the wet weather. With the sanction of the Australian…

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Free Day. for the Duke of York. at Clubs and Factories. Game of Tennis

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 8

The Duke of York gave practically the whole of the morning of his first "free day" in Sydney to visits to factories. In a special message last night the Duke expressed the…

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Golf. Maitland Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 9

The Maitland Golf Club was officially opened on Saturday afternoon. Owing to the inclemency of the weather. it was decided to cancel…

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Cricket. Second Grade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 5

The premiership in this grade goes to Hinton Club, which defeated East Branxton for first place by a percent age of 2.27, closely followed by…

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Boxing. Paolino Beats Heeney. New York, April 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 9

Paclino, a Spanish heavyweight, defeated Tom Heeney, of New Zealand, in a 10 rounds bout to-night. He is now considered a prominent…

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Cessnock Races. the Meeting Abandoned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 5

The continuous rains over the week-end has resulted in this abandonment of Cessnock races, postponed from Saturday until to-day…

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Cricket. Hunter River Association. Morpeth Wins Premiership

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 9

The wet weather on Saturday prevented the continuation of play in the last series of matches in the Hunter River District Cricket…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

Bottles were thrown at the referee, who was hit on the head but not seriously hurt, after, the middleweight championship bout, at Brisbane on…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3
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South Singleton v. Warkworth, at warkwbrth on Saturday next; cars leave, at l.45 from D. W. Penton's: R. Millard, J. and V. Knight P. Marshall,…

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Golf Season Opening Postponed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

Owing to the rain the opening of the Scone golf season, which was to have been held on Saturday, was postponed. A large number of…

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Cricket Cessnock District Cricket Association Fixtures and Umpires

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

The A grade final will be commenced at East End oval on Saturday next at 2.30 p.m. and will be continued at 10 a.m. on Friday the 15th inst…

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Declaring Football Grounds "Black"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

Managers of several football grounds in the suburbs of Melbourne have been threatened by the Theatrical and Amusement…

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Golf Season Opens on

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

The Muswellbrook Golf Club will open its 1927 season on Saturday afternoon next…

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BOXING Bouts For Fairhall. Cessnock Promoter's Intentions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

Fight promoter Joe Shakespeare, who has been negotiating with "Nutty" Fairball for contests in Cessnock, has now received a reply…

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N.Z. Cricket. "Improved Out of Sight." Armstron's Opinion, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 5

The Melbourne Cricket Club's team, which recently toured New Zealand, arrived in Sydney to-day. Captain W. Armstrong, in an…

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Lawn Tennis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 6

East Maitland Park Tennis Club B mixed, on Saturday next; Messrs. Smith, Quist, Bruce, Griffon, Hodson (cmr.), Mesdames Markoy, Mills,…

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Boxing. Harvey Beats Bloomfield, London. April 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 6

At the Ring, Len Harvey boat Joe Bloomfield on a foul, Bloomfield being disqualified in the eleventh. The crowd wildly protested against the…

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Fingers Cut Off. Country Tennis Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 2

Reuben Lehane, who, with his brother, Reginald, won the special doubles championship at, the country tennis carnival in Sydney, lost the…

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