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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1927

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Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

All those desirous of taking part in tho matches in connection with Scone and District Association are asked to be in attendance at the Park courts…

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Sporting. FOOTBALL

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

An important meeting of the local Football Club will be held this (Tuesday) evening at Surman's Rooms. The season opened locally on…

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Ellalong Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 3

Although the racing was good at Ellalong on Saturday last, the attendance was small. The races had been postponed and the…

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Next Cessnock Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 3

The next meeting of the Cessnock Jockey. Club will be held on the Cessnock racecourse on Saturday. May 11th, The entries are due on…

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BOXING All Weights Tourney. Plenty of Entries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 5

Entries are coming in on a wholesale scale for the all weights tourney which is being promoted by Mr. Joe Shakespeare…

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Football. Soccer the State Championship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 7

The Northern soccer Association has decided to enter in the State championship. This move is popular in the…

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Pokolbin Races Anzac Day Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 3

Pokolbin Club hold a race meeting on Monday. The fixture attracted one of the biggest crowds that has attended an unregistered course…

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COURSING Cessnock Club's Opening Meeting. Mr. Scully to Act As Judge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 5

It will be of some interest to coursing enthusiasts to know that Mr. Scully, M.L.A., will act as judge for the opening meeting of…

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Golf. A.i.f. Cup Results. Concluding Round Scores

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 8

In the ideal golfing weather prevailing yesterday, the Maitland Club curried out the first annual competition for the A.I.F. Memorial Cup,…

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CRICKET Cessnock District Association Fixtures for

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 5

"A" GRADE FINAL his match will be continued at East End oval at 2.30. It has now reached an interesting stage, and is…

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Bowlers' Castigated. Anzac Day Play Condemned. Returned Soldiers' Protest. The followers of the game of bowls came in for criticism at last night's function at the Soldiers' Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 1

In proposing the toast of "The League and Club" Mr., R. Gillett remarked that he read in the last issue of "The Chronicle" an announcement…

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Lawn Tennis Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 4

A special and executive meeting of the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association will be held in the School of Arts this evening…

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Lawn Tennis. Saturday's Fixtures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 8

The following games have been set down for the M. and D.L.T. Association competitions, to be played on Saturday next, April 30 all…

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Rugby Union Alteration of True by New Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 8

The New Zealand Rugby Union and Referees' Association at a combined meeting decided to add to rule 20: "Any player lying on the ground…

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Boxing. British Light Heavyweight Championship London, April 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 9

At Holland Park, in the British light-heavy weight championship "Gipsy" Daniels bout Tom Berry (holder) on points…

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Football. Soccer Pope. the Chinese Tour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 8

Seventeen players, with Professor, K. L. Kwong as manager, will arrive in Sydney per s.s. Aki Maru on May 11, and the tour will open on May…

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Tennis

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 2

The Raymond Terrace Tennis Association Competition [?] on Saturday The competition was scheduled to start on Saturday last, but on account of the…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 2

Warkworth defeated Jerry's Plains on Saturday last. The winners scored 103 (K. Ramsey 23, A. Lee 36, R. Brown 13), and the losers made 33 (C. Brown…

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Port Stephens District Rugby League

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 3

The weekly meeting was held on Wednesday night, Mr. Scott presiding. Karuah, Tea Gardens, Raymond Terrace, Clarencetown, and Western Suburbs…

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Cricket. Team for Malay States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 7

On Tuesday a team of Australian cricketers will leave Sydney for a tour of the Federated malay States. W. A. Oldfield will manage the…

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