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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1927

3,349 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 168

Denman Races. To-morrow's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 2

Good entries have been received for the Denman All-Heights' Cup meeting for Saturday next. Large fields are nominated and the racing generally…

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BOXING All Weights Tourney Entries Coming in Freely

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 9

Entries are coming in freely for all divisions of the big all-weights tournament to start at the Strand next Pay. The competitors will in…

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Lawn Tennis. Hard Courts v. ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 7

The State hard-courts tennis players, on their way to Queensland, defeated Armidale by 19 rubbers 39 sets, 280 games to 3 rubbers 9 sets 177…

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Cricket. Venue of Queensland Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 7

At a recent meeting of the cricket committee of the South Australian Cricket Association a recommendation was sent on to the ground and…

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League Football Cessnock Beats Mayfield-Waratah. Good Game at Showground

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 14

At the Cessnock Showground last Monday, Cessnock Senior Reserves met and defeated Mayfield-Waratah by 7 to 3. The game, which was fast…

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Cricket Cessnock District Association. Fixtures and Umpires "A" Grade Final

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 6

This match will be continued at East, End oval to-morrow (Saturday) at 2.30 p.m. The contestants are Ellalong and East End, umpires…

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Boxing. Newcastle Contests

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 15

The paperweight championship was at issue at Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night, when Vic White successfully defended his title against…

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Tennis Tournament

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 4

The open tennis tournament will be held at Muswellbrook on 4th, 6th, and 7th June. The events will be the same as last year: championship and…

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Football Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 13

The services of Lake Macquarie Transport Ambulance were called on to deal with three football accidents on Saturday. Joseph Porter, 21…

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Coursing. Derby and Oaks Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 9

Favoured by glorious weather, the National Coursing Association commenced its three-day Derby and Oaks meeting at the Woodstock enclosure…

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Golf. London, April 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 13

Len Nettlefold, the Australian champion, has been included in the men's team to play the ladies' team, captained by the British champion,…

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Racing Incident. Removal of Barrier. Rockhampton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 5

Following the incident at the Broadsound racecourse, when the barrier was removed for the alleged purpose of giving a certain horse a…

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Lawn Tennis. the State Championships. Crawford Beats Cummings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 9

The New South Wales lawn tennis championships were continued yesterday. A feature was the brilliant play of Crawford, the junior…

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English Cricket. Trial Matches. Selection Committee Appointed. Team for Australia. London, April 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 5

Lord's Board of Control of test matches, Lord Harris presiding, appointed Messrs. Loveson-Gower (chairman) .W. H. T. Douglas and…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 5

Abermaln won the third grade final cricket match. Hoddon-Greta collapsed in the second innings…

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Boxing. Williams Beats Walker

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 7

The scheduled fifteen rounds' bout between "Sunny" Jim Williams and Wally Walker at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night ended in…

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Coursing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2

Mr. C. ("Cobbo") Watters' entrant, Star Chief, got up with the semi-finalists for the Woodstock Cup, and was then run out, at the big Rooty Hill…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 3

The scheduled fifteen rounds' bout between "Sunny" Jim Williams and Wally Walker, at the Sydney Stadium, on Saturday night, ended in the tenth…

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Football

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

Dungog club intends holding a meeting at the School of Arts to-night (Tuesday). As the competition commences on Saturday,…

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