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Sport, 1927

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TENNIS Fixtures For To-morrow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 6

Following are the Cessnock District Tennis Association fixtures for to-morrow (Saturday), all games to be played on first mentioned courts…

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Football. New Zealand Declines Offer of Tour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 7

The New Zealand Rugby Union has decided to decline the N.S.W. offer of a tour by the Japanese Rugby team. The N.Z. Union…

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Rugby League Kurri Team for To-morrow Four Cessnock Men Included

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 4

The following team have been selected to meet the Western Suburbs on the Kurri ground at Kurri Kniri to-morrow (Saturday…

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Boxing. Grimes' Defeat. Australian's Great Recovery. Los Angles, May 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 7

"DOc" Snell, who received the decision over Billy Grime, is a Tacoma (Washington) chemist. It was one of the greatest contests witnessed in the…

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Bound Over. Ringing in at Bathurst. Crown Prosecutor on Coursing. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 5

The Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean, addressing the jury at Darlinghurst sessions in the case in which two men, Thomas Fordham, 82, and…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Char-a-Banc for Cessnock Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 4

Mr. H. Newcombe announces that a char-a-banc will leave East Maitland at ll.30 a.m., and Helmore Cornor at 12 o'clock for Cessnock races to-morrow (Saturday)…

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"C." Grade Cricket Final Aberdare Extended v PAXTON

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 4

The above teams will meet at East End oval at 2.15 p.m. sharp to-morrow. The game will be played out, and a keen game should result…

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The Mushelbrook Chronicle Friday, Mat 13, 1927. Excelsior Tennis C. Dance. Monday Night Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 2

Arrangements for the euchre party and dance, to be held under the auspices of the above club in the School of Arts on Monday night, are well in hand and…

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CRICKET. M.C.C. v. New Zealand. Visitor's Fierce Hitting. London, May 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 5

The Now Zealand cricket team continued their match against the M.C.C. at Lords to-day, Scores were: New Zealand, first innings 460…

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Football. Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 7

Maitland beat East Newcastle in the reserve grade by 5 to 8. Griffiths scored for Newcastle in the first half. Shortly after the interval McMahon…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 6

Vancouver, Wednesday.—At Los Angoles Billy Grime, of Australia, making his American debut, lost in 10 rounds yesterday to Doc Snell, a Tacoma…

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Lawn Tennis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 7

In the A grade mixed doubles competition Kia-Ora Beat Glendon on Kia-Ora courts this afternoon. Glendon forteited three sets…

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Boxing. New Zealand Championship

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 15

In a 15-round contest at Napier (N.Z.), "Duke" Maddox outpointed Robinson for the New Zealand feather-weight championship…

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Bowls, Queensland Railways Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 11

At the City green, Sydney, on Friday the visiting Queensland Railways bowlers played a match with a team representing the New South…

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Lawn Tennis. Maitland Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 11

An executive meeting of the Maitland and District Tennis Assn. was held on Wednesday evening. The president, Mr. H. Dranefield, occupied…

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Cricket. Smaller Cricket Ball. Player's Opinion. London. May 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 13

"The small ball makes no difference to my batting," said Jack Hobbs. Sandham declared that he did not…

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Boxing. Crime Interviewed. Los Angeles, May 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 11

In an interview with the Australian Press Association Billy Grime said in Snell he met a rugged light-weight in his first American…

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Not Necessarily Scoundrels Followers Op Coursing. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 6

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, Thomas Fordham, aged 32, and Pierce Daley, aged 34, were convicted of having conspired among themselves and…

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Few Ringings In. Coursing Secretary's Reply. to Crown Prosecutor's Strictures. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 7

Replying to the Crown Prosecutor's condemnation of coursing during the hearing of a case at Darlinghurst yesterday, the secretary of the New…

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Cessnock Tennis. Visit of Metropolitan Ladies. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 6

Cessnock Tennis Association is negotiating with the N.S.W. body for a visit of a crack ladies team on June 4. The association contends that the…

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