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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1927

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Bellbird Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 3

The Bellbird Race Club is advertising on attractive-programmme for their next meeting, which is to be held on Pay Monday, February 7…

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Milfield Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 3

Milfield races will be held on Saturday, February 5, entries for which close on Saturday next. Full particulars can be had from the…

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Rosedale Races Postponed Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 3

Rosedale Club has been unlucky with its racing fixtures since opening up. The opening meeting was run off in wet weather, and the third of…

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CRICKET Anniversary Day Matches

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 6

Ccssnock A. Grade "John Bull" team on Anniversary' Day (to-morrow.) will go to scone to play a team representing Upper Hunter…

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Sporting. Rain Stops Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 1

Saturday's rain stopped all out-door sporting fixtures. Competition cricket was cancelled for the day…

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Boxing. Featherweight Champion Beaten. London, Jan, 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 2

At the National Sporting Club, in a 20 rounds contest, for the featherweight championship, Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) outpointed John…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 3

Billy Grime, the, Australian feather, light, and welterweight champion, has arranged to leave Sydney by the Makura on February 24 for America. He…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 3

The following players have been selected to represent South Singleton v. Victoria Square, at the Square, on Saturday next: Millard, Marshall, Eates,…

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Lawn Tennis

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 3

The finals of he counry tennis carnival were played at the White City courts, Sydney, on Monday. In the Women's Doubles…

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Swimming. Takashi Wins in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 7

The Japanese swimmers Takashi and Saitoh made their final appearance in Melbourne at the final meeting of the Victorian section of the…

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Penrith Speedway Fast Racing Witnessed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 7

The Anniversary Day meeting at Penrith Speedway was held in sultry weather. Some fast racing was witnessed in…

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Lawn Tennis. Tasmanian Professional Championship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 7

The match between P. Finch, the Royal tennis professional campion, and W. Stone, or Melbourne, the challenger, was played at Hobart…

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Cricket. John Bull Shield. Maitland v. Newcastle Rain Stops Play

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 7

Maitland met Newcastle yesterday on the Newcastle Sports Ground, in the third series of matches in the John Bull Shield competition. With…

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Bonus Squabble. in Test Cricket. Alderman McELHONE Reviews Position. London, Jan. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 2

"The Ponsford incident is relatively of minor importance compared with the bonus squabble," said the chairman of the N.S.W. Cricket…

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Cricket

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 3

All the Raymond Terrace District Competition matches were off on Saturday on account of the rain. These fixtures and those of the 18th December will be…

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Dungog Races

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

Dungog races on Saturday next promise to be interesting. Although there is not a big entry, yet the competition will be keen and some…

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Kars Springs Races. Successful Outing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

Despite the threatening and altogether unpropitious climatic conditions, the Anniversary Day outing of the Kars Springs Sports Club, one of…

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CRICKET Cessnock v. East End

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 9

The match between Cessnock and East End, which could not be commenced last week owing to the rain, will be played to-morrow…

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Challenge Cricket Match DISCONTENTS v. John Bull

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

As there has been a lot of discontent since the John Bull B. grade team was picked, and more considering the good stand they put up…

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Sporting. Cricket. John Bull Shield. Upper Hunter v. Cessnock Association

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

Cessnock Association met an eleven from the Upper Hunter Association on the Scone Park on Anniversary Day, it being a John Bull Shield fixture…

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