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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1928

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

The John. Bull Shield match at Maitland on Monday between Singleton and Hunter River Associations resulted in an easy win for Hunter River. In reply…

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Cricket Coach

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 4

Mr. W. Moore, a former State representatives, gave his first coaching lesson to schoolboys from the district on the West Maitland Park oval…

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Swimming Straits of Gibraltar Two Girls Fail

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

London, Tuesday.—Miss Mercedes Gleitze (the London typiste who swam the English Channel, but failed in a second attempt, in order to vindicate…

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Electrical Coursing. Queensland Company to Go Into Liquidation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 5

Shareholders of the Queensland Electric Coursing Association agreed at an extraordinary general meeting to place the company in liquidation…

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Golf. Kirkwood in America. New York, January 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 10

G. Sarazen, with a score of 292, won the Miami Beach open purse of 3500 dollars. J. Farrell and J. H. Kirkwood tied for second place with 295…

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Country Tennis Week Singleton Ladies Successful Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

The country tennis week commenced to-day. In the women's matches Singleton met Dubbo. Scores:— Misses Tulloch and Stewart (S) v…

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Athletics. Powderhall Handicap. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 9

The professional half-mile champion, J. Duffy, from 11 1/2 yards, won the Powderhall 130 yards Handicap in 12 1/4 seconds. The attendance and…

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Bowls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

Playing at Singleton, Muswe[?]rook bowlors were defeated bu local team by 76 to 62. Muswelbrook was represented by Messrs Bislevy, Buz, Cooper,…

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The Swimming Baths

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6

On Tuesday morning a large number of girls assembled at the swimming baths for their first lesson, under the instruction of Miss L…

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Bowls. Country Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7

Country bowlers are reminded that entries for the country week carnival, to be held in Sydney from February 11, to February 11, both days inclusive…

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Bellbird Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7

The Bellbird Racing Club has decided to put an a meeting on Past Monday, January 23, the Preliminary advertisement of which appears [?]…

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Cricket a "Family" Game

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 9

An interesting game of cricket will be played at South Cessnock on Sunday next, when the Cessnock Club will produce a team to engage…

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Cricket. Robins v Northern Division

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 5

On the West Maitland Showground to-morrow (Saturday), Robins will meet Northern Division in the A grade (O'Hearn Shield) cricket match…

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CRICKET. Rev. Brown Scores a Century

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

Matches played during the holidays were:—Aberdeen v parkville, drawn. Aberdeen 150 (H. Beyon 32, C. purser 32, H. Strange 23, R. Horder 21))…

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Heddon Greta Races Notes on the Events

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7

Heddon Greta races will be the attraction of sports next Saturday when a five event programme will be run off. It will be the first meeting…

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Cricket. Hunter District Association. Competitions Again To-morrow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7

After an interval of a fortnight, due to the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Hunter River District Cricket Association will resume its…

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Tennis Balls. Reduction in Price in London. London, Jan. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4

As a sequel to the British Lawn Tennis Association's determination to enforce a reduction in the price of tennis balls, Spaldings, Ltd., have…

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Rugby Football. Scotland Defeats France. Paris, January 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 3

Before 35,000 people. Scotland defeated France by 15 points to 6 at Rugby football…

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Swimming. Western Australia Junior

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 9

Following his success in the recent 100 yards junior free-style State swimming championship, (W.A.) which she won in 1m 0 2-5secs-a…

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Boxing. Purdy Knocks Out Cowboy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 9

There was a marked improvement in the attendance at Rushcutter Bay stadium last night, when litte Cowboy (Philippines), 9st 71b, met the…

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