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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1929

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Swimming. World's Record by Borg

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 4

Arne Borg broke the world's record for 880 yards, swimming over 33-yard laps, at the Australian championships at Unley Bathu, South Australia, on…

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Boxing. New Zealand Heavyweight London, Feb, 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 5

The New Zealand heavyweight, George Modrich, knocked out ex-Guardsman Penwill in the second round…

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Cricket. Queensland Sheffield Shield Team

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 7

The following players have been selected to represent Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia at Brisbane on Feb…

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Letters to the Editor Sunday Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 3

Sir,—Wuen 1 wrote toy first letter on the above subject. I did so purely to draw, public attention to the lack of tolerance, on the part of certain…

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Cessnock Cricket Fixtures for Saturday, Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 4

Cossnock District Cricket Association's A Grade knock-out competition will commence on Saturday, February 29, when the following teams will…

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State Cricket Eleven Country Tour. Singleton, March 30th

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 4

With a view to stimulating country cricket, a country tour by a representative State teame is being organised by the Now South. Wales Cricket…

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Lawn Tennis. Grass Courts v Hard Courts Match, Teams Selected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 7

The following players have, been chosen to represent the Now South Wales Lawn Tennis Association at Rushcutter Bay on Saturday in the…

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Tennis

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 3

The presentation of prizes, (which was postponed last Saturday), won in the recent tournament promoted by the Raymond Terrace Tennis Club, will he held on…

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Boxing. Sydney Contests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 9

Wally, McKenzie (10.10) beat Vince Parker (10.6) on points after 12 rounds in the principal contest at Rushcutter Bay Stadium last night…

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Cricket

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 3

Seaham v Robins No. 1, at Seabam:— Ralston 3, Foot 2, E. Andrews, Petrie Hodges, Newson, Adams, Lambley, But terfield, E. C. Andrews…

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Lawn Tennis Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association will be held in the School of Arts, West Maitland, this evening…

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Bowls. Hunter River District Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 9

The Pennant competition will be resumed on Saturday, when Bast Maitland Club will play Cessnock at Bast Maitland. Kurri will play…

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Lawn Tennis. East Maitland Club. Annual Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 9

There was a large and representative attendance of members of the Bust Maitland Park Tennis Club at the Mechanics' Institute, on…

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Gosford Races. Meeting Abandoned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 7

Owing to the tremendous amount of rain that has fallen on the track, the Gosford Racing Club has decided to abandon its meeting, which was…

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Cricket. Hunter District Competitions. Saturday's Fixtures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 7

The following fixtures have been set down for to-morrow in the Hunter River District Cricket Association's competitions…

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Football Bill Newspaper Competitions. London, Feb. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 7

In the House of Common, Major A. N. Braithwaite (Cons.), member for Buckrose, Yorkshire East Riding, introduced a Bill to permit newspaper…

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Lawn Tennis Vanryn Beats Tilden. New York, Feb. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 3

Vanryn, who yesterday defeated Hunter, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5, in the Brooklyn Heights Casino indoor invitation tennis tournament, to-day defeated…

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Cricket. Meeting of Hunter Executive. Report on Turf Wickets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 9

There was a fair attendance at an executive meeting of the Hunter River District Cricket Association held last evening. The president,…

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Big Cricket. N.S.W. v. England. Play Unlikely To-morrow. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 7

It is considered unlikely that there will be any play in the match New South Wales v. England, which was fixed to commence to-morrow, as,…

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Athletics. Club Record by W. Hunt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 9

W. Hunt added another East Sydney championship to his list at Rushcutter Bay Oval, where, on a heavy track, he secured the…

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