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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1929

3,639 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 182

St. Mary's Lawn Tennis Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of St. Mary's Lawn Tennis Club will be held in St. Marry's Hall, tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, 7.30…

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Football. Annual Meeting of Upper Hunter Association

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

The annual meeting of tho above was held at the S.M. School of Arts, Scone, on Saturday afterooon last. Present: Messrs. Murphy, Grace, Duggan,…

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Latest Cables. Boxing. H. G. Wells on the Warpath. Castigates the Nations. Toronto

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

George Cook, Australian heavyweight boxer, plans to enter the ring to-night, weighing 193lb. or 193lb., in his bout with Gans Cook. He says he cannot…

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Football. Rugby Union Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 2

Rugby Union in the Maitland district this year is fraught with possibilities. The combination of first grade players is by far the strongest…

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Football. Rugby League. Carr and Harris Return

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 7

Two years ago A. Carr and S. Harris, two members of South Sydney Rugby League Club, accepted an engagement from Huddersfield Club…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 3

Toronto (Canada), Monday Night.— George Cook, former heavyweight champion of Australia, lost his light on points, with Joe Gains, the Canadian…

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Bowls. Singleton Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 2

On Singleton Bowling Club's green Cragg and Geary (24) defeated Ferguson and Doohan (14). Cragg and Geary and Gates and Moss will now…

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Golf. Singleton Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 7

The 1939 season was opened by Singleton Golf Club in ideal weather. The links were in first-class order, and since the purchase of a mower…

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Lawn Tennis. France and America Invited

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 7

Cable messages have been sent from the executive of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia to the tennis association of the United…

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Cricket. Singleton Competitions. Final Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 7

Considerable interest was centred in the final competition matches under the auspices of Singleton and District Cricket Association…

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Boxing. Heeney's Offer From Berlin. New York, April 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 7

Joe Jacobs, the American manager for Schmeling, states that Tom Heeney, of New Zealand, former challenger for the world's title, has…

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Football. Rugby League. Junior Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 7

At a well-attended meeting of junior footballers in the Soldiers' Club rooms, last evening, it was unanimously decided to from a Junior…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 4

Morpeth Municipal Council intimates by advertisement in this issue that permission to close the Morpeth Park on Saturday afternoon next has…

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Lawn Tennis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 2

Le Gaz No. 1 v. Vauxhall No. 2 on Vauxhall's court in C grade mixed doubles:—B. Rawlings, J. Riding, R. Harcourt, Miss Butler, Miss McLeod,…

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Coursing. Louth Park Mechanical Hare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 7

The Louth Park Mechanical Hare Coursing Club will held a meeting on the Maitland Showground on Saturday, April 27. The programme…

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Bellbird Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 5

The next meeting of Bellbird Racing Club is set down for Monday next at Bellbird racecourse, Cessnock. Five events are listed, and entries…

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Golf How to Improve

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 2

Things are not always what they seem; and the stroke employed to propel the ball at golf is a swing, although, to many who have…

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Cessnock Tennis Fixtures for Saturday. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 4

Following are the Cessnock Tennis Association fixtures for Saturday:— A Grade Gents: Cessnock v. Kiaora, Marshalls v. Mitchells, [?]…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 2

The following players have been selected to represent Maitland for Saturday next:— Wright, Kempe, Bailey, Tegg, Fry, Evans, Reeves,…

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Football. Rugby League. Central at Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 6

Central Newcastle, last season's premiers, will be opposed to Morepeth East Maitland to-morrow at Morepeth. Central is not quite so strong…

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