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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1929

3,639 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 182

Football Notes and Jottings

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 5

Dungog seniors are very pleased with their win over Tea Gardens on Saturday, and are getting in good nick for the Karuah game on May…

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Boxing. Aly Beats Corbett. London, May. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 5

Dick Corbett who is aqutemplating going to Australian, was defeated on points in about over ten rounds at the Albert Hall by Pat Daly…

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Crows' Strange Diet. Golf Balls Disappear

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1

Members of the Muswellbrook Golf Club will shortly be complaining about the high cost of golf unless someone sallies forth with a double-barrelled…

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Dungog Races To-morrow's Selections

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 5

The Dungog Racing Club are holding a two days' racing carnical this week end. The first day will be to-morrow (Saturday) and the…

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Echoes of Sport the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 7

May 4—Singleton races. May 4, and 6,—Dungog Races. May 6—Newcastle Races. May 11,—Wallsend Jockey Club's…

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FOOTBALL. Fixtures for 1929. A. Grade. First Round

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 3

May 11: Singleton v. Scone, at Singleton; Murrurundi v. Muswellbrook, at Murrurundi; Quirindi v. Aberdeen, at Quirindi…

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Dfeaulting Players. Must Be Punished. Discussion at Tennis Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 4

A special meeting of the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association was held last evening to deal with the question of lifting a suspension on four…

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English Cricket Larger Wicket Comment London, May 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 5

Cricketers generally refrained from commenting on the larger wicket, pending a longer trial. Hendron who was out for a "duck…

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Upper Hunter Cricket Association. First Annual Ball to Be Held

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

A meeting of the Uper Hunter Cricket Association, which has just concluded another successful season, was heid in Scone on Wednesday last. The…

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Golf Club

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 9

The Golf Club has esumed play The membership stands at 70 Mr. W. N. Cuthbertson, general manager of the Newcastle and…

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Boxing. Hancock Beats Wells

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 15

The principal contest at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night was a scheduled 15 round's bout between Wally Hancock and Dealer Wells…

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Golf Club Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 6

The Maitland Golf Club Ball will be hold in the Town Hall, West Maitland, on Wednesday, June 5…

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Golf Club Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 6

Members of the Maitland Golf Club are notified that entries for the May Day afternoon competition close at 2 p.m. No entries will be…

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FOOTBALL. 1st XV. v. NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 2

Maitland had an easy victory over Newcastle High at the Show Ground, in their first match ol the season, winning by 27 points to 3. The back…

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Tennis Association Board of Control Meets. Players' Petition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 9

A petition signed by about 150 B and C grade members of various clubs affiliated with the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association was…

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Cricket. Board of Control. South Africa Invited

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 9

A meeting of the Board of Australian Cricket Control was held in the rooms of the New South Wales Cricket Association yesterday. At…

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Football. B Grade. Maitland United v Central Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 7

On the Maitland Show Ground this afternoon Maitland United B grade tried conclusions with Central, Newcastle…

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Royal Honour. for American Tennis Star Paris, May 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 5

Helen Wills, the American tennis [?] will go to London on October 8 to be presented at the Royal Court. It recalls a story of Susanne…

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Stop Press. Football. Maitland B Grade. v Central Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 8

In the second half Godhold Taylor and Deacon scored Maitland and Peterson added extra points by coverting and the final scores were…

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Ryder Golf Cup America Wins Foursomes. Unmannerly Crowd. London, April 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 12

America won the Ryder Cup foursomes, two matches to one. One was halved. The "Daily Express" says, the…

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