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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1929

3,639 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 182

Knock-out Golf Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 6

It is announced by advertisement in this issue that entries for the annual knock-out competition for the Caines Cup will be received from…

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Racing in Rome Exciting Sport

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 5

Readers of the "Nineteenth Century" are reminded in an article by Mr. Stanley W. Keyte that horse-racing exercised a far stronger hold…

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Racing Methods. Australia Superior to England. London, May 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 9

Prominent sportsmen attended a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel at the invitation of the Lightning Totalisator Company, of which Mr. Thomas…

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Golf. Compston v. Hagen Will Paly for £100 a Side

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 9

Archle Compston (England) and Walter Hagen (America) will meet again, according to "The Sporting Life," for £1000 a-side. Three…

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Golf. Playing First Round. Mitchell's Bad Luck. London, May 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 7

The general offensive has opened at Muirfield for everyone recognised that the first round of the open golf championship was an Anglo-American…

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Rugby League Football

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 1

The local seniors go to Karuah on Saturday, and taking along the pick of the town with them, and are very confident they will win over the…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 5

Maitland Rugby Union Reserves v. Speers' Point at Sports Ground No. 2:—J, Tucker, F. Mann C. Holland, S. Edwards, T. Clements, B…

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Football. Rugby League. Representative Match. Duncan Unable to Play

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

Owing to an injury he sustained in the match, Eastern Suburbs v. Kurri Kurri, at the Sports Ground, on Monday. Duncan, the Kurri Kurri…

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Golf

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The annual ball under the direction of the Scone Golf Club will be held in the Olympia Theatre on Thursday, 27th June. Mr. Frank Hallam's leading…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

Scone I. go to Singleton to-morrow (Saturday), and Scone II. meet Singleton II. on the Park. They are comp. games. Other games are: Murrurundi…

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Bowls Pairs Championship Won by Singleton

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

The final of the New South Wales bowls championship was decided at the Randwiek green yesterday It was won by H. D. Moss and H. E. Gates,…

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Golf Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 8

It is with the deepest regret I have to report the first break through death in the Cessnock Club I refer to the passing of Mrs. Cecil Blomfield. One…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

Hammond, crack English [?] has signalised his re-entry into English cricket this season in no uncertain manner. His first two…

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School Football

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 5

Following are the results of last Friday's matches in the MeCul'oeh Cup Competition:— Kearsley defeated East Cessnock…

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Coursing. Louth Park Mechanical Hare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

The following entires have been received for the Louth Park Mechanical Hare meeting to be held on the Maitland Showground to-morrow, Saturday…

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Enjoyable Golf Dance

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 8

A most enjoyable dance and card party was held by the Singleton Golf. Club on Wednesday night. A large gathering, resulted, and, the hall of the…

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Annual Golf Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

This your the annual Golf Ball will be held in the Town Hall, West Maitland, on Wednesday, June 5. Arrangements are well in hand, and…

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Sporting. Tennis. Upper Hunter Open Tennis Tournament

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

The Upper Hunter open Tennis Tournament, perhaps, the most important fixture of its kind in the north, will again be held this year at…

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