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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1929

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Sporting Notes Cessnock Races Notes on To-morrow's Events

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 3

It is a dazardous task running a race meeting at Cessnock in these times of depression, However it is necessary to fulfil the dates allotted…

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Lawn Tennis. Maitland Association. Special General Meeting. Board of Control Continues

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 6

When a vote was taken at the special general meeting of the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association held in the…

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Cricket in England Discontent Over New Rules (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 8

The "Daily Express" says that tbere is widespread discontent among club cricketers) over the new rules. It is the first time in the history of cricket…

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Rugby Union Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 7

Reserve Grade.—Maitland and Seagulls played a scoreless draw…

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Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 8

Maitland A grade team met Cook's Hill on Lorn Park this afternoon. Maitland was the first to score Tegg crossing over but the attempt at…

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Golf Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 6

A meeting of the committee which is organising the annual ball of Maitland Golf Club, was held last night, and satisfactory progress was…

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Boxing. British Championships London, May 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 15

At the Olympia there was a record attendance for an indoor boxing show in England, when, for the first time, three British championships were…

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Football Accidents Player's Thigh Fractured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 12

There were two unusual accidents at football matches in the Newcastle district on Saturday. While playing at Empire Park…

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Boxing. New Zealand Heavyweight Defeated. London, May 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 2

The Welsh heavyweight, Dick Power, knocked out the New Zealander, George Medrick, in the twelfth round…

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Boxing. Heeney to Meet Rious. Montreal, May 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 12

Tom Heeney will fight Eizear Rious, the Montreal heavyweight, at the Forum here on May 29, unless the Montreal Boxing Commission…

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FOOTBALL. 1st XV. v. Cessnock, High

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 9

The 1st XV. played Cessnock High on the Show Ground, the match resulted in a win for East Maitland by 13 points to nil. The scorers for…

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FOOTBALL. 1st XV. v Cook's Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 4

A match was played at the Waratah Oval against a team of Cook's Hill Surfers, which included district grade players and three…

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Football. Homeville v. Western Suburbs No. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 8

There was an exciting game played on the Maitland Park this afternoon between Homeville and Western Suburbs No. 1. Homeville being the…

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Boxing. La Darba and Chocolate to Meet Again New York, May 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 9

Kid Chocolate and Fidel La Barba have agreed to another meeting. It is expected they will meet in July, La Barba has announced that…

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L. H. Macbrien New Secretary Victorian Football, League. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 7

After sitting till an early hour this morning the delegates to the Victorian Football League chose L. H. MacBrien, president of the South…

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Lawn Tennis the Davis Cup. Cuba in American Final. Vancouver, May 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 2

Cuba has now advanced to the final round of the American zone Davis Cup series. On Sunday, at Havana, the Cuban team eliminated…

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French Tennis Team May Not Visit Australia Difficulties Arise. Paris, May 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 12

M. Gilloux, secretary of the Lawn Tennis Federation, informs the Australian Press Association that nothing has yet been decided concerning…

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Athletics. Anglo-german Contests. Britishers Win. London, May 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 2

Twenty thousand spectators at Stamford Bridge watched the Anglo-German athletic contests, in which the Achilles Club, consisting of…

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Football. Rugby Union. Saturday's Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 8

Saturday's Rugby Union matches were mostly played in the rain, and, as a result, the standard of play suffered…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 4

New York, Saturday.—Kid Chocolate and Fidel La Barba have agreed to another meeting. It is expected they will meet in July. La Barba has…

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