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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1930

3,658 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 183

Hunter River District Cricket Competitions Results of Saturday's Matches Rain Alters Results

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

The result of many games in the move competition on Saturday un[?]tedly would have been different but for the rain which held up the…

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Athletics. New World's Record. Carlton's Good Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 7

Leo Lermond, the United States mile champion, and Dr. Otto Peltzer, the German athlete, appeared at a meeting on the Sydney Sports Ground…

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Profits From Rugby League Tour

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

According to information from the managers, the profits from the Rugby League tour of England are expected to be between 5000 and…

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Conference of Councils Racing of Buses

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

Claiming that buses plying between Cessnock and West Mattland were travelling at a speed highly dangerous to the general public, Tarro Shire…

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Tennis Hints Court Position in Singles

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

The singles game is the best practice for a player to improve his game. All the responsibility is on his…

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Football. New Zealander's Bad Luck. London, Jan. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

The New Zealander, Hutt, the St. Helen's Rugby League forward, who broke a rib against the Australians at Wigan, is now suffering from…

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Bowls

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 3

Following players travel by, 12.20 p.m. train to play at East Maitland, on Saturday:— Danks, Ferguson, Kennedy, Lunncy…

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Swimming. Maitland Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 7

A committee meeting of the West Maitland Swimming Club was held in the School of Arts last evening. Mr. J. Greedy presided…

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Golf. Maitland Club's Summer Programme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 5

The seventh round of the Sum[?] Cup competition was played at Maitland links in very pleasant weather, punctuated by a sharp shower later…

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Cricket. Umpires For

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

The following umpires have been appointed for the competition matches commencing on Saturday next, the 18th inst…

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Rugby League. the Australians Praised. London, Jan. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 8

At the Rugby League dinner given to the Australians at Leeds, Mr. F. Mattinson, toasting the tourists, said that the team did not…

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Autumn Racing. Entries for Principal Events

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 7

Entries for the principal handicaps at the A.J.C. Autumn meeting closed yesterday, as Under: DONCASTER HANDICAP, lm…

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Cricket. State Team to Play Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 7

Yesterday the New South Wales selectors, Messrs, R. L. Jones, A. Rateliffe, and R. C. M. Boyce, announced the following team to…

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Lawn' Tennis Country Carnival. Tamworth Win Men's Final

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 7

Tamworth men, for the second time in succession, won the men's teams championship in the Country Carnival at Rushcutter Bay on…

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Football Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 7

At a meeting of football enthusiasts at Canborra, it was decided to introduce the Rugby Union code into the territory next season, The Union…

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Tennis

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 3

The following players will play the Maitland Wasps on Saturday,—Mrs Agnew, Misses Smith and Agnew. Messrs. Reid: Ferris, Brown…

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Cricket Cups

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. J. N. Linott, proprietor of the Maitland Sports Depot, displayed in his window to-day twelve very fine miniature silver cup, presented by…

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Cricket. Alteration of Fixture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

The third grade fixture between Robins and Weston has been transfered from Robins' wicket to Marist Brothers wicket…

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Lawn Tennis Country Carnival. Woman's Team Final

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 7

Coulbura regained the country week women's teams championship, after a boak of four years, by beating Newcastle in a well-contested final at…

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Rugby League England Wins Test Unconverted Try Only Score. Fifield Carried Off. London, Jan. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

Twenty thousand people at Rochdale saw the Australians defeated by England by 3 to nil in the fourth test match…

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