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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1930

3,658 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 183

Rugby League Football Cessnock Tackles Maitland United. at Local Showground To-morrow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 5

Rugby League fans are eagerly looking forward to the meeting of Cessnock and Maitland United at the Cessnock Showground to-morrow…

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Pigeon Racing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 8

The Weston Homing Society flew a race on Wednesday, 23rd April, from Murarundi, 80 miles airline. Result. R. D. Douglas [?], J. Campell 2, Davies…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 7

The Australian-Leicestershire game was abandoned owing to rain. In English county cricket, Duleepsinhji scored 333 for Sussex against…

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Sporting. Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 7

Scone I. and Aberdeen I. meet on the Park to-morrow (Saturday), and Scone II. go to Aberdeen…

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Golf. Morris Trophy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 2

The first round of the Morris trophy will be played to-morrow. Points will be allotted in the same manner an in the President's trophy…

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Rugby League Games for

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 3

Games set down for Saturday next are as under:— Cessnock v. Maitland United, at Cessnock; Kurri Kurri v. Northern…

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Lawn Tennis. Stuart Teams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 2

B Grade Ladies v Le Gaz: Miss L. Pankhurst, Miss E. Ballantyne, Miss M.Wilson and Mrs. Moore. B Grade Men forfeit to Morpeth…

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Football Dungog Kicks Off

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 2

In a recent issue we stated that we were wondering what was wrong with our footballers, seeing that they had not yet got a "move" on. The…

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Football Meeting Matches Commence To-morrow

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 9

A meeting of the Singleton Football Club was held on Wednesday evening in the Mechanics' Institute, and there was a good attendance. Mr G. Searl…

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Football. Rugby League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 8

South Newcastle A grade and reserves met Morpeth-East Maitland, on the Banks-street Reserve, East Maitland, this afternoon…

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Football. Rugby Union. Maitland Reserves v. Y.M.C.A.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 7

Maitland Reserves and Newcastle Y.M.C.A. played the early match on Lorn Park this afternoon. At half-time Maitland led 3 to nil. M…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 8

The winter competitions begin on May 14, and the school has entered two teams in each of the six grades, with the exception of the first grade…

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Rugby Union. Maitland v. East Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 8

The first grade game was between Maitland and East Newcastle. At half-time East led 5 to nil. Meehan scored a try and Bell kicked a goal…

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Bowls. Hunter River District Champion Pairs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 7

The semi-final and final games of Hunter River District Association's champion pairs competition was set down for decision at East Maitland…

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Golf. Club Formed at Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 9

Twenty-five members and 14 associates were enrolled at Kurri Kurri last evening, when a meeting was held for the purpose of forming a…

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Lawn Tennis State Players at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 7

An attendance of nearly 300 people watched the visiting interstate tennis players, Ray, Dunlop, J. Mc-Causland, Miss L. Bickerton and…

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Essex Beaten Australia Wins by 207 Runs. Hornbrook Again Bowls Well

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 2

Closing with their overnight score of 6 for 263, the Australian dismissed Essex for 145 and won by 207 runs. Hornibrook, who took 6 for 11 in the first innings, dismissed four in the second innings for 49 runs…

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Racing Smash. at Brooklands' Motor-drome. Three Killed; Several Injured. London, May 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 7

Three were killed and several spectators injured, when, during a 24-hour test at Brooklands to-day, in which 59 racers were…

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Northern District Football. Games in All Codes. Rugby Union. East Newcastle Wins

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 2

Although Maitland won the premiership of the Newcastle Rugby Union last season, the team has not yet won a match this session. It has…

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Rugby League. Cessnock Defeats Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 2

Northern Suburbs remain undefeated as a result of play in the Newcastle Rugby League competition on Saturday, defeating Kurri Kurri by…

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