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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1930

3,658 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 183

Tennis. Australia Defeats Ireland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 5

Australia defeated Ireland in the Davis Cup contest. Australia will next meet Britain. TENNIS AT DENMAN…

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Rugby League Notes Cessnock to Play Scone

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 7

Owing to the match which is being played in Newcastle, between New South Wales and Queensland railway employees' Rugby League teams…

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Rugby League Cessnock 3rd Grade Defeats Morpeth

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 5

Gessnock and Morpcth Third Grace teams provided a sparking game at [?] Showground on Saturday A small crowd witnessed a faster…

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Wrestling and Boxing. Exhibitions at Catholic Hall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

Boxing and wrestling exhibitions were given in the Catholic Hall, West Maitland, last evening by a number of performers from Mr. Tom…

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Bellbird Races Meeting at Pokolbin

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 3

The Bellbird Race Club Ltd. held a race meeting on the Pokolbin racecourse on Monday afternoon. The meeting was a successful one from…

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Arthur Cunningham Selected to Represent Newcastle. Country Week Rugby

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 4

Local Rugby League followers are gratified to learn that Arthur Cunningham, who has played many brilliant games among the back…

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Sunday Football. Rail Motor to Run

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 4

Repying to a deputation at Harden, the Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Cleary) said that the railway motor would run on Sunday to…

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Charity Cup Rugby Slashers Slay Rosebuds Tinklers Trounce All Blacks

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 8

The Cessnock Rugby league Charity Cup competition was advanced a further stage on Sunday afternoon, when Tinklers beat All Blacks by…

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FOOTBALL. Scone Beaten by One Point. Hard Contest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 1

As predicted by this paper the clash between Muswellbrook and Scone on the showground on Saturday was the most exciting and closely contested…

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Upper Hunter Cricket Association. Annual Ball. Thursday Next

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

The second annual ball under the direction of the Upper Hunter Cricket Association takes place in the Olympia Theatre, Scone, on Thursday night…

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M.c.c. Match. Duleepsinhji's Masterful Innings Fairfax Bowls Well. Big Possibilities on Worn Wicket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 5

From the Australian point of view, the brightest feature of the second day's play in the M.C.C.-Australian match at Lords, was the bowling of Fairfax. He bagged six wickets for 54 runs. M.C.C.'s total fell short of Australia's first innings by 27…

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Football. Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 7

In a game conspicuous for its open play, Maitland lowered the colours of the light blues. It was by far Maitland's best effort…

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Sporting Football

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 3

At a meeting of the general committee of Singleton Football Club, rules were drawn up, governing the Jocal competition, and submitted, to a…

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Bowls. Hunter River District Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 7

The competition for the State championships in the Hunter River District section were completed on Saturday last, and the winners in all the…

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Remarkable Incident at Golf

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 1

A rather remarkable incident took place at Grafton golf links on Saturday last. A ball driven from the second tee collided in mid-air with…

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Lawn Tennis. Match at Abermain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 7

A match was played on Saturday on Chappell's tennis court between Chappell's Blue Stars and Youngers of Aberdare, Blue Stars winning by…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Cricket Cup

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 4

The cup presented to the Hunter River District Cricket Association by Mr. J. N. Lintott of the Maitland Sports Depot is at present on view…

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Rugby League. Keys Cup and Kingsborough Shield Games

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 7

Rugby League patrons at the popular East Maitland wound will have a great game served up to them on Saturday. Morpeth-East Maitland…

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Boxing. Phil Scott's Challenge, New York, May 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 5

The English heavyweight champion Phil Scott has filed a challenge to meet the winner of the sharkey-Schmelling bout…

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Cricket. Hunter Association. Meeting of Executive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 7

Mr. I. Clyde presided at an executive meeting of the Hunter River District Cricket Association in the West Maitland School of Arts on…

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