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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1930

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Wallsend Races. White's Four Winners. Books Again Suffer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 7

Riding four winners out of six at Wallsend on Saturday, W. White had a successful day. Not so the bookmakers. Four of the races were won…

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Athletics. Internationals Compete Day of Records

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 6

Several records went by the board at the athletic meeting on Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, when the German and American cracks…

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Athletic Carnival New Australian and State Records

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 3

The carnival of the New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association was concluded at Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturdal afternoon…

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Football Rugby League Tour. London, January 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 8

The Athletic News states that the total receipts at the matches played by the Australian Rugby Leagues team were £36,926 of which…

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Pokolbin Races Good Racing, But Attendance Not So Good

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

There was a falling off in the attendance at Pokolbin races yesterday. The entries were not large, but the scratchings were not numerous and in…

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Swimming. Women's Championships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 7

Miss Joan Cooks, of Bondi Club, and the Balmoral swimmer Miss M. Mitchell, dead-heated in the 100 yards championship of the State at the…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

The Australian Rugby League team on Saturday defeated Wales at Wembley by 26 points to 10…

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Rosedale Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 3

The next race meeting on the Rosedale course is set down for Monday, February 3rd. Entries close on Tuesday, January 28th. The…

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Lawn Tennis Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Maitland, and District Lawn Tennis Association will be held in the West Maitland School of Arts on…

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Boxing. Thomas Defeats McDONALD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 7

Billy Thomas, the Welsh boxer, defeated Lachlo McDonald, of New Zealand, at Auckland, on points in a 15-round contest…

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Country Week Tennis Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 6

The carnival of 1930, of which the team's matches concluded on Wednesday last, will long be remembered by many of the competitors on account of…

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Sydney Racing. Twelve Events at Moorefield

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

The programme at Moorefield on Saturday was a pony one, for there were no fewer than twelve, events. Six favourites won, but matters were,…

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Heddon Greta Races Saturday's Entries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

The following, entries have been received for the first meeting of the Heddon Jockey Club, under A.R.C. Rules. to be held on the Heddon Greta…

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Heddon Greta Races. Entries for

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 7

The following entries were received last night for the Heddon Jockey Club's races, to be held on the Heddon-Greta course next Saturday:—…

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Sporting Notes From the City. Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 6

Lermond, the famous American, athlete at present in Sydney, says that records are made to be broken. Bradman apparently thinks so, too, for he…

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Cricket Fixtures For Saturdays 25th January and 1st February

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 3

Fixtures and umpires for the eighth round, commencing on Saturday next, are as under. Clubs are asked to note that the "B" grade fixtures have been…

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Athletic Carnival. New Australian and State Records

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

The carnival of the New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association was concluded at Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon. A large crowd…

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Maitland District Swimming Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 5

There was a good attendance at a general meeting of the Maitland District Swimming Club, held in the School of Arts last evening. The…

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Gresford Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 5

Following aro the weights for Gresford Cup meeting on January 27:— Gresford Cup: Donromy 9.10, Solmas 8.10, Now Alabi 8.10. Montana…

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Heddon Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 5

Don Ronny's weight in the Welter Handloap, to be run at Heddon races on Saturday next, should read 9.5. and not 9.0 as printed…

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