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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1937

4,302 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 216

Lawn Tennis. Maitland District Games Tomorrow's Prospects

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

The Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association's mixed doubles competition will be continued tomorrow afternoon, when the third series of matches in the first round…

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Sunday Cricket Police v. Northumberland Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

The much discussed return match between teams representing the Police and the Northumberland Hotel will be played on South Cessnock…

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Old. Buffers Cricket Match DUNGOG v. GLOUCESTER

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

A team of old buffers from Gloucester visited Dungog on Saturday last to play a return match with a team of "old boys" of Dungog and…

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Former Cripple Now Plays Tennis Vanquishes Rheumatism in Feet

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Here is a story of a young man who had given up hope of taking part in active sports with his fellows again. He tells how he tried one remedy after…

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Sports and Races At Brookfield in Aid of Dungog Hospital

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

A meeting was held in the schoolroom, Brookfield, on Monday, 12th April, 1937, for the purpose of making arrangements for holding a race and…

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Cricket Re-union Presentation of Trophies. End of a Successful Season

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 4

The Muswellbrook District Cricket Association's annual re-union, marking the end of a successful season, attracted a large number of players and…

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German Boxing Title BERLIN, April 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 1

THE newly-created boxing title the "German Championship of All Classes," was conferred on Max Schmelling The title will…

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The Friendly Road. the Game of Bowls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 4

It must be cause for much satisfaction to many wives and grown-up children that at last their husbands and…

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Maitland Races What Stewards Saw

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 7

The stipendiary steward at the Maitland Coronation Cup meeting Mr. W. L. Brecht reported that H. Hanley rider of Prince Peter in the…

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Rugby League Upper Hunter Season Opening Game Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 9

All roads will lead to Muswellbrook to-morrow when the opening game of the Upper Hunter, season, between Muswellbrook…

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Night Tennis Night Championships the Fixtures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 9

The following is the draw for the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association's night championships for next Monday and Tuesday nights:…

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Bowls

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 4

In the President's cup, Pepper was a little too consistent for Moulos and won 25 to 16. Ted Gould scored 7 in the first two ends, and this won him the…

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Dog Racing Praised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 7

Mr.Jas. White (president, Brentwood Hospital Board), who attended the Muswellbrook dog meeting on Saturday night, expressed himself as agreeably…

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BOWLS Pairs Semifinals Saturday's Play

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 6

Both pairs winning their semi-final matches on Saturday,' J. E. Lowe and J. Lowe (Muswell brook), and G, Barwick and J. Hills (East Maitland), will…

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Rough Boxing Newcastle Bout NEWCATTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 7

One of the roughtost fights in nor-thorn 'history onded in the seventh round at the Newcastle Stadium on Saturday nigh with the…

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Rugby Union Competition Opening New Teams Win

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 6

Features of the opening round. of the Rugby Union compotition on Saturday were the defeat, of last season's premiers, More…

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Stop Press Pr0s at Golf , SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 5

W. Belger played insultioes golf at. [?] today to finish 1 outside the [?] record in the morning round of the Professlonal's…

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NUNDAH Cricket Season Ends Players' Form ^

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 3

The certain has been. rung down an Nundah on cricket activities for the season The club entered te Singloten district…

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Cricket Trophies Muswellbrook Winners Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 3

Trophics won during the cricket Reason were presented at a re union supper, which was attended by representatives and players of all the competing teams…

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Mixed Doubles Maitland District Tennis First Round Continued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 6

The third series of matches in the first round of the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association's mixed doubles winter competition was played on Saturday afternoon.Kia Ora 1 suffered its first defeat, at the…

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