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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1937

4,302 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 216

Tennis

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 2

A little better success came the way of the Raymond Terrace teams playing in Maitland Competition on Saturday. A res. 1 team won by 6 sets to 2. The…

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Kurri Club Rugby League Notes Team Building

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 10

Kurri Kurri Club accepted the first grade defeat last Saturday in a good spirit. Opportunities were there in galore, but inexperience told, and…

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Rugby League Football Cessnock to Tackle Morpeth

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 5

Drawn against Morpeth-East Maitland, Cessnock, who have won their first two competition matches in convincing fashion,…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

Alf Blatch, Australian lightweight champion, won on a foul in the fifth round of his contest with the American Jimmy Leto, at the Rushcutter Buy…

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Bowls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

E. Peel and J. B. Martyr lowered the colors of M. Thompson and W. Ireland in the Saturday "Cock o' the Walk" titles, and then withstood a…

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Rugby Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 9

The Maitland team will travel to Empire Park to-morrow to try and lower the colors or Merewether Carlton…

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Sporting Boxing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

Blatch, the Australian lightweight champion, who took Carroll's place at the Stadium last night in the fight against Leto, the American…

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Junior Rugby League

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 8

The draw for the first round of the Junior Rugby League competition is as follows:—May 1: Neath v. Aberdare, Bellbird v. Tigers. May…

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Bellbird Rugby League

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

The following players will represent Bellbird against the Tig[?] at the Cessnock Sports ground on Saturday:—…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

Aberdeen teams, both A and B grades, visited Merriwa on Sunday to decide the opening matches of the competition. In each game Aberdeen…

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Associates Golf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 8

The usual competition was played on Wednesday afternoon, the event being won by Mrs. B. C. Barwick…

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Associate Golf

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

Evidence of the associates' keenness was shown in the par competition played this week on the local course. There were fourteen competitors for…

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Greyhound Racing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1

The sport continues to attract, and it is reasonable to hope that many who attended the hospital benefit meeting on Saturday night last will be seen on…

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Association Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

There was no play in the B grade Association matches last week-end, but the A grade competition was continued, with the following results:—-…

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Sporting Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1

Norfolk team to play Cliftcourts, at Norfolk, to-morrow (Saturday): Misses Shippe and Welsh, D. Davis, L. Ashford, J. Nicholas, A. Cooke…

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Football Teams

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

The following are the Singleton teams to play Merriwa in the Upper Hunter football competition on St. Patrick's ground on Sunday next:—…

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Football Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

A meeting of members of the Football Club was held on Monday night last; the President Mr. R. McLaurin occupying the chair. The…

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Aberdeen Golf—open Day

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

Open day for the season of the Aberdeen Golf Club is set down for Saturday, 1st May, and proceedings will commence at 2 p.m. The event…

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