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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1938

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Night Tennis Handicap Results Pair Absent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 9

Competitors in the men's scaled handicap competition conducted by the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association, enjoyed…

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Singleton Football Club Meeting of Committee

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 3

Last night Singleton United Football Club held its third committee meeting. There was almost 100% attendance, under the presidency of…

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Ida Lincoln For Campbell's Hill Stake Greyhound Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 9

The winner of a Lorn Stake by four lengths in 23 1-5 secs. last month, Ida Lincoln has not since started on the Maitland track, but a repetition of the form she showed at her…

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Hopes Bright Singleton United Football Year Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 2

Mr. T. F. Melody presided, and there was almost a full attendance of members at the meeting held last night of the Singleton United Football Club…

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Athletics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 9

The Maitland Amateur Athletic Club will conduct a 75 yards handicap, broad jump, juvenile throw, high jump, on Lorn Park to-morrow (Thursday)…

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Night Tennis Handicap Fixtures Ladies' Play

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 11

Fixtures for the ladies' sealed handicap tournament for to-night (Thursday) are as follow:— Round 2.—Court No. 1: Misses…

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CRICKET Umpire Appointments Hunter Games

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 11

The following umpires have been appointed for the competition matches on Saturday next:— SECOND GRADE…

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Singleton & District BOXING Town Band Benefit a Large Crowd Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 2

There was a very large attendance last night at the second of the series of boxing matches being conducted in the Show Ground…

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Coursing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 1

The following is the draw for the greyhound coursing meeting to be held on the Muswellbrook Showground track to-morrow (Saturday) night:—…

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Swimming

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 7

Mercury Cup point score (50 metres freestyle handicap).—Heat 1: D. Solman, 33 4-ssecs., 1; F. Cheal, 37 9-10 sens., 2; G. Dalzell (breaststroke),…

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Bowls

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 2
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

In the final bowls matches of the Empire Games, H. Harvey (South Africa) won the singles championship from F. Livingstone (New…

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Sporting Coursing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 1

Maiden Stakes, 480 yds: Morella, Aileen's Gift, Brown Hill, Scotch Boy, Pretty Butterfly, Minnie Lee, Spankem, Silver Christo. Reserve, GaGy…

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Junior Rugby League

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 5

The next meeting of the Junior Rugby League Committee will be held in the club rooms on February 21. The rooms are…

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Dog Racing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 2

Schnapper, Mr. Roy Bacon's well-known racing dog, came to light again with a good win on Wednesday night at the Maitland meeting. He ran the…

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Night Tennis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 2

Wimbledon defeated Cressys 5 sets to 3 in a deferred match of the ladies' night competition on Wednesday night. There was no play in the…

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Saturday's Sport List of Events HORSE-RACING Moorefield, Caulfield, Doomben. CRICKET

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 8

Concluding play in first round of Hunter River Association's first grade competitions: Marist Brothers v Cessnock, on Marist Brothers' wicket;…

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BOXING East Maitland Bouts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 8

At East Maitland on Tuesday night the main six-rounder will be between Tommy Mitchell and Tommy Tiers. This bout should prove attractive…

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Bowls. "Town" v. CLUB

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 3

The following will represent "Town" in a match against the Bowling Club on Tuesday next at 8 p.m.:—Dr. Abbott, A. Abbott, A…

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SWIMMING Singleton Amateurs SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 2

Singleton Amateur Swimming Club conducted point score events in connection with the "Mercury" Cup yesterday afternoon. Following are the…

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