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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1938

4,536 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 227

Local and General Cessnook Golf Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 3

Tomorrow an 18-hole stroke handicap will be played. To avoid congestion, those players who can hit off early are asked to do so…

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Grand Final Cricket at Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

The last competition cricket match for the season in Singleton will be begun to-morrow, when Glendon will play Broke on Albion Park for the…

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Aberdeen News Football Club. Annual Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 5

There was a splendid representative attendance at the annual general meeting of the Aberdeen Football Club held in the Memorial Hall supper…

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RACING Sidelights Belgravia Does Well at Kenso

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 9

Tom Murray's gelding, Belgravia, must have acquired a liking for the Kensington track having won there at his last…

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Rugby League Cessnogk v. Waratah. at Sports Ground on

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 3

Cessnock Rugby League senior and reserve grade teams will play practice games against Waratah at the Cessnock…

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Rugby League Singleton United Club Week-end Trial Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Next Sunday is important for the Singleton United Football Club, aa it marks the opening of the 1938 season. At St. Patrick's ground, 30 odd…

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Lawn Tennis Maitland District Competition Men's—ladies' Doubles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 8

The second series of matches in the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association's men's and ladies' doubles winter competition has been set down for to-morrow afternoon in all grades except A grade…

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Question of Sunday Tennis Council to Take Referendum

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Dungog Municipal Council, at its meeting on Tuesday night, decided by a majority vote to allow Sunday tennis on the Bennett Park courts. This…

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Struck on Temple with Golf Stick Girl's Death Near Peak Hill

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

Betty Mackay, aged 11, daughter of Roley Mackay, farmer and grazier, of Genanigie, near Peak Hill, was struck on the temple with a golf stick…

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Entries for Maitland Races Two Day Meeting Next Week

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 7

Entries for the two-day race meeting to be conducted by the Maitland Race and Sports Club, at Rutherford on Thursday and Friday of next week…

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Disqualification of Dog Racing Man Says He Intends to Sell Out. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

Mr H. J. Kinch, one of the best known dog racing men in Australia, that he intends to sell out as a result of his disqualification by the…

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Well-known Dog Racing Man. to Appeal Against Disqualification. "Will Not Race Again." Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Mr. H. J. Kinch, one of the best-known dog racing men in Australia, stated that he intends to sell out as a result of his disqualification by the…

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Athletic Club Meeting to be Held CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 7

There is a move to form an Amateur Athletic Club in Cessnock, and for this purpose, a meeting is to he held on Sunday morning next, at the…

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Cessnock Amateur Athletic Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 3

A meeting will be held on Sunday, at the Sports Ground, at 10.30 a.m., with the object of forming an Amateur Athletic…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 7

A match between St. Mary's (West Maitland) and St. Andrew's (Mayfield) branch of the Church of England Boys' Society, was played on West…

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BOWLS West Maitland Club Champion Pairs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 7

The West Maitland Club played the final of its champion pair, and continued the consistency handicap and president's trophy, this…

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Rugby Union Maitland v. C.Y.M.S.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 7

The first Rugby Union trial match of the season was played this afternoon between Maitland and C.Y.M.S. on Eckford's ground, West Maitland…

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Singleton News Swimming Royal Life Saving Singleton Awards Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 2

The following pupils, who had been prepared by Mr. E, Murray, a teacher at the York-street school, Singleton, passed examinations of…

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Boxing Title Louis Still Champion Chicago Fight Chicago

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 6

Joe Louis retained the world's heavyweight title, when he knocked-out Harry Thomas in the fifth round. Louis weighed in at 14.6½…

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Sunday Football Referendum at Bowral BOWRAL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 9

The Bowral Council, at the request of the Bowral Rugby League Football Club, has decided to take a referendum on the question of whether foot,…

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