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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1939

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Golf Hints Right Shots to Play Common Faults ( 12)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 9

The most important part of golf, according to one of the American wise-cracks, is that part that is played between the ears…

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Test Cricket. England v. South Africa. Capetown

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

Scores in the second test match:—England, 9 for 599 (declared) and 5 for 157; South Africa 6 for 213 (Nourse not out…

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Coursing. Close Finishes at the Last Meeting of the Year. Singleton Owners on Top

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

With five winners, Singleton owners rominated the Muswellbrook dog meeting on Saturday, December 24th, T. M. Jordan achieved double success with…

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Sheffield Shield Cricket Match Drawn Between Victoria and South Australia

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

Victoria led South Australia by 11 runs on the first innings in the Sheffield Shield cricket match which concluded in Melbourne yesterday, and…

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Professional Tennis Budge Defeats Vines. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) New York

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

Budge easily defeated Vines, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, in the first match of the former's professional career, before a record crowd of 17,000 at Madison…

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ATHLETICS. Preparing for Country Championships

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 3

Muswellbrook and Denman athletes are preparing for the country championships to be held in Sydney on the 28th inst. Muswellbrook will be…

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Bowls

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 3

The following will meet New Lambton on Saturday at Raymond Terrace green: Holwell, Windeyer, KLine, Markey, Paytean Sutton, McInerney, Foot, Robinson, Sharp…

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Cricket

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 3

The following team has been selected by the Raymond Terrace Cricket Club to play Mayfield on the Market Reserve, Raymond Terrace…

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BOWLS Combined Clubs Comp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 11

Result of first round of the combined clubs' Wednesday competition, third series, played at West Maitland:— H. Cooper, R. Garland, A. Compton,…

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Speedway Racing Australian Team SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 11

The team to represent Australia in the first motor-cycle speedway test match against England at the Sports Ground on Saturday night will be:—…

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Dog Racing Gosford Officials GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 11

The committee of the Gosford Association has reinstated Mr. F. Grisdale as grader for greyhound racing conducted at that centre…

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Night Tennis Handicap Tournament Interesting Sets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 11

There were many interesting sets when the first series of the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association's men's sealed…

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Weston Cricket Teams Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 7

Owing to the number of school teachers in the Weston United cricket team, the final eleven has not yet been chosen, but they will be chosen from…

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FOOTBALL Play in Scotland LONDON, Jan. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 11

The famous Scottish football team, Celtic, which yesterday was beaten by the leaders, Rangers, in the Scottish League first division competition, was…

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Budge Beats Vines Professional Tennis Record Crowd New York, January 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 11

J. Donald Budge, in the first match of his professional career, easily beat H. E. Vines at Madison Square Garden before a record crowd of 17,000…

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Racing Brookfield Races Holiday Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 6

The Brookfield Racing Committee held a further successful race meeting on the Brookfield course on Boxing Day, Monday, December 26. The…

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Coursing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 1

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

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Port Stephens Regatta Club Successful Regatta at Mungo Brush

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

The 31st annual regatta of the Port Stephens Regatta Club, held at Mungo Brush on Monday, December 26, and Tuesday, December 27, was a…

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Dog Racing Muswellbrook Draw Eleven Races Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 8

Following is the draw for the greyhound racing at Muswellbrook on Saturday night:— Maiden Stake, 480 yards: Matala,…

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Tennis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

Messrs. E. Hall and E. Toms won their matches in the Teachers v. Head Office match, played at Manly…

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