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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1939

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 5

Scone Club opened its season at the week-end when a "mixed" team visited Aberdeen and won by 8 points to 5. It certainly looks at the present that…

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Local Sporting. Bowls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

In the semi-final of the Hunter River championship pairs H. Anderson and J. Grice (Cessnock) defeated L. Cheatle and A. Colefax…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

What has happened to cricket here? One match for the season Some say our players forsook the game for the "sport of kings." The players of…

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Sporting Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 5

Following are the results in the B grade tennis competition conducted by the Scone and District Hardcourts Tennis Association: Park I. defeated…

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Tennis Club

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

At a meeting of the Tennis Club, held on the 29th ultimo, it was decided to open the season on Saturday next (Easter Saturday) with a mixed…

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Associates' Golf Competition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 4

Cessnock Golf Club associates will open their season with a stroke competition to-morrow afternoon. The draw is as…

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GOLF Cessnock Associates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 9

Cessnock Golf Club, associates will open their season with a stroke competition tomorrow, afternoon. The draw is as follows:—…

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SWIMMING Successful Season SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

Singleton swimming club has concluded one of the most successful seasons in its history. Membership, in the junior section increased…

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Aberdeen Sport. Tennis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

The financial statement read at the annual meeting of the Aberdeen Tennis Association revealed a credit balance of £12/12/11. Officers elected for…

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Tennis. Easter Tournaments

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 5

As many members of the various clubs will be absent at Easter it is not yet known whether the men's and ladies' doubles' tournament on…

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GOLF Opening of Season

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

The Dungog Golf Club began its official season on Saturday, April 1. At afternoon tea Mrs. E. Mackay was welcomed by Mr. G. Dark…

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Rugby League Fairhall's Position Board's Ruling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 9

The Newcastle Rugby League, at its meeting last night, adopted the recommendation of the appeals board regarding the qualifications of…

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Warwick Farm Races

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

The New Zealand colt, Defaulter, made his Australian debut in the Chipping Norton Plate at Warwick Farm on Saturday. This big…

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Origin of Lawn Tennis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

The current issue of the journal, "American Lawn Tennis," deals with the subject of lawn tennis and tells an interesting story of the origin of…

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Balancing the Tennis Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

An Innovation at Gloucester Shows was the balancing the tennis ball event, and after the preliminary heats had been run off the public began…

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Maitland Junior Rugby League. Annual General Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 8

Representatives of the Kurri Kurri-Maitland United-Morpeth East Maitland Senior and Junior Clubs attended the annual…

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Rugby Union First Round Draw Two Grades

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 9

The draw for the first round of the first and reserve grades of tho Rugby Union were announced last night. Both these grades will…

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Football. Morpeth Defeats Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

At Morpeth on Sunday, Morpeth-East Maitland, which promises to go a long way in the Newcastle competition this season, defeated Muswellbrook by…

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Golf Season Opened. Large Attendance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

The Muswellbrook golf course was in splendid condition for the official opening games held on Saturday last, when 64 players…

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Golf. Scone Club Opens Season

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

Scone Golf Club opened its season on Saturday last, but unfortunately the attendance was most disappointing—not at all a good augury for the…

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