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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1940

3,549 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 178

Hunter Cricket Last Series to Begin To-morrow No Play at Easter

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 8

The [?] is the [?] River Cricket Association’s [?] for the [?] will be [?] to-morrow. [?] the following [?] the [?] will [?] [?] 30…

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Davis Cup and Interstate Tennis Stars Visit to Dungog Local Players Provide Interesting Matching

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

Considerable interest was thrown into tennis locally in the visit on Monday night last of a team of players from Sydney…

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School Cricket Maitland Boys’ High Win for Newcastle (By one of the Team)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 8

The match between Malt[?]and Boys’ High School 1st XI, and Newcastle High School, played on Wars[?] Oval, resulted In an…

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Sunday Football to Continue Upper Hunter League Decision. Scone Delegates Press For Saturday Games. Difficulty Overcome

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 7

Delegates were present from Muswellbrook, Aberdeen, Scone, and Quirindi at the special meeting of we Upper Hunter section of Group 4 last…

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RACING Sidelights Yours Truly for Warwick Farm Cup Will See Distance Right Out. Gold Spark and St. Constant Will Run Well

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 6

The Warwick Farm Racing Club will be running off a very interesting eight event programme at Randwick…

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Quirindi Tennis Quirindi

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 9

Though not as large as last year’s record entry, about 270 entries have been received for the Quirindi annual Easter tennis tournament. Sixteen…

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BOWLS Electric Light Play Electric Light Play

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 9

The final of the electric light champion tours competition will be played on the Maitland Part green on Tuesday night between rinks skippered…

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Singleton News Swimming School Carnival OVER 60 Finals Singleton [?]

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 2

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TENNIS Alteration in Fixtures Night Matches

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 9

Fixtures for Thursday night ia the Maitland and District Lewn Tennis Association’s teams’ competition have been deferred owing to the late…

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CRICKET. Hunter Association the Averages

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 9

In the season’s averages of the Hunter River Cricket Association [?] streets, [?]and the [?] averages [?] to the…

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CRICKET Hunter Association Last Series

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 7

The [?] to the Hecter River Cricket Association’s competitions this [?] were the [?] for the season. The…

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A Large Crowd Swimming Carnival at Cessnock Record Unbroken Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 7

M. Geering, of Manly Swimming Club, who is in camp at Greta, falled to break the 100 metres freestyle record at the Cessnock Swimming…

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Dog Racing Maitland Draw for Wednesday Ten Events Qualifying [?]

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 7

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Golf Clue Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 2

Members of the Singleton Golf cub competed in an 18-holes stroke handicap on Saturday c hatchings with a 93, 23, 70 was the winner…

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Schools, Annual Swimming Carnival Many Splendid Performances

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 3

The annual swimming carnival of the Singleton Intermediate High School was held on Friday at the baths. Despite the number of…

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Candid Comment Local Football

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 2

Supporters of football in Singleton in earlier years, who have passed on, would have turned in their graves could they have returned to…

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Rugby League Cessnock Beats Kurri CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 7

Having the advantage of more advanced training Cessnock beat Karri Kurri by SB to nil. alter leading 21 to sit at, half-time in a practice Rugby…

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Bowls Singleton Wins H.r.d.b.a. Champion Fours Competition

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 4

In the final game O'Bryan, Wilkinson, L. Bailey, and Lunney defeated the West Maitland four— McLauchlan, Ellis, Jones, and Watty…

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