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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1940

3,549 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 178

Sports Ground Football Club Urges Completion Fence Wanted

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 5

Maitland United Ruby League Football Club is tasted with a serious differently in securing e ground this season. It is…

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BOXING Delaney Beats Bishop T.K.O. in Seventh Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 7

[?] Densely (110½), of West Maitland [?] (109½), the however [?] weight champion as a teach[?]…

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CRICKET Balga Team’s Success Grand Final Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 3

Beige Cricket Club [?] a very successful [?] when in defrosted Warkworth as Saturday in the grand [?] of the A grade cricket…

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Singleton and District Lawn Tennis Competition Games Bright Play Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 3

In spite of the face that the [?]grace courts were playing [?]lowly, [?]erkling teaste was the order to several of the marches played to…

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Sporting. Coursing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

Harry Button's greyhound Verndale, going out at 4 to 1, scored an easy win in the third division of the Graded Stake, 500 yards, at the…

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Muswellbrook Golf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2

A four ball best ball v. par competition will be played on Saturday next. Players may arrange their own fours, to be notified before Thursday…

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Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The New England Cricket Association's "A" grade competition was won by De La Salle College, Armidale. The college has had a team in the…

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Rugby League Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 4

The Cessnock Rugby League team to play Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) at the Cessnock Sports Ground on Sunday, 14, is:—R. Johnson, G. Maher,…

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Tennis Postponed

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 4

The tennis tournament that was to have been held on the Maitland Association’s hard courts has been postponed from Thursday next until the…

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Night Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 7

Rain last night interfered with the [?] of the games in the Maitland [?] Tennis Association’s compe[?] Tie games were deferred to…

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Tennis Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 6

The night competition is reaching its final stages and will be completed during the next two weeks. On Sunday last Sports defeated…

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Bowls Newcastle Rink Visits

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2

Honoring a long-standing promise with an old friend locally in Jack Osmond, Mr. Percy Legoe, of Newcastle City Club, brought a rink of…

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Cricket Chatter

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 6

The second day's play in the "C" Grade final between Paxton and Congewai ended with the former team holding a…

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Football League Trial

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

In preparation for the Upper Hunter Rugby League season, which opens on April 21, the first trial match was played at Muswellbrook…

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Cessnock Golf Par Competition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 4

A par competition was played on Saturday afternoon last and although the season has not yet opened, and Kurri and Maitland…

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Sports Win Tennis Premiership

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 8

In the final of the Cessnock Tennis Association's night competition, on Sunday night. Sports defeated Wizards by 5…

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Rugby Union Competition Opening on April 27

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 7

It was originally inte[?]ded to have [?] the Rugby Union Competition on April 2[?], but the management committee last night…

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Kurri Golf Club Successful Opening Day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 8

The opening day of Kurri Kurri Golf Club, held at Heddon Greta links on Saturday afternoon, attracted golfers…

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