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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1941

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 150

GOLF A.I.F. Cup Competition

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 2

Golfers’ from Newcastle Cessnock and Maitland took part in the A.I.F. Cup competition held at the Maitland golf links yesterday afternoon…

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Rugby League Reserve Grade Games To–day’s Play

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 5

In the second series of the Rugby League competition this afternoon South Newcastle and Northern Suburb played on…

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Two Injured Football Accidents New Castle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 2

Jack Ernest, 32, of Carrington-parade New Lambton, suffered a probable fracture of the right cheek bone; concussion and shock when…

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Military Sports 16th Regiment Shows Athletic Prowess

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 4

Members of the 16th Machine Gun (Light Horse) Regiment showed their ability by winning the ta[?]old athletic contest at the 2nd Cavalry…

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Bowls

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 10

G. Searl and H. Chenoweth and V. Geary and M. Dooban will play off to decide the winners of the first section of the Shaw pairs competition…

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Golf

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 3

The following is the result of the 18-hole sealed pairs Stableford handicap, played on the Singleton Golf Club links on Saturday:—…

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Rugby League Morpeth lmproves East Beaten

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 7

The outstanding features of the week-end [?] of Rugby League competition matches was the manner in which KurrI, with lour…

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Trial Match Junior Rugby League, SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 10

The Junior Rugby League competition will commence at Singleton next Sunday when Central will play North, and the Catholic Young Men’s…

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Golf Club Stableford Handicap SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 10

J. O’Halioran and D. W. Chapman won the sealed pairs Stableford handinap played on the Singleton golf links last Saturday…

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Canterbury Races On Thursday SYDNEYMonday

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 7

Canterbury Park race meeting, postponed from last Saturday, will be held Thursday next. It is…

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ASCOT (Vic.) Details of Saturday’s Races

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 9

[?] Hurdle 2m, Pretend (28.1) [?]Court [?] [?] Divs Win £16/14/6. [?] Six lengths…

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Lawn Tennis Close Play in Men's A Grade Maitland Association

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 9

Wintry conditions, coupled with a strong southerly, did prevent teams from fielding their full quota. In the men's A grade competition there were some very matches. Parkwood was given an anxious time by…

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Rugby Ripples

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 5

Two games, two wins is the encouraging record of the Cessnock Rugby League team, which gained its…

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Golf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 4

Winning pairs in the first round of the pairs matches played on Saturday were: H. D. Hook and J. H. Keys; R. E. McClintock and A. C. Lawrie;…

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Kembla Grange Races Off. Mosaic Ends Racing Career. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 2

Kembla Grange races, fixed for to-day, were postponed until Friday owing to rain. Mosaic was to-day withdrawn from…

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SCONE Rugby League Meeting SCONE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 6

It was revisited at the annual meet of Scone Football Club that, although the club commenced the season with a deficit of several pounds…

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Cessnock Tennis Winter Competition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 5

This season's competition commenced on Saturday. A cold, chilly breeze blew down the courts throughout the afternoon and made…

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Kurri Golf Week-end Matches

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 4

Kurri Kurri golfers held matches on Anzac Day and Saturday. On Friday a Canadian poursomes resulted:—…

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Tennis Club Payment To Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 2

SINGLE Tuesday. Howe Park Tennis Club commit last night to pav £36 to the Singleton Municipal Council as…

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Rugby League Touring Team To Play Patriotic Funds

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 6

The Newcastle Rugby League decided last flight that there would be no competition matches on Monday ext but that the…

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