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Sport, 1941

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 150

Kurri Tennis Opening of Season

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 2

The kurri Kurri and District Lawn Tennis Associations's mixed competition will commence tomorrow. Saturday The following are the fixtures…

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SPORT & Sportsmen in the Sportlight of the Week. Honor Roll. Golf: F. W. Mucdonald, A. Sweeney, M. S. M. Bowman, H. D. Rook, Mrs. H. W. Broadbent. BOWLS. A. Peachey, W. Ramage, P. Robb, L. Hallett. Greyhound Racing: Mrs. H. A. Bridge, A. Kirk. Bowls. History Made

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 7

History was made on Saturday last, when two dead heats occurred in "Cock o' the Walk" games in the "A" grade competition, necessitating…

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Singleton Junior Rugby League Start of Competition on

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 6

Singleton Junior Rugby League competition starts on Sunday next. There will be two games, the first starting at 2 p.m., and the second at…

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Big Tennis Exhibition. Special Train From Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 8

The Park Tennis Club is malting elaborate arrangements for seating accommodation on the occasion of the tennis exhibition to…

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Associate Golf Win For Miss Sales SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 7

Miss B. Sales had her second win of the season when she won Mrs. Chenoweth's trophy. in an 18-hole stroke competition played by the…

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Lawn Tennis, To-morrow's Matches Prospects and Comments

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 8

The match of the day will be at Weston, where the Parkwood ladies will meet the Weston team. This game will be decided more…

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RACING sidelights. Vergure Faniced for Canterbury Engaged If Flying Handicap

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 7

Vergure ran well enough at his last start to suggest an early return to the winning lists and the Irish importation is selected to take out the…

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Athletic Club Formed at Raymond Terrace

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 6

For seven years the Raymond Terrace School of Arts building his been unused except for an occasional meeting but a movement has been…

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Women’s Bowls

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 7

Another round was played in the Iyerson trophy on the Ladies’ Park Bowling Green, Scores, Merc[?] Cooper, — Tulloch, Gres[?]on;…

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Lawn Tennis Maitland Association Winter Teams

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 5

The Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association winter teams competition was resumed this afternoon after, the…

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Dog Racing Meeting At Cessnock To-night’s Events

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 7

The best class at the Cessnock greyhound-meeting to-night is the last event on the programme, the Abermain Stake. It includes…

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Horse Racing and Sporting Events Maitland Show Ground, Saturday, May 31

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 2

For Oakhampton Comforts Fund, Police War Fund and Agricultural Boclet[?] War Fund Trotting Events, Horse Races, For…

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SWIMMING Maitland Amateur Club Social Functions

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 6

A well attended general meeting of the Maitland Amateur Swimming Club was held yesterday. Many important matters…

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Shaw Pairs Saturday's Bowls SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 2

Humphries and Gerner and Nichols and McMahon each won four matches In the second section of the Shaw pairs concluded on the Singleton…

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League Football Great Forward Display Northern Suburbs

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 7

The outstanding feature of probably the whole of the series of competition matches already played was the sue. tained effort of Northern Suburbs' forwards in the match against Waratah at Wickham Oval…

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"The Argus" Football Flashes Singleton Junior League Opens Its Season

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 2

In the opening, games of the season C.Y.M.S. defeated Souths and Norths accounted for Central, at St. Patrick's sports…

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Rugby League Football Kurri Still Undefeated

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 3

Kurri Kurri First Grade Rugby League team, in defeating East 15 points to 7 at Kurri Kurri on Saturday, is…

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Rugby Ripples

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 7

Cessnock Rugby League team goes from success to success. On Saturday it scored its fourth consecutive…

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Rugby League Saturday's Fixtures

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 7

Following are Rugby League fixtures Saturday: Waratah Mayfield. v Western suburbs, Waratah, referee J. Mercer;…

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Tennis Tournament

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 1

The tennis tournament held on Anzac Day by the Boomerang Club was a great success both socially and financially. There were six courts…

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