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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1942

1,693 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 85

Bowls. Short Reign As Titleholders

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 5

R. Middleton and L. Stevenson, who registered a "first up" success in the "cock o' the walk" on the previous Saturday, had a short reign…

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Rugby League Season Competition Opens To-morrow

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 5

To-morrow the Newcastle Rugby League will open the patriotic season. Every penny received from patrons above a…

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Associates' Golf. Playek Wins Two Competitions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 8

Mrs. R. Gibson won the Stableford par and stroke competitions conducted by the Associates' Golf Club on the 21st and 28th ult. New players…

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Canterbury Races To-morrow Selections

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 6

Trial Stakes. — Alertful, Scarlet Ranger, Breezy Boy. Nursery Handicap.—First Division: High Flight, Oriole, Minnamurra…

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Winter Tennis Competition Saturday’s Games

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 4

Exciting [?] should [?] the [?]…

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SPORT and SPORTSMEN The "Scouts'" Review Honor Boll. Bowls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 5

N. Wilton, S. Cann, E. W. Shaw R. Devine, H. A. Bridge, E. Farrell W. Thompson, C. Bowden. GOLF:…

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Racing Sidelights. Astrid Selected for Flying Handicap. Has Drawn Inside Barrier Position. Scho and Lagoon Place Bets

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 4

Eight events will be run off at the Canterbury meeting to-morrow. The sprint event, the Flying Handicap, should prove one of the most…

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Quirindi Golf Club

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 5

With the course good condition and most favourable weather some very cards were returned at the club’s opening,…

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Golf Associates’ Patriotic Work

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 2

In addition to the list given in yesterday's issue if the gifts in the patriotic activities of the Maitland Golf Club associates…

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Life Saved By Football

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 6

COLOMBO May 1—A football which, be. -clung for seven hours saved, the . life of a survivor the Australian destroyer…

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Broadcast of Racing Government’s Ban

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA Saturday. — The Postmaster-General,. Senator Ashley, announced last night that race broadcasts . from outside…

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Rugby League Opens Cessnock Badly Beaten

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 5

The feature of the opening series of the Rugby League competition on Saturday was the easy win of South Newcastle over…

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Golf Winners of Week-end Competitions

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 3

On the local links at the week-end Stableford events were played, winners of respective competitions being J. Phillipp and J. Hooke. Fields on…

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Bowls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 4

A dual success was registered by R. Taylor and P. Robb in the "cock o' the walk" competition on Saturday afternoon. Their first victory, which…

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Rugby Ripples

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 4

Last Saturday the Cessnock team suffered one of the worst defeats of its history. South Newcastle trotted out on to the field, and in double quick…

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Sporting Boxing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 4

Twice down for three seconds, the Egyptian, Mahomed Fahmy (11.52½), was knocked out by Alan Westbury (10.101¼) in the first round of their…

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Racing Sidelights

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 4

After a number of failures, the Manitoba gelding, Winnipeg, came to light and won the Flying Handicap at Canterbury on Saturday. The gelding…

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Kurri Tennis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 4

Matches played in Kurri Kurri District Tennis Association mixed teams competitions on Saturday resulted:—A. Grade: South Kurri Kurri…

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Rugby League Waratah Defeats Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 4

In a ding-dong struggle at Kurri Kurri Rugby League Ground on Saturday Waratah defeated Kurri Kurri 12 points to 10 in the opening round…

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Father's Turn. Success at Golf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 1

Saturday's stroke competition on the Muswellbrook course was won by O. G. Moffat, with a nett score of 67. On the previous Saturday his son, W…

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