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Sport, 1943

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Important Races Abandoned

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sat.—The Q.T.C. committee yesterday abandoned this year’s Brisbane Cup, St., Leger Stakes, and sires Produce…

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P.s.a.a.a. Rugby League Competition

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 5

A Primary School Rugby League competition, conducted by the Maitland PSAAA, will commence on Friday next, April 1[?]…

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Athletic Success

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 2

RAYMOND TERRACE Saturday—Competing in the Back to Lidcombe carnival Back Collins, of Raymond Terrace, won the…

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Boxing Result

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 4

Tommy Hunter, 10.6 outpointed Bill Hebberd, 10.0, in the main contest at Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night…

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Cricket Final

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 4

Scores at the close of the third Saturday in the grad grade cricket [?] were Lampton New Lambton [?] and for in Herewether,…

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Tennis at Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 4

Kurri Kurri District Tennis Association A grade united teams composition was common[?] on Saturday. When Austral NO. 1 defeated…

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Swimming Ken Sever Takes Cawood Cup

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 3

Final competitive events of the season were conducted at the baths yesterday morning by Singleton Swimming Club, trophy for the day…

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Bowls Further Matches in Singles Championship

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 3

Further matches in the singles championship were played on the local bowling green on Saturday afternoon. Rink matches were also…

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Golf Another Win for Niland

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 3

F. Niland added further laurels to his lustre when he took out the stableford handicap conducted on the local golf links on Saturday…

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Future of the Native Races

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON April 11—Mr. Landon, the 1936 Republican nominee for the 'United States Presidency, called at the White…

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Rommel's Grave Plight Admitted By Berlin 8th Army Racing Ahead as Germans Fly (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 1

LONDON April 11—Pursued by two Allied armies, Field-Marshal Rommel is apparently withdrawing into the north-eastern corner of the Tunisian triangle. Latest despatches from the fighting line suggest that…

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Bowls

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 2

The Consistency Handicap Tournament has now reached the semi-final stage, the two last quarter-finals having been decided on Saturday. Now…

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Kurri Golf

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 4

A stroke handicap held by Kurri Kurri Golf Club at the week end resulted:—R. Bailey 87-21-66, W. Hall 94-27-67. R. Trotter 80-1169, J…

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Racing Sidelights

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 4

Not one first favourite was successful in winning at the Randwick meeting on Saturday. The best result that punters had during the day was…

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Kurri Tennis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 4

Kurri Kurri District Tennis Association opened its A Grade Mixed teams competition at the week end when 6 sets 45 gamps to 4 sets 40 games…

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Rugby League Kurri Beats Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 4

On Sunday last, Cessnock Senior and Reserve teams journeyed to Kurri Kurri, and played teams from that…

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High School Cricket

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 4

The Cessnock First Eleven played Newcastle Technical High School last Wednesday, at Wickham Oval, where they won a closely contested match…

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Bowls. N. Fleming and P. Robb's Dual Success

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 4

A dual success, the first by a margin of ten points, and the second by nine points, was registered by N. Fleming and P. Robb in the "cock o'…

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Bowls Draw for

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 3

The fourth series of matches in the club singes championship will be played on the bowling green on Saturday afternoon next, draw for which…

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Maitland Swimming Club Presentation of Trophies(By “OBSERVER”)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 4

The annual social and presentation of trophies won by members of the Maitland Amateur Swimming Club will be held…

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