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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1944

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Football Honour Shield

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1944 · page 5

SINGLETON: St. Patrick’s wound up a successful football season with a credit of £62. On Saturday shields were presented…

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Junior Boys’ Elimination Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1944 · page 5

Entries for the Junior boys elimination competition are invited in an advertisement in this issue…

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Tennis Tourney in Aid of Red Cross

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1944 · page 5

SCONE Wed—A tennis tournament, arranged by members of the Junior Red Cross Circle, and a dance at Ellerston, have resulted…

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Bright Prospects for Cricket Season Enthusiasm Displayed at Annual Meeting

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 September 1944 · page 2

Enthusiasm displayed last night on the occasion of the annual meeting of Singleton and District Cricket Association augurs well…

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Swimming Pool At Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1944 · page 3

SINGLETON Thursday.— The Singleton swimming pool will reopen on Saturday. September 23, at 7.am…

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Secretary's Criticism Singleton Cricket Competition

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1944 · page 5

SINGLETON Thursday.—In his report to the annual meeting of the Singleton District Cricket Association, tile secretary (Mr. T…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 1

If the excitement witnessed on Sunday be the order of future games, the attendance at local football matches will be on the increase, and rules and…

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BOWLS Griffiths and Bowden

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 1

H R Griffiths and C. Bowden were to the fore on Sunday afternoon, when the pair took double honors. If we remember rightly, Griffiths received a…

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Bowls Fixtures For

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 5

The semi-final of the champion fours will be completed at the City Bowling Club’s green on Saturday Entries in the…

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Swimming Baths Open To-morrow

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 2

The swimming baths will open tomorrow (Saturday) for the coming season. The public will be admitted from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on all week…

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Rugby League Balmain v. CESSNOCK

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 6

The visit of the Balmain team, winners of the Sydney competition, to Cessnock on October 1st, is causing quite a…

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Aberdeen Races

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 5

Six races have been set down for the Aberdeen Jockey Club's meeting to be held on 14th October, prize money amounting to £88. Entries close with Mr…

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Cricket Quiz

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 1

Now that the cricket season is commencing, records, etc., might be of interest to many of our cricket readers. How many of these questions can you…

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Weston Cricket Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 7

The Weston Cricket Club has made an application to the Kearsley Shire Council for the repatring of fencing around the oval the installation of a…

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Kurri Cricket Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 6

A meeting of Kurri Kurri Cricket Club will be held at the cricket ground on Sunday, at 10 a.m. Some important business is to be discussed and all…

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Boxing at Aberdeen. Draw for

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 1

Following is the draw for the Aberdeen Gymnasium Club's boxing contests to be held on Monday evening next:—No. 1 division: B. Clifford v P…

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Maitland Boxing Disqualified in Second Round

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 3

The principal contest at the Maitland Stadium last night was between Young Roberts (9.4). of Sydney, and Jack Hyde (9.81, of…

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Answers to Cricket Quiz

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 8

(1) One. W. B. Astill, of Leicestershire, who made his first appearance in 1906, scored 211 runs, and took five wickets in 1919. He played regularly…

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St. Andrew's Cricket Team

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 6

St Andrew's team to play Weston, at Weston on Sunday (players to catch 12.50 p.m. bus):—E. Levido, E. Calle ghan, R. Johns, W. Edwards, C…

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Football. Last Match of Season

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 1

The match between Muswellbrook "Wanderers" and Newcastle Railway, to be played at Bowman Park on Sun day next, will mark the end of the…

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