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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1947

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Cricket Fixtures

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

In the A grade competition there will be a continuation of the matches commenced last Saturday, namely, Bulga v. Warkworth at Howe Park,…

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Record Entries For Bowls Week

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A record of about 1100 players will take part in the Country Week bowling series to start in Sydney on January 17…

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£45,000 Win in Football Pool

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

Told that he had won £45,072 in a football penny points pool, 34 year old Doncaster (Eng.) coalminer, J. Davis said he had no idea how he…

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Won £45,072 In Football Pool

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 8. — Told that he had won £45,072 in a football penny points pool, a 34-year-old Doncaster…

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Mid-week Racing May Come Back in August Deputation to Chief Secretary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 4

Mid-week racing, probably on alternate Wednesdays, might be restored by the State Government in August, a member of the…

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Australia Retains The Cricket “Ashes” England Forces A Draw In The Third Test

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 5

Australia will retain the “ashes.” The Third Test, which concluded in Melbourne yesterday, was drawn and, as Australia had already won the first two, England cannot win the rubber…

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Cricket

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

Team to represent Raymond Terrace v [?]nna Bay Anna Bay on Saturday [?]th: T. Wattus, M. Wales, G. Wales, F…

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Holiday Cricket Game

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 5

On January 27, Hunter River Association first grade will slay Upper Hunter at Scone, and Hunter River juniors will play Newcastle…

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Country Week Tennis Carnival Maitland Teams Enter Knock-Out Rounds

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday—Maitland No. 1 men’s and ladies‘ teams, with another win each yesterday, qualified for the knock-out rounds of the Country Week tennis carnival. The men’s team defeated Forbes by seven sets 55 games…

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Bowls

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

The pennants competition will commence on Saturday next. Scone is drawn to play Muswellbrook on the Scone green at 2.15…

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Cessnock Swimming

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Friday. — C. Peters won the senior men’s 50. metres race in last night’s series of Cessnock Swimming Club’s…

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Tennis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 10

Tahoma leads in the men's "A" grade competition with 14 points. Point scores are: Tahoma 14, Railway 12, Oak 11, Jeffree's 11, Waratah 7…

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Bowls Fixtures for

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

On Saturday, January 18, Lorn will receive a visit from the president of the association and there will also be one rink from…

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Lorn Park Bowls Fixtures

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

The association president will visit Lorn on January 18 to unfurl the blue and red pennant flags. A full attendances is…

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Bowls Win In Victoria

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE.—Victoria, 109, beat New South Wales, 102, in the interstate bowls test final over 26 ends…

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Mid-week Racing

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday,—The chairman of the New South Wales Owners and Trainers’ Association, Mr. W. Longworth, said that…

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Conduct Of Tennis Carnival Criticised

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday—The Country Week tennis carnival was designed to foster and improve County tennis, but the carnival,…

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£45,000 Win in Football Pool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

Told that he had won £45,072 in a football penny points pool, 34-years-old Doncaster (Eng.) coalminer, J. Davis, said he had no idea how he…

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Maitland Teams Knocked Out in Country Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. — Cessnock, holders of the teams title in 1941, knocked Maitland No. 1 team out of the Country Week tennis carnival…

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Daffodils Win C Grade Night Tennis Final

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

The Burg twins, Shirley and Eunice, who won three sets, were responsible for Daffodils beating Dominoes by five sets 36 games…

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