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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1948

2,798 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 140

Weston Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

At Weston bowling green at the weekend the Richardson Cup pairs and K.S.B. Shield games will be played…

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Tennis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 8

Nominalions from 58 teams, all grades, were received for the Cessnock District Tennis Association's winter competition…

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Rugby Union Practice

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

Players of the Maitland Rugby Union club will turn our for practice at Lorn Pack Oval this afternoon at 5.35 for their first…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

A trial district match was held at Muswellbrook on Sunday last, when the Possibles v. Probables, in which three local players. P…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 1

Boys' Club XI. v. P.P.U., tomorrow, on Scone Park: L. Day, J. Simpson, B. Hayes, R. Goodworth, A. Pascoe, A. Keaton. D…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

Although the A grade competition is finished, the B grade still has a match to play, and Saturday next they will meet Wingen…

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Neath Rugby League Team

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 8

The following players are requested to be in attendance at the Neath ground on Sunday to take part in the trial game against Ellalong; M…

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Kurri Tennis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 5

Fixtures for to-morrow in the Kurri district tennis competition are:—.A grade mixed: Association I v. South Kurri at Cheftercourt;…

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Maitland Golf Club

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

The first competition proper of Maitland Golf club will be conducted to-morrow, when an 18 holes stroke handicap will be played for…

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Junior Rugby League Referees for

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 8

The following referees will be in charge of Sunday's Junior Rugby League trial games: Nenth v. Ellalong (at Neath), K. Lane and T. McIntosh…

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Tennis Teams for

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 2

Park Club: "A" grade: No 1, M. Coady, J. Partridge, A. Lachlin, G. Murray, Mesdames Jeffree and Harbin. No 2, R. Glasby, F. Jeffree, D…

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Junior Rugby League Competition Starts April 11

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

The Cessnock Junior Rugby League competition will start on Sunday, April 11, and the 1948 season looks like being a record one…

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U.S. Movement To Make Boxing Safe

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 10

It was inevitable that 21 deaths in two years in American boxing rings would force action by those in control of the snort. Many people expected…

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Football Local Players for Tamworth Game

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 8

The team to represent Upper Hunter sub-group against Tamworth district on Sunday next at Tamworth is as follows:— G. Hallett (Muswellbrook), S…

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Cricket Season Should End To-morrow

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 5

In the last day of the Hunter River District: Cricket Association’s first grad final being played on Lorn Park Northern…

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School Cricket Cessnock High Defeats Newcastle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 2

In the Interdistrict High School B grade cricket competition on Wednesday, Cesnock, 8 for 171, defeated Newcastle Technical High School, 80…

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Football Trials on Sunday Players Will Be Graded

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 6

For the purpose of grading players. football trials will be conducted by Singleton United Football Club on St. Patrick's…

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Racing Sidelights Sanctus To Make Amends For Cup Failure. Expected to Win Dangar Handicap

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 8

The Victorian performer, Sanctus, should make his trip to Sydney a profitable one by winning the Dangar Handicap, which will…

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Greyhound Racing. Golden Flag Returns to Winning List—five Events Won by Heavily-backed Runners

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 6

Golden Flag, owned and trained by G. R. Whitten, of Denman, who had been relegated to second place in her last two starts on the local…

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Aldermen Against Evicting Golf Club Council Receives Big Grant From Coal Board. Miners' Amenities' Committee and Council to Confer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 1

In a discussion at the Municipal Council meeting on Wednesday, several aldermen stated that they were opposed to any suggestion that the Golf Club should leave the Recreation Ground in order to make way for the setting up of a general…

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