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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1948

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Singleton Golf Associates

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

SINGLETON, Friday.—Mrs. L. Dowling again won the A grade golf 18 holes stroke competition with a nett 72, and Miss N…

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Bowls Cessnock Club Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 8

Only four games were played in the consistency single at the week-end. Results:—T. Cooper (50) defeated W. Stevenson (20), 152-138; T. Campbell…

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Alterations to Tennis Draw

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 5

The four new association tennis courts on West Maitland Park are again unfit for play this week-end trouble having been…

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Football Next Sunday's Games

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 1

Muswellbrook teams will be playing trial games at the showground on Sunday next. All players are requested to attend, as from these trials…

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Golf Club. Official Opening 18th APRIL

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 1

At a meeting of the committee of the Muswellbrook Golf Club held on Tuesday last, it was resolved to officially open the…

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Double Golf Bill at Maitland To-morrow

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 6

Maitland golf club members will play a Stableford competition to-morrow for the “Andrews” mug…

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Upper Hunter Football Competition. the Draw

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 8

April 18: A grade: Muswellbrook v. Aberdeen; Merriwa v. Scone; Singleton, bye. B. grade: Muswellbrook, v. Murrurundi; Jerry's Plains v. Scone;…

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Rugby League Season Opens Cessnock Against Kurri at Sports Ground

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 5

The Rugby League season opens officially to-morrow, and the match on the coalfields will be between Cessnock and Kurri at the Cessnock Sports…

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Turf Muswellbrook Races. Entries Close To-morrow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 1

Entries for the Muswellbrook Jockey Club's autumn meeting, to be held on the 17th inst., close to-morrow. The secretary is Mr, J. B. Kennedy…

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S.M. Football Association Soccer Notes and Fixtures

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 3

Everything is ready for the start of the South Maitland Soccer Association's competition to-morrow. Fixtures are:—…

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D. Parker's Good Performance In Kurri Cricket Final

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 3

The batting and bowling performances of D. Parker were highlights of the re-play of the final of the Kurri Sunday cricket competition between…

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Racing Sidelights Brazier to Win Sprint Race Gay Monarch Hardest To Beat

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 6

A very ordinary field of horses has been left in to contest has six furlongs James Barnes Stakes at Randwick to-morrow…

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First Football Clash of the Season Singleton to Play Maitland

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 5

First football clash of the season will take place on Sunday afternoon, when two Singleton United teams will play…

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Greyhound Racing Head Margins Separate Plac Ings in Maiden Stake—valley Lad's Success in Main Stake Assists Books—crail Prince Wins Again

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 5

One of the most spectacular finishes witnessed for some time past resulted in the short distance Maiden Stake, at Wednesday night's meeting of the…

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Athletic Carnival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

At the athletic carnival on Cessnock Sports Ground, on Sunday, April 18, the woodchop event is expected to attract some of the district's best…

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Tennis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

Following will represent Bennett Park B Grade on Saturday:—Betty Neilson, Dorothy Hain, Paul Mason, Ron Lee, Noel Williamson. To play…

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Big Prizes for Coursing

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY; Sat.— Record prize-money amounting to £5500 will be distributed: by the National Coursing Association during the…

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Hunter River Cricket Final B1 Grade Club Section

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 1

Booral having won the premiership honours, met Anna Bay in the final of this competition and alter a very hard struggle just managed to gain the…

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Football Port Stephens District Competition. Dungog v. Stroud at Dungog

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

The Port Stephens District Rugby League 1948 competition, opens to-day (Saturday}. Teams in the competition are Dungog, Thornton, Hinton…

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Racing Yacht for Racing Couple

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 1

LONDON, April 12.— Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh have accepted as a wedding gift a 30-feet racing yacht from…

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