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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1948

2,798 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 140

Rugby League Charity Day Big Success. Large Crowd Present to See Colliery Teams in Action

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 1

The big day's Charily Rugby League, which was organised by the Junior Rugby League sub-committee, and which took place at the Cessnock…

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Bowls

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

Social bowls occupied the attention of the Dungog Bowling Club on Saturday afternoon, the visitors being the Blue Mountains Bowling Association…

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Big Tennis

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

Australia's Dinny Pails will meet Donald Budge in the third round of the American professional singles title, following his…

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Singleton Golf Championships

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 5

SINGLETON, Wed.—The A, B and C grade championships of Singleton Golf Club will be contested on Saturday, when the first…

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Bowls Pairs At Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 5

SINGLETON, Wed.—The final of the A grade pairs will be contested between Paget and G. Bailey, and McTaggart and J. Hinton, on the…

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Ambulance Tennis Tournament

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

Owing to weather conditions, it was not possible to conduct the Ambulance Tennis Tournament at Underbank and Bandon Grove on Monday…

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Knock-out Football

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 3

At Stroud on Monday (King's Birthday), the £70 Knock-out Football competition was won by Cessnock, who defeated Raymond Terrace…

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Upper Hunter Football

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 5

SINGLETON, Wed. — In the Upper Hunter district football competitions on Sunday Singleton A grade will play Aberdeen…

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RSL Tennis Courts Nearing Completion

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 3

Advising Maitland City Council last night that the new tennis courts being erected in Newcastle-street were approaching completion, East…

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Football Saturday's Details First Grade

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

On a quagmire ground at Thornton on Saturday, Dungog suffered its first defeat in the second round of the Port Stephens Competition, when it…

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Aberdeen Next Singleton Leads in Football Competition

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 3

With what is probably the biggest obstacle, overcome— the clash against Scone—Singleton, now leaders in the…

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Racing Wins 23rd Race. 10-Year-old Empire Bill

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

The 10-year-old El Cacique-Charlem gelding; Empire Bill, won his 23rd race of his career on Monday at Newcastle, when he finished strongly in…

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Rain Washed Out Holiday Sport Tennis Tournament to Commence

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

The holiday period in Singleton, as in other areas, was disappointing to sportsmen, for nearly all play was…

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FOOTBALL Scone Defeated By Singleton In Three Grades SINGLETON

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 1

On St. Patrick's ground yesterday, Singleton's football teams defeated Scone in the first, second and junior grades. The crowd,…

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Belltrees News Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association Formed

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

An enthusiastic and representative meeting of teachers and delegates from the various P. and C. Associations of the Upper Hunter…

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Bowls

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2

The President, (Mr. W. E. Young,) of the Newcastle District Bowling Association will be visiting the local green on Saturday bringing with him six rinks. This visit is…

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Football

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2

Raymond Terrace proved far too solid for Hinton last Saturday when the Terrace side had an easy victory by 14 points to nil. The game was not a spectacular one and…

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Muswellbrook Golf

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 7

MUSWELLBROOK: Winners of A and B grades in stableford par competition at Muswellbrook were J. Shirvington and B. R…

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Professional Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 5

FOREST HILLS. June 17,—Frank Kovacs became the first competitor to enter the national professional tennis championship…

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County Cricket

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 7

At L[?]s: Yorkshire. 177 and C-237 innings closed [?] No[?] hams[?] 113 and 94 [?] 4-23) outright by 204 runs…

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