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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1949

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Upper Hunter Football League. Meeting at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 4

Upper Hunter Kugby League group executive and club delegates met at Muswellbrook on Thursday night and discussed for…

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Football Muswellbrook Defeats Scone 5 — 2

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

In a hard, yet uninteresting, game, Muswellbrook defeated Scone on the local ground on Sunday last by 5…

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Big Rugby League Attraction. CESSNOCK v. Central at Sports Ground Next

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 3

Next Saturday the bid Rugby League attraction of the year will be the City v. Country. games on the Sydney Cricket…

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Aberdare To Enter A Grade Cricket Team

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 6

Aberdare Cricket Club decided at its annual meeting on Sunday to enter an A grade team in the Cessnock District Cricket Association's…

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Bowls

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 1
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The bleakness of last Saturday kept a number from the green, the attendance being the lowest for a Saturday for many months…

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Council Discusses Tennis and Bowls Matters Activities on the Park

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

A special report affecting sporting activities on Maitland Park, with particular reference to bowls and tennis, was presented to the City Council last night by the City Clerk (Mr. S. J. Dunkley)…

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Football Buses Permanent

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.—Buses would be used to transport crowds to and from football games in Sydney, the Acting Minister for Transport (Mr…

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Selections for Dog Racing at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

The principal race at the Maitland greyhound meeting to-night is in be run over 440 yards and, as was the case last week, it is not a…

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Tennis Tournament Entries on 8th JUNE

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 2

A mixed doubles tennis tournament will be held at Underbank and Salisbury on Monday, June 13 (King's Birthday). This tournament is an…

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Challenge Tennis Here on Sunday Aberdeen Will Meet Singleton

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 3

Aberdeen will meet Howe Park club representatives in a challenge match for the Jeffree-McGahen and…

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Football Dungog Beats Beresfield. Poor Display by Both Sides

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 1

Although Dungog defeated Beresfield by 17-3 at the local park last Saturday, it gave its worst display of football this season…

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Tennis

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

The Raymond Terrace Club's teams playing in Maitland Competition on Saturday had a draw and three losses. The A grade ladies went down to East…

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Football

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

A series of excitng incidents developed at Thornton on Saturday last when Referee Vitnell, (Newcastle), ordered a replay of the game, several of the spectators became…

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Rain Mars Bowls

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 7

BRISBANE: Heavy rain in the metropolitan area caused a postponement of yesterday’s programme in the Australian bowls…

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Clarencetown Football

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

At a very enthusiastic meeting held in Clarencetown recently it was decided to reform the Clarencetown Football Club. Popular local government representative…

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Howarth Cup Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 6

Interest in the Howarth Cup game between Maitland and Newcastle Railway has reached a high peak…

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Junior League Football

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 7

Brien Barrett, playing his first game for Western Suburbs! against Kurri last Sunday gave one of the best display [?] as…

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Snead Wins Golf Final

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 6

NEW YORK. Jane 1—Sam Snead yesterday won the US Professional Golfers’ Association championship at Richmond,…

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Next Year’s Country Week Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 7

Country tennis councillors who met at White City clubhouse have drawn op plans for 1950 Country Week and have agreed on coaching…

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