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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1950

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Bowls

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

There was a good roll-up of members on Saturday. Chief interest centred around the opening game of the Rink Championship the "Dark"…

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Swimming Record Broken

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 5

AUCKLAND (NZ), Wed.—English Olympic Games swmiming finalist Donald Bland broke the Zealand 1860 yards…

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Bowls Saturday's Games

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 6

Blue Pennants v. Kurri, on Singleton Green: L. Williamson, E. O'Bryan, A. Hawkins, G. Bailey, A. Tisdell, J. Dixon, A…

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Hunter Bowls Fixtures

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 5

Fixtures in the Hunter River District Bowling Association’s pennant competitions on Saturday are as follow:—…

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Branxton Golf Club

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 4

Mr. J. McKinnon won the stroke competition over 18 holes conducted by Branxton Golf Club at the week-end…

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Overseas Tennis Players

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed.—A report made to the annual meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia showed that the tour…

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Greyhound Racing At Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

Greyhound trials will be conducted on the Maitland track on Monday night Entries, to close on Friday at 5…

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Cricket Teams Week-end Teams

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 5

Ma[?]son Dieu team to play Inlet at Albion on Saturday: G. Ingold, L. Roots, T. A Standing, T. Williams, R…

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Branxton Golf Club

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 5

BRANXTON, Thurs.—The annual general meeting of the Branxton Golf Club will be held at the clubhouse on Monday night…

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Carefree Village Green Cricket

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 1

PRETORIA, Feb. 2.—In a blaze of runs, the Australians yesterday plied up five for 344 in 153 minutes— their fastest scoring of the tour—to…

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Rugby League Coach for Maitland (By “FULL-BACK”)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 7

After having spent a very merry Christmas, yes, by the lakeside, here I am again to keep you informed of what is…

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Hinman Heads for a Record Progress of District Cricket Fixtures

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 7

M. Hinman, who has taken 73 wickets and scored 429 runs, may create a record for Hunter River cricket by taking 100 wickets end scoring 500 runs. T. Lenman has the concluding…

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Bowls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 8

On Saturday three pennant teams played on the local green. Denman were the visiting team. Six rinks of powlers from Sulphide…

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Singleton Swimming

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

Results of Singleton Amateur Swimming Club events held at the baths last night are as follows:…

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Cessnock Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

Though weakened by the absence of two good players the Blue team defeated East Maitland 106-89. Dave Shakespeare's fours had a winning…

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Kurri Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

A successful gala day was held on Monday by the Kurri Kurri Bowling Club. Sixteen fours took part in the…

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Tennis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Last Tuesday night a very large crowd was entertained by a doubles match between George Ryder and Roy Felan against Harry Jurd and…

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Rugby League Doings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 8

The big question decided at the Cessnock Rugby League Committee meeting on Tuesday night was the importation of a paid player. After a…

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Greyhound Racing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 8

The following is the draw for tonight's meeting of the Muswellbaook Mechanical Coursing Club commencing at 8 p.m.:…

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