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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1951

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Randwick Races To-day's Programme

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 3

New Year's Gift, 7 furlongs—Limbs (Gausidy), 1; furlongs—Lead [?] (Ga[?]dy), 1; True Nurser Handicap, 5…

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Holiday Cricket Singleton Win Shield Game

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON District Cricket Association's team scores a convincing 76 runs win over Upper Hunter District Cricket…

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Blizzard Stops Football (Australian Associated Press) LONDON

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 4

A heavy bl[?]ard caused the cancellations of all Rugby League games in Lancashire and of all but two in Yorkohirs on Saturday…

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Hunter River Cricket: North’s Slow Bowler Shines On Clots’ Match

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 4

Young Nothern District slow bowler, C. O. Connor, who secured 5 wickets for 79 runs off 17 overs, starred the Colts game played at Newcastle Sports Ground No. On Saturday…

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Honour for Tennis Player

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 4

Harry Hopman, prominent Australian and International tennis player and team manager captain of Australia’s teams…

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Horse, Dog Racing At Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 4

Rain caused the Newcastle Jockey Club to postpone its meeting set down for yesterday until Thursday…

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Letter To The Editor Foot-faulting in Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 2

Sir.—We are indebted to Mr. S. March, official umpire of the Maitland Tennis Association, for his latter quoting the rule…

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Rugby League Players’ Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 5

Eastern Suburbs Rugby League half-back K. McCalfery, who showed good form in Sydney last season, is going to Toowoomba,…

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Golf Club Summer Cup Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 5

The Summer Cup, played at Singleton golf links, ended in Jack Moylan, Roger Wood and Fred Robinson each scoring a…

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American Tennis Stars At Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 5

On Friday night the American professional tennis stars, Budge, Gonzales and Parker, and Australia’s Dinny Palls, will play Singles…

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Week-end Cricket "A" Grade

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 3

Singleton (v. R.S.L. at Howe Park): D. Nichols, J. Stacy, R. Bowman, L. Punch, S. Haines, J. Nolan, E. Stanton, E. Myers,…

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Highest Score of Tour by English Team Sydney Cricket Ground

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 3

The touring M.C.C. team this morning passed its previous highest score of the tour in the match against New South Wales on the Sydney Cricket Ground. At lunch the score was taken to 480 runs for three…

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Bowls

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

The following will represent the Raymond Terrace Club in a match at Lambton on Saturday next:—Messrs Edstein. Coberoft Flanagan Nurse Meskell…

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Swimming Club’s Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 5

The first carnival of Maitland Swimming Club will be held at the City Baths to-morrow (Friday) night, commencing at 8…

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What Women Have Done for Cricket

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 6

The hand that rocks the cradle now rocks the cricketing world. A London woman has published a book, claiming that women :…

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Holiday Golf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

Golf on Saturday and Monday last was marred by heavy rain. Satur-. day's winners were S. Holdsworth and C. Thorley, and Sunday's…

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Aberdeen News Bowls

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

The Shaw Memorial Shield competition will be the main fixture of interest on Saturday, when the Aberdeen No. 1 team will visit…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

With no competition games at the week-end, Aberdeen engaged a Learn from Rouchel on Saturday afternoon in a picnic game on the…

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Cricket Teams "B" Grade

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 6

Scott's Flat v. Maison Dieu (Victoria Square: H. Head (Cpt), G. Coleman, G. Shearer, T. Harris, A. Harris…

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Thrilling Bowls Game. Singles Finalists 26-All

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 3

A thrilling game resulted in the singles final played on Saturday between last year's title winner, C. J. Brown, and runner-up, W. Ramage…

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