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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1951

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Kurri Sunday Cricket

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 7

Stanford No. 1 team to play Central, at East End: A. Paterson, E. Burgess, K. Bromage, G. Burgess, R. Hughes,…

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Greyhound Racing. Special General Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

The special general meeting of members will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, 15th inst., and not on 8th inst., as advertised in error in the…

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McGregor In Tennis Exhibition

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

The tennis exhibition arranged for Tuesday night next will still be held by the Maitland and District Tennis Association…

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Cricket. Teams for

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

Muscle Creek (to play Muswellbrook):— R. Connell, B. and W. Spence, L. Hampson, K. Yeates, —Knox C. Moses, G. Bowman, C…

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Vital Cricket Games on

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

With competition leaders, Western Suburbs, having the bye in the third lost series of the Hunter River Cricket Association’s competitions to commence on Saturday, the result of the games Central v. Weston-Kurri at Weston, and…

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Cricket Board To Claim Expenses

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

The board of control of the Hunter River Cricket Association decided last night to make a Clam against Wyong District…

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Merriwa Golf Club Another Year of Definite Progress

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 5

In his report to the annual meeting of the Merriwa Golf Club, held on Saurday afternoon lit the clubhouse, the president…

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Greyhound Racing Wee Walla Scores Brilliant Win. Books on Top in Four Results. Three Odds-on Favorites Successful. Muswellbrook. Thurs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 4

Wee Walla, owned and tramed by W. Murnane, of Newcastle, scored a brilliant win in the fifth division of the long distance stake at…

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Athletics to Resume

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

Athletics will be resumed in Maitland on Saturday next when a field day will be conducted on Maitland Park…

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Country Swimming Contests

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 5

At a country conference of the NSW Amateur Swimming Association in Narrandera Tamworth was chosen as the venue for the…

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Rugby League Training

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 3

When Maitland League Club commences training tomorrow morning on Robins Oval, it is expected that a large number of…

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Brookfield Races

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

Secretary, Gerry Walsh, of Brookfield Race Club, has plans well in hand for a good day's outing at the Club's race meeting to be held on 24th…

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Swimming Fool a Waste of Money

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 1

Mr. R. Howard Health Inspector) in a report on the Swimming Pool said that further scouring of the river on the northern bank had occurred…

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Football Dungog Football Club Social Matches Paid Dividends Says Secretary at Annual Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 3

"At our last Annual Meeting we undertook an almost complete change of policy to play Social Football in 1950 This was, in the minds of your…

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Not Cricket!

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

Forty people were injured in a clash when cricket enthusiasts broke a police cordon at the end of the third day's India v…

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Week-end Bowls No. 1 Pennants Singleton v East Maitland at Singleton

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

C. Partridge, D. Paget, V. Groves, J. Mather 22 v G. Guy, C. Blaxland, D. Mills, H. Brown 27…

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Better Football Next Season? Singleton Seeks Membership of Coal Board Competition

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

Initial plans for the 1951 Rugby League season in Singleton were drawn up at the annual meeting of the local League Club, A wide variety of proposals was discussed at the meeting, which was attended…

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Kurri Golf

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

A stroke handicap held by Kurri golfers on Saturday resulted— G. Ormerod 31-68,…

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Swimming Club Point Score

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 6

Now that the baths are opened once again after- the Hood, Halt land Swimming; Club is able to resume its activates and will…

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State Rugby Union Secretary Resigns

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 5

Mr. Alee Marks has resigned secretary of the New South Wales Rugby Union to take over the- secretaryship of Pennant…

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