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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1951

2,545 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 128

Golf Season to Start Early

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

Members of the Dungog Golf Club hope to start the season early this year. Already the fairways are mown and greens in good condition…

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Bowls "Prawn Night"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 4

Professional prawners might complain about the difficulty of catching prawns, but it's no trouble to Dungog bowlers. They gave quite an…

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Boy’s Swimming Record SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 5

Barry Darke, 15, last night broke a SS-year-old NSW rocord for 600 yards in Winning the 880, yards State Championship at…

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Overseas Tennis Tour

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

NSW Lawn Tennis Association decided last night to ask the LTAA to extend to America the tour abroad of an Australian tan:…

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Swimming Pools—For Health and Recreation

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 4

A swimming pool is an investment in health and happpiness. Swimming has long been considered one of the most healthful and beneficial…

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Muswellbrook Football Club MUSWELLBROOK

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 5

Thirty members of the Muswellbrook Wanderers’ Football Club attended the annual meeting. At the election of officers Mr, G…

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Shire Receives £6,240 Grant Murrurundi News Bowls

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 2

The results of the No. 2 pennant matches between Quirindi and Murrurundi, played on Murrurundi green, are as follows (Quirindi…

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Night Tennis Next Week's Games Albion Courts

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

Monday: Mitchells v Bobby Soxers, court No. 1; Storks v Bulga, 2. Tuesday: Battlers v Galahs, 2;…

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Bowls

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 1

The following team will play Wickham v Raymond Terrace at Wickham, on Saturday: Meskell, Cunningham, Shortland, Richardson…

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Week-End Bowls

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 5

Miller Park (Branxton) bowlers are scheduled to participate in two matches at the week-end. On Saturday they meet a Kurri…

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Cricket

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

Raymond Terrace had a most convinsing win over Wooavilie on Saturday defating this team outright by an innings and 44 runs…

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Coal Board Football Competition Starts March 11

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 7

In the opening round of the Cool Board Cup competition to commence on Sunday, March 11, two games will be [?]loyed of Kurri. Maitland plays Branxton in the…

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Cessnock Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

Members have good reason to congratulate themselves on last Sunday's opening ceremony. Arrangements went…

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Rugby League Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 7

Followers of the code have had a week of disappointments with news of so many of the club's first grade players…

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Cessnock Golf

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 6

Cessnock Golf Club will be staging events to open the season this week-end. These will be:—Saturday: Mixed Canadian…

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Cessnock Golf

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 3

As everyone now knows, next Wednesday has been gazetted a half holiday for Cessnock to fit in with the Jubilee…

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East Maitland Bowls

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 4

East Maitland bowls for Saturday: No. 1 pennant v. Dungog, at East Maitland (Teams to play three rinks from Bresfield will…

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Exhibition Tennis Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 4

Star tennis players. Ken Mc-Gregor, Bill Sidwell, George Worthington and —, Gilmore, played exhibition matches at the…

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Upper Hunter Bowls Pennants MUSWELLBROOK

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 4

The Upper Hunter bowls pennants were brought to a close when Muswellbrook defeated Denman 100-90…

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Eight New Records at High Swimming

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 3

Eight new records were created at the Cessnock High School's annual swimming carnival yesterday…

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