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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1951

2,545 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 128

Tennis Points By “Ace”)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 5

The fundamental joints to remember in the correct-execution of the backhand drive, flat or slice are simple but very important…

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Australians In Tennis Win

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 3

LONDON: Australian tennis junior, Peter Cawthorn, and D. Tregonning, yesterday beat A. E. Carter and D. Snort 6-4, 6-3,…

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Football Gloucester Defeats Taree Railway Club

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 3

At Chatham on Sunday, Gloucester outplayed the Taree Railway team to win a hard and at times rugged, game Gloucester backs played very well,…

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Larsen’s Tennis Victory

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 3

HOUSTON (Texas); National tennis champion. Art Larsen Defeated Herb Flam 6-4. 7-5, 8-6, [?] in the final of the singles…

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Reynolds Wins "A" Grade Golf

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

Fifty-five players contested the Stableford competition at the golf club on Saturday. The "A" grade was won by…

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Tennis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

Park I team, to play Mascotte at Scone:—M. Coady (capt.), J. Partridge, K. George, B. Barden, Mesdames Jeffree and Willott, Park 2 to…

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Abermain Rugby Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 6

After an absence of three years from junior football, Abermain, on its first appearance at Abermain Oval last…

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Tennis Draw

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 5

Following ia the draw for the Cessnock winter competition, 28/4/51:— A. Grade Gents: Vultures v…

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Bowls. Denman Wins Pairs Final

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

The Upper Hunter pairs championship final played on Saturday at Aberdeen, resulted in a win for A. Colefax and O. Holey, of Denman,…

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Golf. Pogonosri Cup Matches

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

Eighty-one players competed at Muswellbrook on Sunday last in the qualifying rounds of the Pogonoski Cup competition. Clubs represented…

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Rugby League. Success of Coalfields' Teams Both Won By Two Points

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 5

It was rather a coincidence that both Cessnock and Kurri first pride tests won by the same margin of 16 points to 14 in their respective games on Saturday afternoon. Aftrr Cessnock's defeat by Wartah Mayfield the previous…

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Muswellbrook Races. Good Fields. Gipsy's Warning's Double

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 1

There was only a fair attendance at the Muswellbrook Jockey Club's autumn meeting held on the Skellatar racecourse on…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 24tH APRIL, 1951. Football. Muswellbrook "A" and Juniors Win

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 3

Muswellbrook "A" team defeated Murrundi on Sunday last by 38-16. The local Juniors won 11-2 against Murrurundi…

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Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 8
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

With the postponement, of the match between the leading teams, Wallance's and Rovahel 1, on Saturday, the competition lacked…

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Rugby League Results

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 3

Norborne Suburbs (Perkins, Prichard, [?]alley price; Byron 4 [?]oals) defeated Cessnock [?]…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 8

The A grade team suffered another defeat at Denman on Sunday, being beaten 37 to 2. The team is gradually being moulded…

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Associates' Golf

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 3

Last Wednesday, a nine-hole stroke event was played, and all scores returned were quite satisfactory…

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Bowls Singleton V. Hamilton

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 3

The following will represent the Singleton Bowling Club v. Hamilton, at Hamilton, on Sunday next:—…

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BOWLS Holey and Colefax Win Pairs

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 8

Ideal conditions set the stage for a very interesting and closely contested game for the Association pairs championship. The game…

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