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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1951

2,545 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 128

RACING Brookfield Jubilee Cup Ken's Brilliant Finish Lands Trophy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 4

Sustaining a good run from the turn into the straight, the aged gelding Ben, ridden by J. Johnson, finished brilliantly to win the Jubilee Cup at…

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Football Dungog Too Solid for Morpeth Match Played at Hinton

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 3

Fielding a strong side, Dungog easily accounted for Morpeth at Hinton on Sunday. Half-time scores were 13-nil in…

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Bowls

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 2

At the completion of bowls on Saturday last. Mr. Roy Payten, who is leaving for England to-morrow, with Mrs. Payten was made a…

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Championship Bowls

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 5

In the first round of bowls championship week, Lorn Park No. 1 defeated Blue Mountains at Kensington 95-84…

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Subsidiary For Swimming Pools

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: The Government half agreed to subsidise country centres to enable them to build swimming pools and would carry…

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Women’s Golf

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 5

LONDON: Miss Dot Bouily, from Kooyonga, the only Australian challenger for the British women’s golf…

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Football Social At Muswellbrook

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 3

MUSWELLBROOK: Muswellbrook Football Club’s social attracted a large number of dancers. A feature of the…

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Australian Tennis Players In France

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 5

LONDON: Australian tennis stars, Frank Sedgman, Ken McGregor and Mervyn Rose, flew to Paris to-day to begin-training for…

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Bowls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 5

Two rinks from Newcastle South visited Muswellbrook recently, one rink having a very decided win over tho locals. Two of the locals…

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Bowls. Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 3

On Wednesday of last week (Jubilee Day) the Aberdeen bowlers entertained members or the Diggers' Club, when a challenge game was…

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Cessnock Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 5

Members are asked to submit their names for the following games:— v. West Wailsend at…

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Tennis

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle, The Muswellbrook Chronicle

When the Howe Park Ladies' Tennis Club met eight ladies from the Albion Park Tennis Club in a doubles competition…

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Rugby Union Teams

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 7

To-morrow, Maitland Alderton Cup team is to play Toronto at Toronto oval at 3.20. Cummins comes back into the…

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Rugby League Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 6

Can Cessnock defeat Maitland to-morrow? That is the question that has been asked hundreds of times this week…

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Kurri Golf

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 5

The boys let their heads go on Saturday attempting to qualify in the club championships and W. Tales,…

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Country Bowls Championship

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 7

Lorn Park teams were beat quarter finals of both country pennant championships yesterday…

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Ladies’ Swimming Club Trophies

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 7

SINGLETON: Singleton Ladies’ Amateur Swimming Club held a social at which trophies won daring the swimming season…

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Swimming Club Prizes Presented

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 4

The Singleton Ladies Amateur Swimming Club held a social and presentation evening at the C.W.A. rooms on…

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