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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1952

2,569 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 129

Muzzles for Live-hare Coursing

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Greyhounds competing at future meetings conducted by the National Coursing Association will be…

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Singleton Rugby League Teams Seniors

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 3

To play Aberdeen at Aberdeen. Full back: Crampton. Wingers: Strain and Hill…

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Dog Racing Proposal

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 2

The Northern Agricultural Association has called a special meeting for next Saturday morning to consider…

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"The Argus" Football Flashes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 3

Singleton can still claim "undefeated" for two grades after the weekend clash with Muswellbrook…

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Record Entry for Spring Racing

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: The spring racing carnival, to be conducted by the Australian Jockey Club, is responsible for a record entry of 2961. Epsom Handicap nomination totalled 221, while…

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Rugby League: Post-mortem on Recent Failures Move For Change Of Selection Se-Up (By “Centre Forward”)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 5

Maitland Rugby League committee last night decided to call a special meeting for to-night (Wednesday) to treat, as a matter of urgency, a notice of motion to rescind a resolution passed at the annual…

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Football Knock-Out At Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 7

SINGLETON: Singleton Rugby League Football, Club has organised a knockout competition, to be held at…

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Tennis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 4

The Campbell Cup match, played at the Park between Singleton and Muswellbrook, ended in an easy win for the locals by…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

The Muswellbrook football teams to play Scone (at Scone) on Sunday, are as follows:—"A" GRADE…

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Associates' Golf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

Eighteen holes Stableford played on Wednesday: Mrs. McKenzie, 40 points; Mrs. Ryan 37, Mrs. Bailey 36, Mrs. Powell 33,…

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Golf Note

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 6

Although the week-end weather conditions were hardly condu[?] to top-grade golf, there were a few romar[?]ably…

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Golf Associates

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

Wednesday's competition was won by Mrs. E. Wood and the B grade by Miss J. Saville…

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Bowls Club Formed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

A meeting at Telarah last night decided to form a bowling club to take advantage of the green formed…

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Ladies' Tennis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

Despite a Very strong wind last Tuesday 22 pairs took part in the ladies' tennis tournament…

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Merriwa Tennis Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 8

Present at the meeting of the Merriwa Tennis Club were Mr. M. Gleeson (president), Mrs. A. Thrift (hon. secretary), Miss L…

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Golf Notes (By "Short Putt.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 4

The Association championships take place next week-end. "A" graders go to Cessnock, "B" graders to Maitland and the "C"…

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Boys' High School Tennis Matches

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 5

Maitland Boys High school were [?] in the top three grades in the tennis played against Cessnock, but…

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Rugby League. Leaders to Meet at Kurri Cessnock Plays West

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 5

On Monday, Kurri Kurri and Waratah Mayfield meet at the Kurri League Ground and football fans…

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Cycling Races Abandoned Local Club's Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 5

At a meeting of the Cessnock Cycling Club last Tuesday it was decided to abandon all Saturday afternoon races…

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Grading Of Players For Next Cricket Season

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

The Singleton and District Cricket Association has released the following gradings of players for the…

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