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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1953

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Cycle Club Graded Scratch Races

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 6

Graded, mass start , scratch races are new to Maitland, but most road, races conducted by the League of N.S.W…

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Rugby League. Record Crowd [?] for Kurri Match [?]ours and Maitland To Meet

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 5

Righ[?] has always be en very keen between the Kurri Kurri and Maitland Rugby League teams and their meeting at the Kurri League Ground tomorrow afternoon is expected to draw a record crowd…

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Football Dungog Meets South

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 8

At Bennett Park this Sunday afternoon, the home teams will meet South in both A grade and Under 18…

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Lemon Tree Passage Successful Tennis Day

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 6

The Returned Soldiers Women's Auxiliary conducted a very successful tennis day last Monday and raised nearly…

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Sydney Racing Review:! Tilbridge for Park Handicap Rapid River, Karendi Good Bets

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 8

Tilbridge, one of Sydney's most consistent middle-distance performers, is selected to take out the 9 furlong's Park Handicap at Canterbury this Saturday afternoon…

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Bowls Carnival Postponed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 3

The annual May Day bowls carnival which this year was to have been conducted on Maitland Park…

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Rugby Union Games Washed Out

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 4

Owing to the torrential rain in Newcastle over Friday and Saturday, all Rugby Union fixtures were postponed at the…

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Injured at Football

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 2

Desmond Lawrence Martin, [?] of Edward-street, Morpeth, suffered a probable [?]ture of the right ankle and [?]hoc[?]…

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Canterbury Races On

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Canterbury races, postponed from last Saturday, will be hold on Wednesday…

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Golf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

The members conducted a par competition on Saturday. Results: J. Toohey (4 down), T. Taylor (6 down), R. O'Hara (7…

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Golf

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

The Muswellbrook Golf Club held a stroke competition on Saturday. The "A" grade winner was A. Sweeney with 70 (10)…

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Bowls Off

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

Rain on Monday washed out play in the New South Wales Bowling Association's championship carnival. Several matches…

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Tennis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

The following teams have been selected to represent Park Club next week-end:- Park I. v. Aberdeen II. (at…

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Rugby League Registrations

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

The Newcastle Roghy League has deferred for a week decision on the report Lakes United having…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

Aberdeen journeyed to Denman on Sunday last, when a hard game was witnessed. There were some very fine back-line…

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Merriwa Races Postponed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

Because of the heavy rain on Friday and Saturday, the Merriwa Jockey Club's Cup meeting was postponed…

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Greyhound Racing Draw for To-night

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

Following is the draw for the Muswellbrook Mechanical Coursing Club meeting, to be held on the showground track to-night…

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Rugby League. Coalfields and Newcastle Play Draw Entertaining Game at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

Representative teams from the Coalfields and Newcastle played a 27-all draw at the Kurri League Ground on Sunday before a crowd which paid over £200 for admission…

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Football Keen Finish to Group Game at Tamworth

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

Combined Groups 5 and 12 defeated Group 4, 18-17, in the final country elimination match at Tamworth Oval on Sunday…

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Golf Associate Golf News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 8

An interesting programme has been arranged for the season. The Ecclectic Cup rounds…

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