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Sport, 1953

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Singleton Ladies’ Swimming Club

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON: Singleton Ladies’ Amateur Swimming Club will start the point score races again on Monday…

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Country Swimming Championships to Muswellrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

Peter Passlow and Brian Wilkinson, of Muswellbrook, won championships honors at the country championships, held at Wyalong on Saturday last. Passlow won the junior men's diving, and Wilkinson…

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Golf Club's £500 From Joint Coal Board

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

A letter read at the last meeting of the committee of the Muswellbrook Golf Club, held on Friday last, stated that a grant of £500 had been made to the club by the Joint Coal Board. The sum of £250…

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Coronation Bowls at Maitland Upper Hunter to Be Invited

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

Leaflets and entry forms for the Coronation bowls carnival of the Hunter River District Bowling Association, on 2nd June,…

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Cricket Ground May Be Games Site Conference Considering Transfer From Carlton

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE: It is likely that the 1956 Olympic [?] will be staged at the Melbourne Cricket [?]und instead of at Carlton, which was the site [?] originally…

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Greyhound Racing. Rusty Glyn Registers Fast Times in Dual Success Gambling Boss and Lady Tarnavar Win For A. G. Pearce Grand Delta's Failure at Odds On

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 4

Fast times were registered by Rusty Glyn in the two wins gained by him for E. Phillips, of Cessnock, at Saturday night's meeting of the local Mechanical Coursing Club…

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Bowls

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 5

No games were played on Saturday. On Sunday Arthur Godfrey defeated Jim Appleton in the…

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Bowls Green Re-opened

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 8

Although wet weather caused the cancellation of the Pennant game against Singleton on Saturday, fine weather…

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Advocate to Resume Racing

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY : Racehorse trainer Fil Allotta announced to-day that the Victoria Derby winner, Advoccate,…

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Singleton Cricket Point Score

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 3

On’ Saturday last all games in the Singleton cricket competition were abandoned because of rain, with the…

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Women’s Golf Team To Come Here

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 6

JOHANNESBURG: A South African women’s golf team will tour Australia from early July until about the…

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Turf Newcastle Races Popular Sporting Fixture

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 8

Newcastle Jockey Club's Anniversary Day meeting attracted a big crowd of sportsmen who were treated to good…

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Golf Gloucester Turns South Will Join Hunter Valley Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 8

Gloucester Golf Club last year received better support from the Hunter Valley Association than from the…

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Athletics : N.s.w. Country Championships Dungog Boys Found Cinder Tracks Slower in City

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 8

The New South Wales Men's Country Championships at Moore Park, Sydney, last Saturday, were officially opened…

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Swimming Record; Broken

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 3

WELLINGTON: At Napter last night swimmer John Devitt slashed the New Zealand Junior record: for 440…

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Raymond Terrace Boxing

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

The Boxing Night held in aid of the Catholic Church Parochial Funds on Friday night turned in some first class entertainment, but was very…

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Bowls Officials Re-elected

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 2

Officials of the Maitland mid-week bowling competition were re-elected at a meeting on Wednesday at…

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Hit by Cricket Stump

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: A cricket stump thrown during play St. Angaston's School morning Struck. a boy…

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Test Hope Give Up Football

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON Freddie Trueman, England’s fast bowling hope for the comming has series against Australia, will…

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Bowls

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

The following players will meet Muswellbrook at Scone on Saturday next: M. Anderson, Clifton, Coote, Boniface, Farram, Gregson…

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