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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1954

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Final of Night Tennis Competition

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 4

Only one match remains to be played in the night competition of Maitland Tennis Association, and that is the…

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Visitors Strong For Brisbane Races

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 5

New Zealand appears to hold at strong hand in the Brisbane and Doomben Cups to be run in June July, with Lancaster, Rising Fast and Takats. Sydney race followers hare already had a leste of…

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Golf Associates

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 3

Maitland golf associates played the second round of the yearly point score on Sunday…

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Night Bowls Competition

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 5

Prizes in the Southwell night bowls competition, conducted by Maitland Bowling Club, were presented by the…

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Mid-week Bowls

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 5

Lorn will be the venue of the Maitland mid-week bowls competition to-morrow. It will be the second…

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Football at Night

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 5

On Newcastle Show Ground, on Saturday night, Central Newcastle will play South Sydney, first grade to start at…

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Football Singleton Holds Muswellbrook to Draw "B" and Junior Grades Win

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 4

Singleton "A" grade Rugby League team fought out a torrid 80 minutes of solid forward football with Muswellbrook at Howe…

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Junior Rugby League

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 5

Maitland Junior Rugby League fixtures and referees for Sunday:— Sports Ground: Western…

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Bowls (By "TRAILER")

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 2

Club fixtures for next Saturday are : Club Pairs Championship : W. Hamilton & A. Williams…

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BOWLS Club Notes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 8

Entries for the Pair Championship closed last Saturday and 21 pairs nominated. There are many new combinations…

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Night Football

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE: Queensland beat NSW by 22 points to six in the interstate Rugby Union match last night…

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Australian Tennis Players

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Australian tends players, Lewis Hoad, Rex Hartwig and Harry Hopman, will play for the International…

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Tennis General Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 8

Several important motions were carried at a general meeting of Dungog and District Tennis Association held…

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Branxton Golf Associates’ Draw

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 5

Branxton Associates’ Golf Club will conduct its annual open carnival on Sunday next. A draw for partners and…

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FOOTBALL Dungog Suffers Defeat

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 8

At East Maitland Oval last Sunday afternoon in the A grade competition, Easts defeated Dungog by 9 points to…

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Ladies’ Bowls Team

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 3

East Maitland Ladies Bowling Club to play at Kurri Kurri at 1.30 on Tuesday: Courtney, Dyer,…

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Football Competition Starts

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

The progress of football in Raymond Terrace this season is not reassuring Enthusiasm seems to…

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Bowls

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 6

Players selected for the match against Muswellbrook to-morrow (Saturday), at Scone:…

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Rugby League

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 5

In the Coalfields team and the Possibles and, Probables match to be played at New Lambton on Sunday, the…

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Boxing Trial

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 3

There will be three-round trial bouts at pop Lovett and Hockey Bennell’s gymnasium, Horseshoe Bend, on May 26…

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