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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1954

2,395 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 120

Bowls

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 8

The cold bleak weather over the weekend put many bowlers back in their shell. However, on Saturday, 32 brave…

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Football Dungog Overwhelms Easts

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 8

Before a huge crowd on Bennett Park last Sunday afternoon, Dungog overwhelmed Basts to the tune of 26 points…

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Will Retire From Big Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 1

MILAN: Fausto Gardini, gangling tall Italian tennis ace, says he intends to retire from championship…

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Ankle Injured At Football

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 2

Tony Edwards 11, of Gillies-street, Rutherford, suffered an injury to his right ankle and slight shock when he was…

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Bowls Fixtures For Week-end City Club

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 7

The following games will be played by City this week-end in the President’s Trophy, to bring the competition up to…

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Bowls

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 11
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Two rink games on Saturday saw close finishes. Bill Jeans and son, Reg., had a narrow win over the Neely…

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Cessnock Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 7

The limit on the number of creased at a committee meet-craesed at a committee meeting on Wednesday night, and…

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Women's Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 7

The Hunter District Women's Bowling Association's Cost Board trophy preliminaries will be played next Tuesday, at…

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Ladies' Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 4

The Cessnock Ladies' Bowling Club will held their usual gala day next Wednesday and all members of the men's club…

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Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 11

Exciting finishes were the feature of last week-end's competition games. In the A grade, Aberdeen I required…

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Cessnock Golf

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 4

Last Sunday another major event, the Allen Bros' foursomes Cup, was decided and resulted on a win for Rem…

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Golf Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 3

To all who are representing the club in Association matches on Monday next, when on strange courses do not try to…

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Racing Round-up

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Equal Stradbroke favorite Birdwood will be flown to Brisbane to-morrow, after having his final…

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Gundy Gleanings TENNIS

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 12

In the "B" grade competition at Scone last Saturday, St. Luke's defeated Gundy public courts, the scores…

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Rouchel News Tennis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 10

About 26 players took part in a tennis tournament on 17th May. Five rounds were played and everybody had an…

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Royals' Cricket Club

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 1

The first annual get-together of the Royals' Cricket Club was held last night at the Royal Hotel, Scone, the…

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"Top Town" Tennis Tournament

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 10

A tennis tournament, organised by Mrs. M. Gill, at Park courts, yesterday, was an outstanding success. Forty lady…

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No Play In First Cricket Test

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 6

LONDON: No play was possible before lunch in the first test between Pakistan and England at Lords yesterday…

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Football Shock Defeat of Scone Muswellbrook Takes All Three Grade Games

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 10

Scone major thirteen, leaders in the Upper Hunter competition, suffered their first defeat at Muswellbrook on Sunday last after a sequence of five wins. When the teams last…

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