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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1954

2,395 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 120

Football Dungog Too Strong for Singleton

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 8

At Singleton Sports Ground last Sunday in a social match, Dungog's First Thirteen led by Gordon Harley, defeated…

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Tennis Draw for Saturday Next, 3rd JULY Al

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 8

Mascots v Diggers II; Diggers I. v Railway. A2 Sugarloaf I. v Bandon Grove…

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Wimbledon Tennis : Marathon Match for Top Pair Americans Close To Defeat By New Zealanders

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Wimbledon crowds got full value for money again yesterday when the “feuding” Africans took Australia’s top doubles pair to 61 bitterly fought games and two New Zealand…

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Maitland Golf Associates

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 9

Maitland Golf Associates played a par competition yesterday, Mrs. D. Vaughan returned…

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Football with Grenade !

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Two little boys— one [?] trod tee other six— played football with a live [?] grenade at Ro[?]lle…

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Marist Brothers’ Football

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 8

Hesuits of Wednesday’s games by representative teams of Maitland Marist Brothers School:—…

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Bowls Fixtures For Week-end

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 9

In the semi-finals of the President’s Trophy competition of City Club, D. Moore defeated C. Ellis, and M…

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Another Steward For Races

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: Newcastle Racing Registration Board has decided to appoint an additional stipendiary steward at a…

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Wimbledon Tennis: Trabert Out, Rosewall in Inspired Play Gives Youngster Victory

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Ken Rosewall’s inspired tennis, which carried him to a brilliant five-set victory over American Tony Trobert in a centre court semi-final yesterday, has given Australia a great prospect of winning…

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Hunter Women's Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 3

Games to be played by members of the Hunter. District Women's Bowling Association in the Coal Board…

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Miller Park weekend bowls

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 1

The following is the revised draw for play in the second round of the 1954 singles bowls championships,…

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Ablion Park Ladies' Bowls

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 1

The following are the results of games played by the Albion Park Ladies Bowling Club at the rinks…

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Tennis Club Farewell

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 3

The farewell party to be given by East Maitland Park Tennis Club to Mr. and Mrs. John Gribble has been…

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Tennis Notes Be Early Next Week with Tennis, Please

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 9

Contributions of tennis results should reach this office on Monday next for inclusion in Tuesday's…

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Wimbledon Tennis London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 10

Mervyn Rose and Rex Hartwig and Americans, Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas, will fight out the Wimbledon doubles final…

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"Top Town" Tennis Tournament

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 7

A tennis tournament, to help raise funds for "Top Town," will be conducted at the St. Alban's and Waratah courts on…

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Rugby Union Team To Play Joint Leader

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 4

Unless Maitland Rugby Union team plays football of a higher standard, and. more as a team, its chances…

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Women’s Bowls Coal Board Trophy

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 3

The following draw for the Coal Board trophy has been made by the Hunter River District Women’s Bowling…

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Two Finals in Maitland Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 4

Two finals will be played to-morrow at Maitland Tennis Association park courts in the teams competition…

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The Tennis Scene in Branxton

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 6

In years gone by especially before the recent World War tennis was one of the principal games to which the…

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