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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1955

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Rugby League Trial Games at Waratah

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 5

Maitland Rugby League will play trial games against Waratah Mayfield at Waratah on Saturday,…

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Gas Turbine Racing Car Produced

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 6

LONDON: The Cooper Car Company, of Surbiton, near London — makers of the Cooper 500 c.c. racing…

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Girls’ High Swimming

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 7

Maitland High School girls won places on the second day of the N.S.W. Secondary Schools’ Swimming Carnival…

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Bowls Game Deferred

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 3

Mr. P. Marsh secretary of the Hunter River Bowling Association stated that the singles match between…

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Rugby Union Trial Match

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 7

Maitland Rugby Onion first and reserve grade teams will play trial match at Lorn Park Oval on Saturday…

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Tennis Tournament

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 5

East Maitland Park tennis club will hold & mixed draw for-partner competition at courts on Sunday at…

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Swimming Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 5

Next Sunday afternoon, commencing at 2 o'clock, the Muswellbrook Amateur Swimming Club will hold a…

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Tennis Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 6

Last night some good tennis was witnessed in the "A" reserve semi-finals. Wallace's had a very easy…

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Football Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 4

At a meeting of the R.S.L. Football Club, held on Wednesday night, Joe Marker and Ernie Gumbleton were…

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Injured By Cricket Ball

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 5

An eight-years-old schoolboy, John Mithakes, of Queen-street, Lorn, was struck on the forehead’ by a cricket ball…

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FOOTBALL Wanderers' Club Annual Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 12

The Muswellbrook Wanderers' Football Club has set its committees in action for the 1955-'56 season. The annual meeting was held on Sundays, 20th and 27th March…

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Athletic Championships

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 11

A treble by Trevor Madden, and a fast half mile by Pat Clohessy, were the highlights of the club…

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Tennis Tournament

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 April 1955 · page 5

Rain yesterday caused the transference of the East Maitland Park tennis club’s tournament from the East…

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Football Carnival for Flood Appeal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 April 1955 · page 5

One of the biggest crowds to watch Australian Rules attended the in-timing premiership at [?] Oval on Saturday…

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Governments are Making Football of Flood Position

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 April 1955 · page 4

The president or the Northern Miners-Federation (Mr. J. Comerford) yesterday accused both the N.S.W. and Federal Governments of making the flood issue a “football.”…

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Junior Rugby League

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1955 · page 3

Delegates from Drugola, Greta, Brereton, Raymond Terrace, South End, East Maitland, Western Suburbs and the…

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First Football Games

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 April 1955 · page 8

On Sunday, Muswellbrook had their first game for the season, when they travelled to Denman to play the locals in two trial games. JUNIORS…

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Restricting Broadcasts of Racing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: The main reasons for a falling off in race course attendances were race broadcasts and poor weather,…

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Draws for Week-end Sydney Dog Racing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1955 · page 5

Draw for meeting at Wentworth Park on Saturday night, starting at 7.30: Parramatta Stake, 580 yards: Cache Cache, Glenfield Chief…

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Tennis Notes Wallace's Win "A" Reserve Final

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 April 1955 · page 8

The night competition for the 1954-55 season ended on Friday night last, when we saw Wallace's defeat Atoms…

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