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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1864

11 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Newcastle Regatta. Awarding the Prizes

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 6 January 1864 · page 2

THE committee of to late Newcastle Regatta not on Saturday evening last, at the Ship I[?], o award the vorio[?] prizes, as well as the validity of the different protests made in…

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Cricket in the Provinces

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 30 March 1864 · page 2

THIS week is to witness the contest between the creme de la creme of English cricketers and the champions of the bat in this district. Impar congressus Achilli…

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The Forthcoming Races on the Newcastle New Course

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 27 July 1864 · page 3

An assemblage of gentlemen interested in turf matters, and the superior breeding of horses in Australia, met at the Bank Hotel, Newcastle, on Monday, the 25th instant, for the purpose of organising…

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The Forthcoming Races

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 13 August 1864 · page 3

A meeting of the Newcastle Race Club took plate at Mr. Watt's, Albion Hotel, at 8 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 10th instant, W. H. Whyte, Esq., in the chair…

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Athletic Sports

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 20 August 1864 · page 2

THE judicious development of the physique of youth is only of secondary important to the cultivation of their mental powers. Muscular energy obtained by manly…

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Maitland Annual Races

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 24 September 1864 · page 3

[?]races, under the auspices of the Hunter [?]key Club, will come off on Wednesday, [?] and Friday, of the ensuing week. [?]st day's programme will consist of the…

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Maitland Races

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 5 October 1864 · page 2

A very large concourse of people assembled to witness the race between the Maid of the Lake and Shamrock, on the Maitland Race-course, on Saturday afternoon. It will be…

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The Newcastle Regatta

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 29 October 1864 · page 2

SOME anxiety appears to prevail as to whether we are to have a regatta on New Year's Day or not, many being of opinion that if one is to be held, preliminary steps…

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Newcastle Regatta

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 9 November 1864 · page 3

A MEETING was held last evening at Still's Assembly Rooms, for the purpose of making arrangements towards the holding of a regatta on New Year's Day. There were about 30…

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Raymond Terrace Regatta

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 12 November 1864 · page 3

This event, exciting as it did the interest of a considerable number of the Newcastle folk, took place on Saturday, at Raymond Terrace. The steamship Coonanbarra left Newcastle at half-past…

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The Annual Regatta. (To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle.)

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 16 November 1864 · page 2

SIR—Can you inform the watermen connected with this harbour whether it is the intention of the committee of the forthcoming regatta to introduce a race for them. If not, why not? Our boats…

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