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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1870

26 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 2

Athletic Sports

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 29 November 1870 · page 2

The athletic sports to-morrow, on the Newcastle Cricket Ground, under the management of the Cricket Club Committee, are likely to be a great success. The first event (the…

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Athletic Sports

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 1 December 1870 · page 2

The athletic sports, announced to take place on the Newcastle Cricket Ground, came off yesterday. The weather was all that could be desired, and, considering the time of the year, was not…

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The Sydney Bowing Club Regatta

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 13 December 1870 · page 4

The second quarterly regatta of the Sydney Rowing Club came off on Saturday last, opposite the club boat-house, Circular Quay. A good number of spectators assembled to…

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The Tasmanian Crew at the Balmain Regatta

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 13 December 1870 · page 2

Arrangements having been made to give a complimentary dinner to those gentlemen who represented Tasmania at the Balmain Regatta, a party of fifty or sixty gentlemen sat down…

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Letter to the Editor. the Wallsend Races and Handicaps. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 24 December 1870 · page 2

SIR,—Permit me, through the medium of your widely circulated paper, to congratulate our Wallsend neighbours upon the unusual number of entrances for their meeting on the 26th and…

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Parramatta Annual Races. First Day—tuesday, 27Th December

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 4

The long continuance of the wet weather so intimidated the stewards of the Parramatta race meet that they postponed the first day's racing from Monday to Tuesday, in the hope…

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