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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport
19 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers
A match was played on Saturday, on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, between the eleven first chosen to represent the Northern District in the match with the Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—In your issue of Thursday last, the 15th instant, there appears an account of a cricket match, played by the Wallsend Cricket Club, and a like number of the Rose of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Tuesday last, during a friendly contest at cricket between the members of the G.N.R. Club, occasion was taken by several of the players to present Mr. Daniel Wallwork with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This regatta, which bade fair to be a most successful one, was, owing to the inclemency of the weather and the consequent roughness of the water, to a certain extent a failure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first day of the May meeting of the Newcastle Jockey Club came off yesterday. The weather was splendid, not a cloud to be seen, the rays of the sun were however…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following are the entrances for these races, which are announced to take place on Thursday and Friday next:—FIRST DAY…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saturday was the second day of this meeting. The morning was ushered in with a heavy downfall of rain and doubts were felt that the day would he wet all through, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A game of cricket was played at the Druids picnic, at Griffiths' Flat on Queen's Birthday, between the Borehole C.C. and the Nil Desperandum C. Club (Lambhton). The match was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saturday was the second day of this meeting. The morning was ushered in with a heavy downfall of rain and doubts were felt that the day would be wet all through, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual meeting of the Hunter River Jockey Club took place on the East Maitland racecourse on Thursday. The attendance at the time of starting the first race was not very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saturday last was a red letter day at Waratah, inasmuch as the annual fete that has now become an established fact was successfully got through. The attendance to witness the sports…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →±ne nrsD atuietic sports at wtckhum were i lieH on Saturday last, 31st ultimo, and, taking . all things into consideration, may be consi- i dered a tmccesH. From two to three hundred spectators ussembled on the ground, and a noteworthy feature in the day's proceedings was the absence of anything in the shape of the rowdyism that too often characterise* gatherings ot this kind ; indeed, it may be said that those who favoured the sports with their presence formed one of the most ordeily and respectable concourses of people we have ever had the good fortune to meet at similar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first athletic sports at Wickham were held on Saturday last, 31st ultimo, and, taking all things into consideration, may be considered a success. From two to three hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The athletic sports recently announced by Mr. Bird, the champion long-distance runner, came off on the Exhibition Grounds on Saturday afternoon, and proved in every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The athletic sports recently announced by Mr. Bird, the champion long-distance runner, came off on the Exhibition Grounds on Saturday afternoon, and proved in every…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This event, which for some time past has been looked forward to, and for which its members have been in active training,—eschewing the consumption of puddings, beer, &c, and taking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WALLSEND RACES.—These races are to come off to-day, and will, without doubt; be the centre of attraction from all parts of the district. We visited the ground on Tuesday. and found it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first day of these now established annual sports came off on Thursday (Boxing Day.) The weather, as is generally the case, was intensely hotâsomewhat similar to many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thursday being Boxing Day, a large number of citizens availed themselves of the opportunity of spending their holiday away from home. With a view to spending the day…
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