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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1873

14 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

The Late Cricket Match. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1873 · page 3

SIR—It appears to me, from the result of tho last cricket match against Singleton, and the general play of our cricketers during the season, that we are drifting into a state of cricketing…

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Newcastle Races

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1873 · page 3

Yesterday (Friday) was the opening day of these races. It was the intention of the committee to hold them on Anniversary Day, but owing to the Goulburn races taking place on the…

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Newcastle Races. Second Day

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 11 February 1873 · page 2

The second day of the February meeting came off on Saturday last. Tho attendance on the course was hardly bo large as on the first day, but still there was a good number present; the…

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Cricket

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1873 · page 2

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY v. THE NORTHERN DISTRICT.—We Lave been favoured by Mr. J. W. Greaves, honorary secretary for the Newcastle Cricket Club, with a sight of the following…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Match. First Day—friday, Feeruary 28

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 4 March 1873 · page 4

The Annual Intercolonial Cricket Match was commenced yesterday, on the Albert Ground. For some time past admirers of the game have been in a high state of excitement,…

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Cricket

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 2

The cricket clubs in the country districts—more especially the Northern—are of general opinion, that in the matches between New South Wales and Victoria they have…

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Newcastle Races. May Meeting. First—saturday, May 24

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 27 May 1873 · page 3

The weather on this day was beautifully fine, and the sun shone out, making the day more a summer one than the commencement of winter. The attractions elsewhere,…

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Randwick Races

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 6 September 1873 · page 3

SECOND DAY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. The weather to-day was all that could be desired, the few showers of the previous night having cooled the air, and, to a slight extent,…

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Newcastle Cricket Club

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 7 October 1873 · page 3

The annual general meeting of this club, was held at the Ship Inn, on Friday evening last. There was a large attendance of members. Mr. C F. Stokes, vice-president occupied the chair…

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Wallsend Races

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 16 December 1873 · page 3

The committee met on Friday evening, and several items of business were disposed of. The following entries were received:— FLYING HANDICAP…

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Wallsend Races

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 20 December 1873 · page 2

SALE OF BOOTHS, &c.—On Thursday last the sale of gates, five publican's booths, cake stalls, &c., took place at Mr. Wm. Wells' Travellers' Rest Inn, Wallsend. There was a great…

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Boxing-day Amusements. Sports in the Asylum Grounds

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 27 December 1873 · page 2

Yesterday, a great variety of sports came off on the grounds of the asylum for imbeciles, which had been kindly granted for the occasion by the superintendent, F. Cane, Esq. The day…

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Wallsend Annual Races. First Day

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 27 December 1873 · page 2

YESTERDAY (Friday) the first day's races under the auspices of the Wallsend Turf Club, were run on the Maryland racecourse. The weather throughout the day was…

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Cricket. All England V. VICTORIA. From the Herald's Telegram. First Day, Friday, December 26

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 30 December 1873 · page 3

The great cricket match between the All England Eleven and the Victorian selected team of eighteen commenced this morning. The weather was fine, but dusty. There was an enormous…

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