LOCAL & GENERAL. Football
THE following are the names of the Wallsend football team, picked to play the Maitlanders, on Saturday next, on the ground of the former. Kick off at 3 p.m. Messrs. Atkinson (captain),…
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Sport, 1878
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Cricket
SINCE our last Saturday's issue the Australians have played three more matches, viz. against 18 of South Wales, 18 of Oldham, and Leicestershire. The former proved an easy victory…
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A foot race of 150 yards, which caused a good deal of excitement in sporting circles, came off on Saturday afternoon last, at Illawarra, betweee Hore, of Dapto, and John…
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THE Newcastle Football Club played another of their "scratch" matches on the club's enclosed ground, St. John's green, on Saturday afternoon last. The weather was favourable; and we…
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WE again take the credit of having picked the wine for our sporting friends, fruit, will be remembered we said in a paragraph published on Wednesday lat. "If Cronk goes to the scratch…
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THIS match, anticipated for some time, came off on the Wallsend ground on Saturday last. The Maitland captain won the toss, and play was commenced at 3.15 p.m., in the following…
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ALL lovers of pedestrianism will be pleased to learn that John Applett of Parkes, his accepted R. F. Walson's challenge, viz., to run 200 yards for £200 aside. Arrangements will be made…
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THE Waterloo Cup was won by Young Bezique, with Peri as runner-up. There was a splendid course between Peri and Lupin, but not much between Peri and Young Bezique The former…
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REFERRING to our cable message it will be seen that the Australians have suffered a most hollow defeat at the hands of the Cambridge University. Those of our readers who take an interest in…
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THE return match between the first fifteens of Newcastle and Maitland Albions is arranged to take place on Saturday, on St. John's Green. The Albions will be represented by Messrs. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cricket. the Australian Eleven in England
The full accounts of the matches played by our representatives in the old country form the most interesting item of news by the mail just to hand. They received a true British welcome wherever…
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THE past week has been a busy one among pedestrians, and the different challenges and acceptances published have caused some excitement in sporting circles. The most interesting…
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A public meeting was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Thursday evening last (says the M. Mercury,) for the purpose of organizing are gatta at Morpeth on the 9th November. There…
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THE return match between the first fifteens of the above clubs, came off on Saturday, on St. John's Green, Newcastle. It was at first feared that the match would full through, on…
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THE match—2nd Fifteen Newcastle V. 2nd Wallsend—has been put off, as owing to the attraction the Text the match, a sufficient number can not be m[?]stered to leave Newcastle…
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THIS afternoon on St. John's Green, a mo[?] interesting match has been arranged to take pre, the Newcastle team [?] the Toxtethis, from Sydney. The Burwood band will be on the…
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August 10.—Durids' Sports in the A. A. Company's Paddock, Newcastle…
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GLORIOUS weather favoured the footballers on Saturday, the sun shining brightly and pleasantly, and moderating the chilliness that would otherwise have…
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A SPECIAL general meeting of the members of this club is called for this evening to consider the financial state of the club…
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The following are the names of the players selected to represent the 2nd Fifteen of the Newcastle Club in the match against the Wallsend 2nd Fifteen, at Wallsend, on Saturday next:…
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