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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1880

511 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 26

Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1880 · page 3

THE upholders of "women's rights" will, perhaps, be a little surprised to hear that there are lady boxers (amateurs, of course), in the land of…

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COURSING. June 26.—Durham's Luna v. Harrison's Pat le Loup: £30 to £20 at Mainland. July 3.—N.S.W. Coursing Meeting, at Woodstock, Sydney. July 19.—Victorian Waterloo Cup. July 24.—Coursing Meeting Cup. July 24.—Coursing Meeting at Greta. Aug. 8. 10—N.S.W. Coursing Club's Metropolitan meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1880 · page 3

The match for £60 between Pat Le Loup and Luna to course at 21 rats, is to come off to-day, at Eales' racecourse, Maitland. The former is said…

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Turf. Fixtures. July 7, 8.—Clarence River Races. Aug. 14.—Tattorsall's Spring meeting at Randwick

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1880 · page 3

THERE are plenty of horses at present in work in the metropolis, and among the number is the New South Wales champion Chester, and his stable…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1880 · page 3

A 24 hours' walking tournament (under the management of Edwards, champion) for ladies is announced to come off at Bathurst on Friday and…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1880 · page 3

At Maitland on Saturday, the coursing match between Pat Le Loup and Luna, to course at 21 rats for £30 aside, was won by the former, who caught 11 to Luna's…

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Coursing in Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1880 · page 2

AT Melbourne, on Saturday, Soprana won the deciding course for the West Bourke Plate, Eurydice being runner-up…

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Intercolonial Football Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1880 · page 2

THE intercolonial football match Saturday, at Melbourne, between Carlton and Norwood (S.A.) clubs played under very adverse circumstances…

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University Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1880 · page 2

LONDON, June 28.—In the University cricket match—Oxford v. Cambridge—the former, in the first innings, scored 106; and the latter 132…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1880 · page 3

WALLAROO [?] WARATAH.—The first fifteen of the above-named clubs met on Moore Park on Saturday afternoon, and as the matel was expected to prove an…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1880 · page 3

July 3.—N.S.W. Coursing Meeting, at Woodstock, Sydney. July 19.—Victorian Waterloo Cup. July 24.—Coursing Meeting at Greta…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1880 · page 3

At a large and enthusiastic meeting or football players, on Wednesday last, at Sydney (when almost every club, with the exception of the Wallaroo,…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1880 · page 3

During the past season the Lillywhite Cricket Club wore engaged in 20 first eleven matches, of which 10 were won, 9 lost, and 1 drawn. They competed…

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Football Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1880 · page 5

WE are requested to state that the Glenhead Football Club, owing to not being able to form a team, will not arrive at Newcastle to-day to play the expected…

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N.S.W. Coursing Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1880 · page 4

The New South Wales cousing meeting comes off to-day at Rooty Hill. There are three copetitions. THE DERRY.—Lamb's Lottery against…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1880 · page 3

The only item of interest to record this issue in connection with pedestrianism, is another offer on the part of Callaghan, of Maitland, "to put…

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New South Wales Coursing Club. Patron, His Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus; president, E. Lee, Esq,; vice-presidents, Hon, E. H. Cox, Esq., M.L.C., Hon. Jas, White, Esq., M.L.C., and fifteen others; treasurer, John Woods, Esq.; judge, Mr. C. Skarratt; Slipper, Mr. Burgess; first steward, Mr. G. Denny: secretary, Mr. gregory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 July 1880 · page 3

THIS event came off on Saturday, on the estate of Walter Lamb, Esq., at Woodstock, about one and a half miles from the Rooty Hill railway station, on…

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Football Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the football match between Norwood (South Australia) and Hotham (Victoria), the captain of the former club had his collar bone…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1880 · page 3

July 19.—Victorian Waterloo Cup. July 24.—Coursing Meeting at Grota. Aug, 8. 10.—N.S.W. Coursing Club's Metropolitan meeting…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1880 · page 3

IN commenting on the opening match played by the Australian team at Southampton, Bell's Life of May 15 has the following complimentary…

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Athletic Tournament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1880 · page 5

BY advertisement elsewhere, our readers will observe that a grand boxing match, and six mile walking handicap will take place this evening in the Watt-street…

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