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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1880

511 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 26

The Hospital Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 5

WE need scarcely remind our readers that the above contest takes place on the Newcastle Cricket Ground this afternoon, and we hope to see a large concourse of people…

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City Cricket Club Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 5

WE are requested to call attention to the advertisement relative to the above, which appears in another column. The club intend giving £10, to be competed for by…

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Athletics. Fixtures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 3

Feb. 28,—J. M. Watson V. Chapman, 100 yards; £50 aside; Sydney. Feb. 28—P Callaghan v. Linden, 150 yards; for £50 aside; Sydney…

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Cricket. Benefit of Newcastle Hospital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 March 1880 · page 2

A CRICKET match between eleven players selected from the City and Ironclad Clubs and 15 colts of the District, was commenced on the ground of the Newcastle…

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Swimming Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 2

WE are informed that the swimming match for £10 aside—Morris v. Hawkins—which was to have taken place on Saturday afternoon next, has been…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 3

Mr. Ronnsewell, of South Australia, has no less than 120 dogs in train. This gentleman carried all before him in Victoria at the commencement of…

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Stockton Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 4

WE learn from the hon-secretary that active stops are already being taken to make the forthcoming Stockton Regatta a success. The events, as advertised, are to…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 3

Secretaries of cricket clubs will oblige by forwarding the result of matches, or any other information of importance, not later than noon on each Thursday addressed "Sporting…

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City Cricket Club Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 4

WE are requested to draw attention to alterations in the distances in the open handicap, to be run under the auspices of the above club. Instead of 100 and 150…

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Athletics. Fixtures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 3

March 6,—J. M. Watson v. J. Martin; 100 yards; £20 aside; Sydney. March 20.—Thos Wright. v. J. Rice, 150 yards; £50 aside open for £100; at Hamilton…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 2

A REPORT of the match Morpeth C. C. v. Ironclads, owing to late pressure upon space, is unavoidably held over till next issue…

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Professor Cavill's Swimming Feat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1880 · page 2

Professor Cavill started, on Saturday, to swim from the Semaphore to Glenelg, South Australia, distance ten miles; but gave up after accomplishing two and a…

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Cricket. Morpeth C. CLUB v. IRONCLAD C. Club. [Communicated.]

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1880 · page 3

A CONTEST for the privilege of holding the Waddy Challenge Cup wits commenced at Morpeth, on Saturday last, between the above-named clubs; but could not be…

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Cricket. Eleven of Newcastle C.C. v. Eighteen Oxford C.C.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1880 · page 3

The match between the above teams, was played on the Newcastle Ground on Saturday last. The eighteen were first at the wickets, but Tracey and Gilbert…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1880 · page 3

NEWCASTLE C. C. v. IRONCLAD C. C.—Lovers of this noble game will be glad to know that the above clubs have come to an arrangement for the playing of another match to test…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 2

The Champion Meeting of the members of the St. Kilda Swimming Club was held on Saturday last, when the weather was by no means favorable…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 2

Secretaries of cricket clubs will oblige by forwarding the result of matches, or any other information of importance, not later than noon on each Thursday addressed "Sporting…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 5

IRONCLADS v. CITY CLUB.—We again remind our readers that the match between the above cricket clubs will take place this afternoon, at a quarter past 2,…

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AQUATICS. March 29.—Stockton Annual Regatta; Newcastle Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 2

William Trickett has issued a challenge, offering to row Laycock, or any other man (bar his brother Edward) in the Australian colonies; in wager…

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Athletics. Fixtures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 2

March 10.—Thos Wright v. J. Rice, 150 yards; £50 aside, open for £100; at Hamilton March 27.—All-Comers Handicap; Newcastle City Cricket Ground; Entries close 20th…

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