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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1881

394 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 20

Football. Matches Arranged for Season; 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 3

A match between the second elevens of the Newcastle and Wallsend clubs is to be played this afternoon, on the latter's ground. The names of the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 3

As spring is now rapidly approaching, the various athletic clubs in the district should begin to make arrangements for holding their customary…

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The Faculty Upon Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 August 1881 · page 3

The dangers of the football field are thus referred to by the Australian Medical Journal:—"If the number of serious…

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Sporting Column. H. R. Amateur Turf Club Races. Monday, August 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1881 · page 3

President, John Eales, Esq.; Vice-Presidents, Frank Reynolds, Esq., and James Ephraim Wolfe, Esq.; Judge, James F. Doyle, Esq.; Stewards, John Eales, Esq, R…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1881 · page 3

In the forty eight hours' go-as-you-please tournament at Launceston, Tasmania, last week, Swan was first and Edwards second…

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Correspondence Cricket. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1881 · page 3

Sir,—Upon reference to this morning's issue of your journal, I observed an effusion headed "Cricket Grounds." wherein a writer, signing himself…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1881 · page 3

IF the weather be favourable, a match worth witnessing will take place this afternoon, on the football ground, between twenty-five of the Half-Holiday…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 3

A most exciting football match took place on the Newcastle Football Ground yesterday afternoon, between the second fifteen of the Newcastle Football Club and a team…

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Football. Matches Arranged for Season; 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 3

August 6.—Newcastle v. Parramatta, on the latter's ground. 13.—Redfern, Newcastle ground. 27.—Newcastle v. University;…

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Football. Intercolonial Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 August 1881 · page 3

This match, between the Melbourne Football Club, comprising Messrs. Tindall, Dougall, Murphy, Collins, M'Intosh, Coventry, Wedd, Spear,…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1881 · page 2

ANOTHER match, which should create some interest, is to take place on the Newcastle football ground this afternoon, between members of the Half-holiday…

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Correspondence Cricket Grounds. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1881 · page 4

SIR,—In justice to myself, and in the interests of cricket, kindly permit me to reply to the remarks contained in the letter which appeared in last Wednesday's…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1881 · page 3

Never was a worse match made than when W. Beckwith arranged to give Captain Webb a start of two miles in sixteen. The latter has improved in…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1881 · page 5

LOVERS of football will be disappointed to hear that the match, which was to have taken place to-day between the Newcastle and Redfern clubs here, has fallen through,…

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Football Mishap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1881 · page 5

On Thursday afternoon a young man named George Brighton, from the Telegraph Office, whilst playing a game of football, met with a nasty accident by…

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Football. Matches Arranged for Season; 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1881 · page 3

August 13.—Redfern, Newcastle ground. 27.—Newcastle v. University; Newcastle ground. A youth named Edward Emmerson,…

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Serious Football Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 August 1881 · page 2

ON Saturday, during a football match at East Maitland, between fifteen of the Newcastle F.B.C. and eighteen from East Maitland, a serious accident…

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Football. Matches Arranged for Season; 1881. 27.—Newcastle v. University; Newcastle ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1881 · page 3

Considerable interest is being manifested in the match which takes place at East Maitland, this afternoon, between members of the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 August 1881 · page 3

Bell's Life says, that although the English cricket season is very young yet to have produced anything in the way of a curiosity, we doubt if the…

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Parramatta Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 August 1881 · page 3

THESE races came off on Saturday last. The weather was all that could be desired, but the attendance was rather smaller than expected, about 1000 persons being…

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