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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1881

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The Female Football Match at Glasgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1881 · page 4

Bell's Life in London says: As we anticipated last week, the female football players did appear in Glasgow, on Monday evening, on Shawfield…

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Swimming Club Wanted. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1881 · page 3

SIR,—Mr. J. Dawson, of Tighe's Hill, who, in yesterday's issue, advocates the formation of a swimming club, has hit the nail on the head. He's wrong, however,…

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FOOTBALL. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1881 · page 3

SIR,—In a recent leading article upon the amusements of the people I observe that football, "as played under Rugby rules," comes in for a share of…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Hawkesbury Annual Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1881 · page 2

IT will be seen by our Sydney telegrams that the Hawkesbury Races have been postponed until Saturday and Monday next…

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TELEGRAMS Postponement of the Hawkesbury Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1881 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Hawkesbury races have been postponed to Saturday and Monday…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1881 · page 8

We learn that the football match, which was to have been played to-day between the Sydney University and Newcastle teams has unavoidably…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Wickham Cricket Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1881 · page 5

THE club's averages for the past season are to hand, but too late to be revised for this Saturday…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1881 · page 8

THE Bathurst Coursing Club held a meeting at Wallaroy, near Kelso, on Wednesday. Some very fair coursing was witnessed, but hares were not…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1881 · page 8

NEWCASTLE GYMNASTIC CLUB.—The above club was practically brought into existence on Thursday evening, a formal commencement having been…

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Australian Jockey Club Races, Spring Meeting, 1881. First Day, Saturday, September 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 September 1881 · page 3

The first day of the Spring meeting of the Australian Jockey Club took place on Saturday on the Randwick course. It being also the Derby day, and great interest being evinced…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1881 · page 3

The match played on Saturday afternoon, between the Advance and Grammar School Clubs, resulted in a draw, the Grammar School Club "giving up" a few…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 5

"OUR" FOOTBALL CLUB.—Several have asked me the reason why the Newcastle Football Club have not yet issued their programme of athletic sports, for the purpose…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 5

NEWCASTLE CRICKET CLUB SPORTS.—I am pleased to notice that the Newcastle Cricket Club have taken time by the forelock and have published an excellent programme of…

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The Toronto Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1881 · page 2

TORONTO, Sept. 8.—The rowing regatta fixed to take place here to-day had to be postponed, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Maitland Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1881 · page 2

A TELGRAM appears in another column, from the Secretary of the Northern Jockey Club, stating that the races which were to have taken place today and to-morrow…

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The Newcastle Cricket Club's Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1881 · page 2

IT will be seen, on reference to our advertising columns, that a race for members' sons is added to the original programme, and also that the Hurdle Race…

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Sporting Column Postponement of Maitland Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1881 · page 3

WE have received a telegram from the Secretary of the Northern Jockey Club, Mr. C. Quinton, as follows:— Our races are postponed till Tuesday…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1881 · page 8

The last match of the season takes place on the City Ground this afternoon when the Advance and Grammar School Clubs meet to try conclusions. The following have…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1881 · page 8

The following will represent the X.L.C.R. Cricket Club in a match against the Public School C. C., to be played in the Asylum Grounds, this afternoon, at 3 p.m., viz:—…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 September 1881 · page 4

A committee meeting of the New South Wales Coursing Club was held at their rooms, Wentworth Court, Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon. The secretary read a…

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