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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1881

394 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 20

Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1881 · page 3

For some time past it has been deemed advisable by coursing gentlemen, for the welfare of the sport in Victoria, that the Victorian and…

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Amateur Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1881 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a few hours' really excellent racing took place on the Newcastle course, where fully two hundred had assembled, ostensibly to witness a…

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Stockton Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1881 · page 5

BY advertisement in another column our readers will observe that a public meeting will be held on Monday, at the Royal Hotel Stockton, for the purpose of taking…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1881 · page 3

The undermentioned matches will take place to-day (Saturday):— The Second Eleven of the Newcastle club will play a match on the Newcastle…

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Horse Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1881 · page 5

Two other matches have been made during the past few days. The first is to take place on Thursday, 24th instant, between Mr. Hanlon's Kathleen Mayour…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1881 · page 3

John Mayo, the winner of the Grand Handicap at East Maitland, on Anniversary Day, has been challenged by Thos. Agnew, of East Maitland; 150…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1881 · page 3

An important match is being arranged to take place on the Newcastle Club's ground, on Saturday next, between the Northern Eleven (who have been playing…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1881 · page 2

THE match between the Second Eleven of the Newcastle Club and the Wickham Albion C.C. took place on the Newcastle ground on Saturday, and resulted in an…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1881 · page 3

THE match, Northern Eleven v. District Fifteen, which was to take place on Saturday next, will not now be played, in consequence of some of the eleven being…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1881 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The following will represent New South Wales in the match with Victoria, to commence to-morrow :— A. Bannerman Powell…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 3

In consequence of the matches against second Ironclads and Bullock Island C.C. being unavoidably off, the Tighe's Hill C.C. will play a club match—the first…

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ATHLETICS. March 5.—Durham's sports at Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 3

Mr. Durham, of the Rose and Thistle Hotel, Lambton advertises a programme of five well-arranged events for the 5th of March, at the…

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Tamworth Annual Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1881 · page 3

THE following are the general entrances for the above races, which take place at Tamworth on Tuesday and Wednesday next:—…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1881 · page 3

A CRICKET match was played last Saturday week, between the Railway Clerical C.C. and the Albert C.C., the result of which, being decided by the first innings,…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1881 · page 3

NEWCASTLE C.C. v. IRONCLAD C.C.—The match between these clubs took place last Saturday, and resulted in a draw, time not admitting of the game…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1881 · page 3

A MATCH played ant Singleton on Saturday between the eleven players contesting for the honour of the Singleton Club in the Waddy Challenge Cup Matches against…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Swimming Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1881 · page 2

A SWIMMING match for £8 aside has been arranged between Messrs. Ambrose Dickson and J. Dawson, to take place on Saturday next. The course chosen is near…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 February 1881 · page 3

At Foley's Baths, Sydney, Larry, Foley, the champion prize-fighter, won a trophy, for all comers, after two dead heats with Professor Miller and F. Finlay. The…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1881 · page 3

Mr. Lamb has pushed forward his operations during the summer so as to make Woodstock all that could be desired, and the New Plumpton hardly…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1881 · page 3

On Sunday a young soldier named John Hilton made a bet of a gallon of beer that he would swim through a tunnel a quarter of a mile in length, on the…

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