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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1881

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Cricket. Intercolonial Cricket Match

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

As predicted in these columns, the twenty-sixth Intercolonial match resulted in favour of the. Victorians, mainly through Allan's splendid…

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Athletics

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

March 5.—D'urham's sports at Lambton. March 17.—Sports at Seaham, near Morpeth. 19.—V. Chaplin. J. Rogers, 125 yards, £200 aside, at Forces…

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Swimming Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 February 1881 · page 3

THE swimming match, 150 yards, for £3 aside, between Ambrose Dickson and J. Dawson, came off on Saturday afternoon near the Wickham Bridge…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1881 · page 2

ON Saturday last, the respective merits of the Wickham Albions and Railway Clericals were tested in an enjoyable match played on the Albion Ground, resulting in…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1881 · page 2

WE understand that a boxing match has been arranged to come off between Professor J. L. West and George Smith, late of Greta, for £25 aside, the contest to take…

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Cricket

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

THE following is a correct list of the thirteen players from whom the Combined Eleven are to be selected to meet the Australian team on the 4th, 5th, and 7th…

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Another Boxing Contest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1881 · page 2

LAST evening, a boxing match for £100 aside was made at the Rouse Hotel between Professor J. L. West and Young Dutchey. The contest is to come off at…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1881 · page 3

May 3 and following days.—N.S.W. Derby Oaks, St. Loger, Bathurst Cup, and Dockairne Stakes. May 26, and following days.—N.S.W. New…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1881 · page 3

The following will represent 2nd eleven Tighe's Hall C.C. against Bullock Island C.C., at Bullock Island:—Messrs. Gray, Lantry, Crockett, E. Pepper, A. Pepper,…

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The Great Cricket Match. the Australian Eleven Versus a Combined Eleven of New South Wales and Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1881 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The above match, which has been a waited with a considerable amount of interest, was commenced to-day on the Association Cricket Ground,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1881 · page 3

March 5.—Durham's sports at Lambton. March 17.—Sports at Seaham, near Morpeth. 19.—W. Chaplin v. J. Rogere, 125 yards, £200 aside, at Forbes…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. The Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1881 · page 2

THE following letter has been handed to us for publication:—"Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 4th March, 1881. Sir,—With reference to…

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The Great Cricket Match. the Australian Eleven Versus a Combined Eleven of New South Wales and Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1881 · page 3

WE learn from the Daily Telegraph that, on Friday, the game at first opened inauspiciously for the Australian Eleven, as Massie and C. Bannerman, who went…

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The Great Cricket Match. the Australian Eleven Versus Combined Eleven of New South Wales and Victoria. Third Day (Monday.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1881 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The two "not outs"—Evans and Horan—resumed play, and raised the score from 73 to 112 before a separation was brought…

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Lambton Athletic Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1881 · page 2

THE convincing ground at Lambton presented a somewhat animated appearance on Saturday last; in fact, it looked like old times revived, when sports were held…

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Swimming

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

ANOTHER match has been made between A. Dickson and J. Dawson for £5, to come off on Saturday, 19th of this month, at Islington; distance, 100 yards…

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The Great Cricket Match

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

SHOULD the weather gods only prove pro[?]itious, a great treat to lovers of cricket may be expected in Newcastle to-day and to-morrow. The occasion is the…

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The Great Cricket Match. the Australian Eleven Versus a Combined Eleven of New South Wales and Victoria

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

THE above match was continued on Saturday, and was again favoured by fine sunny weather until about 4 o'clock, and the increased interest taken in the contest…

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The Great Cricket Match. the Australian Eleven Versus a Combined Eleven of New South Wales and Victoria. Monday (Third Day.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1881 · page 2

FINE weather again attended the continuation of the above interesting contest. The play resulted in a fine exhibition of good cricket. The Splendid stand made by the…

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Hunter River Turf Club Races

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

OUR readers will see by advertisement that the above races take plane on Eales' course, West Maitland, to-morrow (Saturday). The programme is an excellent one,…

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