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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1884

380 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 19

Latest Sporting News. Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1884 · page 3

At a special committee meeting, held at the Ship Inn on Saturday morning, it was decided to postpone the Newcastle races until Thursday next. This course was…

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Latest Sporting News. the Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1884 · page 3

OWING to the heavy rain which fell on Saturday, the committee of the Jockey Club were compelled to postpone their July meeting until Thursday next. The course…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1884 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday—The Adelaide footballers yesterday defeated the Sydney Club by live goals to two, and the visitors have left for home. The Queensland footballers are expected here…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1884 · page 3

WALLSEND UNITED CRICKET CLUB.—By reference to our columns of yesterday's Issue it will be seen that the members of the above have been called together this evening to consider some…

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Latest Sporting News. the Grafton Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1884 · page 3

GRATON, Tuesday.—The Grafton racecourse is sloppy with the late rain, but the committee of the club will carry out their programme…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1884 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Nominations for the Bowral Coursing Meeting close on July 29…

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Latest Sporting News. the Newcastle Races This Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1884 · page 3

FROM present appearances fine weather looks like a certainty, in such a case good gathering should assemble to witness the racing. Since I last wrote, Tom Brown…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1884 · page 3

Our Wallsend correspondent writes:—The Hawkesbury Amateur Coursing Club's meeting will, I understand, be well patronized from Wallsend. There will be about…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1884 · page 3

The match Northumberland v. Newcastle City has again been postponed; this time till 16th of August; the reason being that the stewards of the Northumberland Race…

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Grafton Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1884 · page 3

GRAFTON, Thursday.—At the second day's racing of the Clarence River Jockey Club, the Grandstand Plate was won by Hill Top, with Prince Leopold second, and…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1884 · page 8

There is not present on view at the establishment of W. Grahame and Son, Perkin-street, a very handsome and appropriately designed cup, the gift of the above firm to the Advance (Rugby)…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1884 · page 3

The only match of importance played in the district on Saturday last was between the Lambton and Newcastle City Clubs, when a team of seventeen from the latter club essayed to play nineteen…

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Liverpool Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1884 · page 3

Judge, Mr. Bull; starter, Mr. Gannon: handicapper, Mr. Scarr; secretary, Mr. Jolly. These races, after several postponements, came off on Saturday last. The course was in very…

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Football Orientals v. Advance Second Fifteen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1884 · page 3

ORIENTALS v. ADVANCE SECOND FIFTEEN. —This match came off on the football ground last Saturday, and resulted in a victory for the former by ten points to nil;…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1884 · page 3

It has been with regret that I have noticed the half-hearted sort of feeling that exists among the supporters of the Rugby game lately. I have visited the ground…

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CABLEGRAMS. Cricket Matches Fallen Through

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Australian cricketers have failed to make arrangement to play matches in America…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1884 · page 8

This afternoon a match, under the now popular Association rules, will take place in Mr. Arnott's paddock, Union-street, on the road to the Newcastle racecourse. The contest is between the…

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Singleton Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1884 · page 8

The programme for these races, which take place at Singleton, on 10th September, under the auspices of the Northern Hunt Club, appears in our advertising columns, and should prove very…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1884 · page 3

On Saturday, in Arnott's paddock, Wallsend beat the Newcastle City Club. The report by "Drop Kick" is unavoidably held over…

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Football Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Hillyer, of the Arforma Footballers, fractured his collarbone at a match at Manly…

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