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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1884

380 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 19

Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The return match, Australian Eleven v. Combined team commences on Friday…

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Latest Sporting News. Newcastle Races and Grand Pigeon Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1884 · page 3

There can be no doubt but that the Newcastle races, which are to take place to-morrow, Thursday, 14th, and Saturday, 16th inst., will be successful. The pigeon match set down for Friday,…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1884 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The N.S. Wales Coursing Club have resolved to postpone receiving entries for the Derby and Oaks Stakes till next Tuesday…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1884 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The cricket match between the Australian Eleven and Combined Team will commence to-morrow. The letter have Spofforth, Evans, Garrett, Horan, and Marr for bowlers…

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Novel Cricket Match at Orange

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1884 · page 3

ORANGE, Saturday.—On Saturday, February 23, Orange will be visited by the Parliamentary team of cricketers, who have decided to try their luck against the local eleven. A good deal of interest…

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Adelaide Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1884 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—There are 68 entries for the Adelaide Cup, and 64 for the Goodwood Handicap…

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[By Telegraph.] Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1884 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—There are thirty-nine entries for the Derby and twenty for the Oak Stakes to be run at Eridge Park on April 26th…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1884 · page 3

At a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association a letter has been received from Mr. Alexander, manager of the Australian Eleven, asking the association to select fifteen players to…

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Parliamentary Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday.—A team of members of Parliament play a match at Orange with the local club to-morrow…

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Latest Sporting News. Cricket. the Cup Matches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1884 · page 3

First Newcastle v. Twelve Wallsend Club.—This game was resumed at Wallsend on Saturday afternoon last. The attendance of spectators was even larger than on the last day of playing, fully…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1884 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the cricket match Victoria v. South Australia yesterday, the former in their first innings made 285, and the latter in their second had two wickets for 169…

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Swimming Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 February 1884 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A swimming match has been made for £100 aside between M'Indoc and young Kenny, at St. K[?]da…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1884 · page 8

A cricket match Single v. Married men of the City Fire Brigade, takes place this afternoon, in grounds of the Asylum, kindly lent for the occasion by the superintendent, Mr. F. Cane. As benedicts…

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Cricket

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

THE cricket match—Single v. Married Men of the Newcastle Fl[?]e Brigade —took place on the grown of the Asylum on Saturday afternoon last kindly lent for the occasion by the superintendent,…

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Latest Sporting News. V.r.c. Autumn Races

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

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— The first day of the Autumn Meeting of the Y.R.C. opened most ausp[?]ionsly, while the attendance was the largest over known at this period of the year. New South…

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THE F. B. Cricket Match. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1884 · page 3

SIR,—I was rather surprised to see the report of the F.B, Cricket Match appear so soon in print, and the remarks thereon were uncalled for, as I had to return all the cricket gear we borrowed from…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1884 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Press team was to-day defeated by the Telegraph Department, the scores being 9 against 188…

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Latest Sporting News. V.r.c. Races.—second Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1884 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The second day of the Autumn meeting of the V. R. Club passed off-satisfactorily. The weather was fine and the attendance moderate. The…

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Wallsend Sporting Mems. Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1884 · page 4

Our local men had a field day on Thursday. The ground was in fair order, but it would improve the ground considerably if the members of the club would expend a…

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Cricket. Australian Eleven v. Fifteen of Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1884 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday,—This match was continued to-day. The Victorians in their first innings scored 240, and at 3 p.m. the Australian Eleven had lost two wickets,…

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