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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1885

418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 21

Boxing Day Amusements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1885 · page 5

THE list of amusements set down for Boxing Day is an exceedingly full one, and one one or other of them cannot fail to please the most fastidious taste…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1885 · page 2

Greafa v. Cessnock.—A match was played last Saturday between the above clubs at Cessnock, and resulted in a win for Cessnock by 10 wickets and 5 runs. The weather was fine all day, and the ground…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1885 · page 5

On Saturday next (Boxing Day) a match will be played on the Newcastle cricket ground between the well-known Carlton C.C., of Sydney, and the Newcastle C.C.,…

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Fullerton Cove Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1885 · page 2

A day's racing will take place at Fullerton Cove on Boxing Day. A fair programme has been put forward, and as god entries have been received, acapital day's sport sheuld be the result…

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Athletic Sports at Fullerton Cove

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1885 · page 2

A next programme of athletic sports will be gone through at Fullerton Cove on Saturday. There are 10 events on the programme, the principal item being the Allcomers' Handicap, 150 yards, of £5…

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Maitland Athletic Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1885 · page 5

The principal events for the Albion Ground have filled well, some of the best men in the colony competing…

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The Newcastle Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1885 · page 5

The Newcastle annual aquatic festival, that has been in existence for upwards of 30 years, promises on New Year's Day ensu[?]ng to be one of the best, if not the…

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Boxing Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—In the boxing match, between I. Bitton and Y. Floyd, which took place near the Caulfield racecourse, the former won after 37 rounds had…

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The Wood Cricket Cup

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1885 · page 5

WALLEND v. FIRST NEWCASTLE.—This game was resumed at Wallsend on Saturday last, and the attendance of spectators was again large. At the conclusion of the…

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Boxing Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1885 · page 4

Father Sol evidently wore a night-cap of remorse on Christmas Eve, and made up his mind to give the nortals who inhabit the coaly regions of the Northern…

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SYDNEY, Sunday. Boxing Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1885 · page 8

The weather yesterday and to-day was charming. The Boxing day sports were all very successful…

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Junior Intercolonial Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1885 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The above match was commenced at noon to-day. When the day's play was brought to a close, the game was:—Victoria, first innings, 142; New…

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A. J. C. Races. Summer Cup Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1885 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Summer Cup meeting at Randwick to-day was well attended. The weather was delightful, while the course and the surroundings…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Match. New South Wales v. VICTORIA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The intercolonial cricket match began on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day. The weather was coal and cloudy. The turf was in excellent…

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Newcastle Annual Regatta. Sale of Booths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 December 1885 · page 2

THE sale of publicans' booths and fruit stalls on the wharf, in connection with the Newcastle Annual Regatta, took place yesterday, when F. Gardner submitied four publicans'…

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Intercolonial Railway Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 December 1885 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the match between the men employed at the railway workshops of Melbourne and Sydney, the former scored 123 runs in their first innings, and the latter 206…

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The Newcastle Annual Regatta, 1886

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1885 · page 8

The thirty-third Newcastle Annual Regatta will take place to-morrow (New Year's Day), and judging from the number of entrances received, and the enthusiasm…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1885 · page 8

THE following are the players chosen by the Greta Cricket Club to play in the match against the Mitchell's Flat Cricket Club, to take place on the Greta Recreation Reserve…

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Intercolonial Railway Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1885 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the above match the Victorians won by 53 runs…

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