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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1886

427 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 22

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 5

The South Adelaide club sends an exceedingly strong football team to compete in Victoria. The team quits Adelaide to-day. Last season the Adelaide players…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 8

FIRST NEWCASTLE V. SINGLETON.—On Saturday the Newcastle Club journeyed to Singleton to play the local club, and after a very pleasant game the match was won…

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Boxing in Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 8

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Foley's gymnasium was patronised last night by fully eight hundred people. The first to appear were Manning and Lane, and a…

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Intercolonial Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 8

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Judging from the way in which Sydney clubs' representatives played yesterday in the intercolonial match the contest for to-morrow between the…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 8

The coursing held at the old race course, Plattsburg, on Saturday last, was a great success, and the promoter, Mr. Luke Wild, is to be congratulated in having provided a…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 8

EAST MAITLAND V. ORIENTALS.—The above clubs met on Saturday last on the East Maitland Reserve, when the play was watched with much interest. Although the…

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Intercolonial Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 5

New South Wales defeated Queensland by three goals…

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Boxing Match.—mace v. JONES

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 5

THE long-talked of boxing match between Mace (the "Dummy") and Richard Jones, for £30, Under the Marquis of Queensbery's riles, came off at the Victoria Theatre last…

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The Narrabri Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 8

NARRABRI, Monday.—The races have been postponed to Friday and Saturday. General entry on Thursday night…

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The Intercolonial Football Match. Public Holiday in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 5

A proclamation will be published in tomarrow's "Gazette" appointing Thursday, 24th inst., a public holiday in the district of Newcastle on the occasion of the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1886 · page 7

INTERCOLONIAL MATCH.—QUEENSLAND V. NORTHERN DISTRICT (Australian Rules). The team to represent the North has been finally selected, the Wallsend names only…

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The Queensland Football Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1886 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The New South Wales Football Team yesterday defeated the Queenslanders by goals to one…

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District News. Wallsend. Athletic Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1886 · page 3

A full meeting of the members of the above club was held at Mr. G. Bunn's Hotel, Nelson-street, on Monday evening. There was a good attendance of…

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The Intercolonial Football Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1886 · page 8

The match between the combined Northern Team and the Queensland Twenty will be held this afternoon on the Newcastle Cricket Ground. The…

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UNIONS V. Raymond Terrace (Rugby.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1886 · page 5

The above match has been arranged to take place on Saturday afternoon next at Raymond Terrace, the Unions to be conveyed thither by the s.s Planet, which will…

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Banquet to the Queensland Football Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1886 · page 5

A BANQUET was given to the Queensland footballers last night at Sidney's Terminus Hotel. Mr. Keightly presided, the captains (Mr. Gibson and Dr. Sibley) [?] both teams…

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Football. Queensland V. Northern District, N S.w. the Visitors' Arrival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1886 · page 5

On the arrival of the Queenslanders yesterday morning by the s.s. Sydney, Mr. G. Elliott, secretary of the combined Northern team, was in waiting to welcome the…

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Hawkesbury Coursing Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1886 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The second meeting of the Hawkesbury Coursing Club took place this afternoon, and will be concluded to-morrow The weather was fine, and the ground…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1886 · page 8

GARDINER CHALLENGE CUP—NEWCASTLE v. ALBIONS.—The match between these clubs, which will take place on the cricket ground this afternoon, is sure to be a very…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1886 · page 5

The Australians commenced the match to-day at Lords ground against the county of Middlesex. The attendance was good and the weather splendid, and an…

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