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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1886

427 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 22

Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 November 1886 · page 8

A match was made on Monday evening as Adamstown between John Reay, of Adamstown, and George Ramshaw, of Hamilton Commonage, to box with 4oz…

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Morpeth Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1886 · page 8

Prince of Wales Birthday was celebrated in Morpeth as usual by a regatta, which afforded a pleasant day's amusement to a large number of people, numbers of whom…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1886 · page 5

On Tuesday night a good house attended to see the fight between Jack Molloy and Professor M'Carthy, for £20, at Larry Foley's Athletic Hall. As a preliminary,…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1886 · page 8

The Charlestown v. Carlton second eleven met on the former's ground on Tuesday. After a very enjoyable game the Charlestown won by 22 runs. The scores were—…

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Wallsend Athletic Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1886 · page 8

The settling in connection with the above club's thirteenth annual gathering took place at Mr. G. Bunn's, on Tuesday evening 9th instant. Mr. J. Simpson was elected…

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Singleton Races. Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 November 1886 · page 5

At the Singleton races to-day the weather was simply unbearable. The racing was good, but the attendance was smaller than anticipated, probably owing to the intense…

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Newcastle Superior Public School Athletic Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 November 1886 · page 5

On Thursday afternoon next these sports will take place upon the Newcastle Cricket Ground. There will be a very varied programme and a goodly number of nice…

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Canterbury Park Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 November 1886 · page 8

These races took place on Saturday afternoon. The weather was showery all the morning; it held up for the races, but the attendance was a very meagre one…

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Newcastle Cricket Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1886 · page 5

A general meeting of the above club was held last night in Sidney's Terminus Hotel. There was a good attendance. Mr. Henry Stokes, chairman of committee, presided. The business before…

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Minmi Athletic Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1886 · page 5

To-day the Minmi Athletic Club will hold its annual gathering at Minmi, when, no doubt should the weather beep fine a large attendance will be present. The principal race is the…

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Newcastle Cricket Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 November 1886 · page 5

At the meeting of committee of the Newcastle Cricket Club held at Sidney's Terminus Hotel on Saturday night it was resolved, on consideration of rule No. 4, to…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1886 · page 8

A cricket match was played on Saturday last at Tighe's Hill between the first eleven of the Soap Works and the Port Waratah C. Club, and resulted in a win…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1886 · page 8

A cricket match was played yesterday afternoon on the Asylum Cricket Ground between teams representing the Newcastle HERALD and Evening Call. The…

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Northern Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1886 · page 8

A well attended meeting of the committee of this club was held in Main's Hotel on Tuesday night, for the purpose of making final arrangements for the forthcoming…

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Raymond Terrace Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 November 1886 · page 5

The attention of sporting men of the Northern district will to-morrow be directed to the race meeting of the Lower Hunter Turf Club at Raymond Terrace. The…

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Raymond Terrace Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1886 · page 5

The Lower Hunter Turf Club will to-day hold a days racing at the Terrace, and there is every probability of a large attendance being present. The principal event is the Kinross Handicap, for which…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 November 1886 · page 8

The Advance meet the Orientals next Saturday. We understand that a match with 15 players of the Advanced C.C. and the…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1886 · page 8

A further deposit of £10 a side was placed in the hands of the stakeholder on Saturday night for the boxing contest between Tot Ramshaw and Jack Reay. They hare…

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Lambton Athletic Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1886 · page 8

It will be interesting te the sporting community to learn that an attempt is being made to revive the defunct Athletic Club at Lambton. For some time past the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1886 · page 8

The following team is chosen to represent the Railway Clerical C.C. in a match against Burwood C.C., on former club's ground, this afternoon. Game to commence at 2.30 p.m.:—E. Owen, H…

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