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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1887

348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 18

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 8

NEWCASTLE CITY CLUB (Australian Rules).—Owing to the interprovincial match having been arranged for to-morrow, all the Northern fixtures were declared off, but as the New…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 7

The boxing contest between H. Green and J. Duggan for £10 a-side, took place last night at the Hall of Science, there being a good attendance. The contest was under…

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Football. Wallsend V. Summerhill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1887 · page 5

This long talked of match eventuated on Saturday on the Wallsend ground. There was it large number of spectators, who appeared to take a great interest in the game,…

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Northern Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1887 · page 5

By an oversight on the part of the secretary, several entries were mislaid in the hurry of receiving them on Monday. Mr. Rouse's mare Vespasias' name should appear in the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE CITY CLUB (Australian rules). —On Saturday next the above club plays its last match this season, when a team representing it will meet the famous Wallsend…

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Stockton Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 3

A meeting of those interested in carrying out the annual regatta took place last evening at the Royal Hotel, Stockton, Mr. Austin Callen being in the chair. After preliminary…

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Cablegrams. London, Friday. CRICKET

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 September 1887 · page 5

MESSRS. Bowden, Roller, and Rawlin will accompany Mr. Vernon on his cricketing tour through Australia…

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The Hawkesbury Racing Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 5

The spring meeting of the Hawkesbury Racing Club opens to-day, and will, no doubt, prove a most successful one. Good entries have been received for the different…

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British Association Football (To the Sporting Editor.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 5

SIR,—I notice in Saturday issue that " Observer" would like to show that Hamilton F.C. don't bear an-unbeaton record, and that Minmi was the first to lower…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Carlton C. Club was held at Moroney's Rouse Hotel on Tuesday evening, there being a large attendance of members present. The secretary read the…

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Hawkesbury Racing Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 7

The Spring meeting of the above club will be brought to a close to-day, when the principal event will be the Grand Handicap. It is expected that about fifteen…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1887 · page 6

ADVANOR v. UNION.—There two clubs met for the second time this season on the ground of the former on Saturday last, and, after an evenly-contested game, resulted in…

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Plattsburg and Wallsend Amateur Turf Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1887 · page 6

PRESIDENT, Mr. James Fletcher, jun.; judge, Mr. J. Goldie; starter, Mr. C. Goldie; clerk of the course, Mr. W. Smith; clerk of the scales, Mr. J…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1887 · page 5

The glove contest between Jack Bailey and Lodie Smith, both of Hamilton, for £10 a-side, came off on Monday night in the Carrington Hall, Adamstown, in the presence…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 5

THE WALLSEND Rovers v. MINMI RANGERS (Nortern British F. B. Association.) —The above clubs will meet at Minmi on September 24th, to play the final cup tie…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1887 · page 8

The long-pending boxing match, between M. Cahill and F. Payne, for £25 a side and the championship of the North, came off last night at the Victoria Theatre, there…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1887 · page 8

We wish to impress on secretaries of cricket clubs the fact that we cannot receive names of teams for Saturdays' issues. Any cricket notices for insertion must be sent in not later…

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Wallsend United Cricket Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1887 · page 8

A meeting of the above club was held in Mr. Luke Wild's Hotel, Wallsend, on Monday, Mr. Hugh Humphreys in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Newcastle Cricket and Football Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 September 1887 · page 5

The above annual athletic sports will take place on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon. The affair being of a purely amateur character, it is naturally very…

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Grafton Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 September 1887 · page 5

GRAFTON, Thursday.—At a meeting last night a committee was appointed to bring up a scheme for carrying out a regatta on a large scale on Boxing Day. From the tone of the…

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