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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1887

348 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 18

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1887 · page 5

Saturday's weather put a stop to all matches. Members of the Newcastle Rugby are requested to roll up to the ground every afternoon this week to practice to enable…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1887 · page 7

NEWCASTLE CITY (Australian Rules):— The inclemency of the weather has greatly interfered with the arrangements of the above club. On Saturday last, the match against…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1887 · page 8

The Wallsend Football Club will proceed to Maitland to try conclusions with the redoubtable Northumberlands. These teams invariably meet each year, with varied success,…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1887 · page 3

The Summerhill Football Club will try conclusions with the Neweastle Club to-day, on the city grounds. Unfortunately, the Summerhill Club's ground has been under…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1887 · page 8

The Newcastle City Club and Summer-hill Club from Plattsburg, met for the first time this season on the Newcastle Club's new ground on Saturday. The game was to…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1887 · page 5

A very interesting match under the British Association rules was played between the newly formed Black Watch of the Glebe and Junction and the Carrington team, at…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1887 · page 8

ADVANCE V. NEWCASTLE. — The above match will take place on Saturday afternoon, 11th inst., and judging from the interest already taken, a very good game is expected…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1887 · page 7

On Saturday, we (says our Wallsend correspondent) are to have no less than two games of football in Wallsend and Plattsburg. It is a great pity these matches could…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1887 · page 2

To-morrow's fixtures, under the Australian Rules:— Newcastle City, v. Wallsend, Wallsend; Northumberland 1st v. Summerhill,…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 June 1887 · page 6

John L. Sullivan and Charles Mitchell will, in all probability, visit Australia before long, and the thought naturally arises, is there a man in the colonies endowed with enough…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 June 1887 · page 6

WALLSBNE V. NEWCASTLE.—As anticipated, this game caused quite a flutter of excitement, and notwithstanding the counter attraction of the Northumberlands versus…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1887 · page 5

Scone Coursing Club...July 9 [Secretaries of clubs and others would oblige by keeping us posted up in fixtures, closing of stakes, declaration of weights, &c.}…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1887 · page 8

NEWCASTLE CITY CLUB (Australian Rules) —This afternoon, as soon after 4 o'clock as possible, the members of the above club will have a practice in order to get themselves in…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 June 1887 · page 7

The lovers of football will have the privilege, weather permitting, of witnessing one of the best games that will have been played this season, on Saturday, on the…

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Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Jubilee Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 June 1887 · page 5

The Jubilee cricket match at Lord's Grounds has been commenced. The Marylebone Club scored 175; All England, 196, no wickets…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 2

Scene Coursing Club ... July 9 [Secretaries of clubs and others would oblige by keeping us posted up in fixtures, closing of stakes, declaration of weights, &c.]…

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Jubilee Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 5

The match at Lord's between the Marylebone and All-England was continued yesterday. The latter concluded their first innings for 514 runs,…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1887 · page 7

Our Wallsond correspondent writes:— An immense number assembled to witness one of the best games of football ever played in this district, between the Wallsend and…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1887 · page 8

BRITISH ASSOCIATION RULES.—The Hamilton Athletic and Sydney Rovers will play the first round of cup tic on Monday (to-day), at Hamilton, and a close game is…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1887 · page 5

MERCANTILE V. UNIONS.—To-morrow the Unions will contest a return match with the Mercantile (Sydney) on the Newcastle Rugby ground, play to commence at 3 p.m., sharp…

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