Cricket
A match will take place on the Newcastle Cricket Ground to-day, commencing at 11 o'clock, between the local club and the Ivanhoes, of Sydney. The following are teams:…
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Sport, 1888
366 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 19
Tattersall's Annual Races
SYDNEY, Monday.—The weather to-day was splendid, and the attendance was estimated at 16,000. In the race for the Cup, Invader and Silvermine came down, and the…
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Carltons v. Junior H.H. to-day, at half-past 2 p.m., on the Carltons ground. Wilson, Mell, Pearson, M'Carthy, Jackson, Kennedy, Giles (2), Quinn, Tyler, and…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday.—The concluding events of the regatta programme were rowed yesterday afternoon over the Grefton course. Very few people were present. The steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Jockey Club Races. First Day. President, Mr. Jas. Fletcher; judge, Mr. D. Renfrew; handicapper. Mr. W. C. Quinton; starter, Dr. J. B. Nash; clerk of scales, Mr. J. Davies; official timekeeper, M. O'Brien; committee, Messrs. H. Wilkinson, J. P. Tyler, D. Jones, E. Lorey, John Garaty, T. Smith, W. Boyd, Dr. A. Nash; secretary, E. Cowcher
Splendid weather greeted the first day's racing of the popular Wallsend Jockey Club, and the attendance was beyond all expectations. The course was in splendid order, and…
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The football journals deprecate the proposal to send an English football team to play a series of matches in the colonies. They consider that the…
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Shaw's English team v. Eighteen of Newcastle. Feb. 16, 17, 18 [Secretaries of clubs and others would oblige by keeping us posted up in fixtures, closing of stakes,…
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The second day's racing of the above popular club will be hold to-day, when there should be a very large attendance. The first race on the programme is the…
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The handicaps for the Newcastle Amateur Athletic Club's Sports will be posted at the principal hotels this evening, and will appear in Monday's paper. Acceptances will be due…
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The boxing tournament which is to be held on the 14th inst. at the Victoria Theatre, promises to be a success as far as the middleweight championship is concerned. Seven…
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Pleasant memories of the hospitalities extended to the Newcastle Cricket Club by the good people of Tamworth last Easter were revived on Friday night by the advent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Jockey Club Races. Second Day. President, Mr. Jas. Fletcher, jun., J.P.; judge, Mr. T. Abel; clerk of course, Mr. D. Renfrew; handicapper. Mr. W. C. Quinton; starter, Dr. J. B. Nash; clerk of scales, Mr. J. Davies; official timekeeper, M. O'Brien; committee, Messrs. H. Wilkinson, J. P. Tyler, D. Jones, E. Lorey, John Garaty, T. Smith, W. Boyd, Dr. A. Nash; secretary, E. Cowcher
The concluding day's races of the Wallsend Jockey Club was well attended on Saturday, there being fully 2000 present. The Wallsend brass band was present, and discoursed…
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A meeting of the members of the above club was held at Mr. E. Weller's Hotel on Monday evening, Mr. A. Drummond in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting…
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THE Newcomen-street Swimming Baths, which were commenced in August last, the contractor being Mr. James Russell, who undertook to erect them at a cost of about…
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A large number of acceptances have been received for all the above club's races to-morrow, and should the day be fine, a great concourse of people should attend the sports…
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A representative football team of the United Kingdom starts for New Zealand on the 8th March…
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Sportsmen and lovers of athletics generally will be pleased to learn that the success of the above demonstration is now pretty well assured. The entries for many of the minor…
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The Rugby Union consider that the payment of compensation to the football team which has been formed for the purpose of visiting Australia…
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The second match this season between the above clubs was played on the Ironclad's ground on Saturday afternoon, but, in consequence of the public…
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The annual regatta at Lake Macquarie promises this year to be one of the most successful ever held. A large contingent from the district is expected, and from the…
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