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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1889

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CRICKET. Opening Match of the Season. Newcastle C.C. v Sydney Wanderers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1889 · page 3

The cricket season of 1889-90 was opened in this district on Saturday last on the Newcastle Cricket Ground by a match between a team from the metropolis called the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1889 · page 3

The Verona Football Club held their annual "spread" last Friday evening, at Mrs. Pike's rooms. The secretary's report showed that even matches had been played,…

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Union Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1889 · page 3

A meeting of the above football club was held last evening at the Rouse Hotel, Mr. J. Miller being in the chair. The Chairman stated that the business of…

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Newcastle Hospital Benefit Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1889 · page 3

The race meeting promoted by Mr. Clarence H. Hannell, J.P., in aid of the Newcastle Hospital, will be held on the Newcastle racecourse to-day, and promises to be a…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 3

The Northern District Association having decided that the Carlton and Hamilton clubs shall play off for the junior challenge cup on the Wallsend cricket ground to-morrow,…

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District News. Wallsend. Coursing and Quoits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 8

THE coursing match at Mr. W. Scott's, Royal Exchange Hotel, Wallsend, will be finished on Saturday next. A quoit match will also be held at this place on the same…

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Newcastle Hospital Benefit Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 3

PERHAPS no Letter day could have been chosen for the benefit race meeting in aid of the funds of the Newcastle Hospital than that of yesterday, consequently there was a large…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 7

The season, so far as the Australian game is concerned, closes this afternoon, when the deciding match for the final ownership of the Junior Challenge Cup will be played at…

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Maori Football Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Rugby Union has resolved that the charges preferred by Mr. Warbrick, captain of the Maori football team, against Mr. Rowland Hill, secretary of…

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FOOTBALL. Hamilton v. Carltons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 7

The deciding contest between the above clubs for the possession of the Junior Challenge Cup, presented by Messrs. Berkeley and Keightley, took place on Saturday on the…

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Plattsburg and Wallsend Amateur Turf Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 7

Officials: President, Mr. J. Fletcher, jun.; judge, Mr. Jas. Goldie, sen.; starter, Mr. C. Gooldie; clerk of course, Mr. W. Hepplewlnte; clerk of scales, Mr. J…

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West Maitland. Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 8

A goodly muster of people visited the Albion Cricket Ground to-day, for the purpose of witnessing a match between the pick of the Carlton Club, of Sydney, and the best…

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CRICKET. The Raysmith Cricket Cup

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 3

Mr. C. H. Hannell has accepted the position of manager and hon. handicapper for the above. The contest will commence on Saturday next, and he has declared the following…

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Boxing Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The boxing match between Patrick Francis Slavin, the Australian, and William Goode,' a well-known English pugilist, for £400 a side, is to come…

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Carrington. Black Wacth Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1889 · page 3

The above club brought the season to a close on Saturday last by playing a scratch match between teams picked by captains and vice-captains. After a good game of an…

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CRICKET. Lambton v Ireland's Warehouse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1889 · page 8

The Lambton Club opened the season on Saturday last with a match against Ireland's Warehouse, played at Lambton. The local captain winning the toss decided to bat first,…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 3

The final meeting of the season of the Northern Football Association (B.A. rules) was held last Saturday at the Oxford Hotel for the purpose of hanoing over this Ellis…

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Brooks' Flat Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 3

The races at Brooks' Flat to-day attracted a good attendance, notwithstanding the many other attractions, and, as is usually the case, the favourite did not always win. However,…

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Singleton Jockey Club Races. Singleton, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 3

The annual race meeting of the Singleton Jockey Club was held to-day on Redbournberry course. Since the last gathering extensive improvements have been made to the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 3

NEWCASTLE C.C. v. BURWOOD C. C.—The following will represent the former on Saturday next :—Tubb, Tracey, Shaw, White (2), Merewether, Maddison, Bryant, Ryan,…

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