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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1889

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Important Cricket Notice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 7

Secretaries of Cricket Clubs will please take notice that in future all notices of teams selected for matches will be charged for as advertisements…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The above cricket match was commenced on the Melbourne C. C. ground on Friday, and continued on Saturday. The Victorians were the first to…

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Cablegrams. Boxing in America. Kilrain v. Jackson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Jake Kilrain, champion boxer of America, who threw down a challenge to box any man in the world, has been taken up by Peter Jackson, champion of…

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District News. Wallsend. Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 3

THE committee and officers of the above club are again to the front with a good programme for the 26th January at Lake Macquarie. Unquestionably this is the…

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Boxing. Jackson and Jem Smith

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The negotiations between Peter Jackson, the Australian champion boxer, and Jem Smith, England's champion, have at last assumed tangible form…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Victorians continued their second innings this afternoon, and have lost six wickets for 109 runs. Ferris was most successful with the bowling,…

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Important Cricket Notice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 3

Secretaries of Cricket Clubs will please take notice that in future all notices of teams selected for matches will be charged for as advertisements…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday Night. Intercolonial Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 5

The cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales was resumed this morning on the Melbourne Ground. The rains which fell during the night did not injure the…

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Boxing in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Night.—Professor Jackson, the Australian champion, has declined a boxing challenge from Jem Smith, champion of England…

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Maitland Amateur Picnic Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 3

The Maitland Amateur Picnic Races will take place at Rutherford course to-morrow. Up to the present time the only scratchings are Cascade out of the Flying and Members'…

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Maitland Amateur Picnic Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 6

The first meeting of the Maitland Amateur Picnic Race Club takes place on Rutherford course to-day. The first race will start at 2 o'clock, and the last event will take place…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Matches Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 3

A meeting of the first and second eleven playing members of the Associated Cricket Clubs met on Friday night in Melbourne for the purpose of taking into consideration the…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Sunday Night. Intercolonial Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

The match between the Australian Eleven and the Brisbane Club was won by the Australian Eleven by 7 wickets. Edwards added 9 to his…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1889 · page 7

Lambton v Second City, on City ground, resulted in an easy victory for Lambton by two wickets and 165 runs, the scores being, Second City 57, Lambton 222 for eight…

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Latest District News. Wallsend. Lake Macquarie Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1889 · page 5

ATTENTION should again be drawn to the Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta Club's sports at Lake Macquarie on the 26th inst. By a reference to your advertising columns it…

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Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 3

The first race as for youths not exceeding eighteen years of age, pulling two pair of sculls, in watermen's skiffs, with coxswain. There were eight boats started in this event,…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta. Annual Aquatic Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 3

THE Wallsend and Plattsburg annual regatta took place on Lake Macquarie, under the auspices and management of the following gentlemen, who comprised the officers…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 3

On Anniversary day the Lambton Cricket Club journeyed to Lochinvar and met the local eleven. The inimitable Grattan captained the visitors, and winning the toss…

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Football Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1889 · page 5

The Maori football team has beaten the Devonshire team by two goals and seven tries to nothing…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Maori football team has defeated a team representing the Midland Counties by 1 goal and 2 tries. The scores were Maoris 1 goal 3 tries, Midland…

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