Latest Sporting News. Carrington Foot-racing Handicap
YESTERDAY afternoon the quiet monotony of Good Friday was relieved by a handicap-foot-race, which was run on the Recreation Reserve at the top end of the Island. The…
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Sport, 1889
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Rat Coursing
As anticipated, the £15 Sweep Dog Coursing attracted a large number of the lovers of this sport to the Athletic Club Ground, Wallsend, on Saturday, the arrangement for…
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This short distance course is rapidly becoming very popular, and each fortnight the numbers increase and the events become more interesting. On Saturday the attendance…
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TAMWORTH, Saturday.—The annual cricket contest between the Newcastle and Tamworth cricketers took place to-day, and resulted in a victory for Tamworth on the first innings…
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A CRICKET match between teams picked from officers of the railway department stationed in Sydney and Newcastle was played on the Newcastle ground yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Sporting News. Maitland Amateur Picnic Races
The nominations for the Flying Handicap, Members', Picnic, Galloway, and Hack Race Handicaps, and the Selling Race in connection with the Maitland Amateur Picnic…
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Mr. Moroney, the promoter, of the Newcastle Sheffield Handicap, has recently had erected electric lights for the purpose of running the heats at night as at Carrington…
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Members of the Newcastle City Football Club (Australian Rules) are informed that practice will take place this afternoon on the club's ground; near the brewery, when all…
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The members of the above celebrated the opening of the season by a dinner at the Council-chambers, on Friday night last, when some fifty members and guests…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland Amateur Picnic Races. Railway Inconveniences
During the last twelve months the Maitland Amateur Picnic Race Club has held meetings at Rutherford, and the popularity of the gatherings has become established…
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A match has at last been arranged to take place at the Newcastle Corporation Baths between James Stoops and Walter Walters, both of Merewether, two expert swimmers,…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Marylebone Cricket Club has passed three new rules of great importance, and which will exert a strong influence on their matches. It has been…
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On Saturday the football season was inaugurated at Wallsend by the local Summerhill team trying conclusions with the Hamilton boys, on the former's ground. Mr…
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The fourth annual re-union, under the auspices of the above club, took place at the Lyceum on Friday evening last, and was a pronounced success, both numerically and…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Marylebone Cricket Club have adopted the proposed alterations in the laws of cricket, and will bring them into immediate operation…
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On Saturday last the Newcastle City and Merewether Football Clubs (Australian rules) commenced the season by playing a match on the ground of the former. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boxing and Wrestling. Miller-Slavin Combination. Miller Challenged
At the Victoria Theatre last night, the Miller-Slavin combination gave one of their athletic exhibitions to a large audience. Mr. Miller delivered a short lecture on…
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A cricket match was played at Minmi on Saturday afternoon, between the first eleven from Wallsend and the first eleven of Minmi, which ended in a draw…
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A match took place at Minmi on Saturday between the crack club from Hamilton and the Minmi Rangers. The ball was kicked off at 3 o'clock, and in fourteen minutes the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boxing. Hints on Training. Getting up Muscle. The "Points of a 'Pug.'" Diet. I.
THE manly art of self-defence now ranks among the proudest of our national institutions. It is associated with the most chivalrous…
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