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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1890

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English Racing. The Zetland Plate. LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 3

The first July meeting at Newmarket was continued to-day, when the chief event, the Zetland Plate, resulted as follows:—THE ZETLAND PLATE of 500 says, added to a…

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East Maitland v. Maitland Rugby

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 3

A fair number of people gathered on Maitland park on Saturday afternoon to witness a match between 18 players from the East Maitland club and 15 of the well-known…

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Northern Football Association (Australian Rules)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 3

A meeting of the delegates of the above association was held at the Centennial Hotel on Friday. Mr. Jno. Williams, vice-president, occupied the chair, and the following clubs…

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FOOTBALL. Combined New South Wales v Tasmania

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 3

The above teams met on the Association Ground, Sydney, on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a fair number of spectators. The day was a miserable one for football; the…

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FOOTBALL. Centennial v. Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 7

Centennials and Unions met on Saturday, when the former secured a creditable victory over their opponents by 13 to nil. The Centennials played a determined and rattling…

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English Cricket. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 7

The annual match between the Gentlemen and the Players of England was concluded on the Kensington Oval to day. The Players won by nine wickets. Spofforth, who played…

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FOOTBALL. Rugby

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 3

The second inter-provincial match under Rugby rules will be played on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon next, between a team picked from the clubs in the…

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An All-world Cricket Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 3

The following appeared in the London Sportsman of 28th May:—" As the visit of the Australians is giving us an opportunity of comparing colonial with English cricket, it…

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FOOTBALL. Inter-provincial Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 7

The second inter-provincial football match between a metropolitan team and a team selected from the various clubs of the northern district will take place on the Newcastle…

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Football. Metropolis V. the Northern District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 8

THE most important Rugby match of the season will take place on the Newcastle Cricket Ground this afternoon, when a picked team from the metropolis will meet the best…

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FOOTBALL. Northern District v. Sydney. A Drawn Game

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1890 · page 3

A football match between teams representing Sydney and the Northern Districts was played on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon. The weather was…

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Carrington Black Watch v. Hamilton Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1890 · page 3

The above teams played off their fixture on Saturday last. Jackson set the ball rolling for Hamilton, and the game was evenly contested until half-time, each end being…

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FOOTBALL. Broadmeadow Rovers v. Charlestown Royals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 3

This game took place on the ground of the latter on Saturday. The Rovers won the toss, and opened with a slight wind in their favour. Humphreys kicked off for the…

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Queensland. Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 6

The Queensland Rugby Football team left for Sydney by the Warrego on Tuesday…

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FOOTBALL. Hamilton Seniors v. Merewether

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 3

These rival clubs met on the ground of the latter on Saturday last. A deal of interest was centred in the game from the fact that early in the season they had played a…

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Canterbury Park Races Postponed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 3

The Canterbury Park pony and trotting races, which wore to have been held to-day, were postponed on account of the inclement state of the weather. The date on which…

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Northern Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1890 · page 3

Sporting men and horseowners are finally reminded that nominations for the Flying, Bank, Welter, and Final Handicaps, also Selling Stakes to be run for at the above…

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FOOTBALL. Queensland v N.S.W.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1890 · page 3

The match between the recently arrived Queensland footballers and a team picked from the Sydney clubs took place on the Association cricket ground, Sydney, on…

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FOOTBALL. N.F.C. 2nd v. Wickham Pioneers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1890 · page 3

This match was played on Saturday on the N.F.C ground, and after a hard game was won by Wickham by eight points to four. 'Newcastle was somewhat handicapped by…

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FOOTBALL. Hamilton Athletics v. Rosebuds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1890 · page 3

A football match took place on Saturday last between Adamstown Rosebuds and Hamilton Athletic at Hamilton. The home team having won the toes, Adamstown kicked…

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