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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1890

479 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 24

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1890 · page 3

Lovers of the British Association game will have a busy season this year, as there are now 10 clubs entered to play for the J.C. Ellis challenge cup. Three years ago there…

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The New Racing Regulations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 3

The passing of the new rules relative principally to pony racing, framed by the A.J.C. committee, and endorsed by the members at the special general meeting on March 20, at…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 3

A scratch match will be played between members of the Newcastle Football Club this afternoon. As a strong Sydney team will be up on Saturday next to play the local men, it…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1890 · page 3

On Saturday evening the members of the above club held a social banquet at Mrs. Parkes' Grapes Hotel. There was a large number of members present, including…

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FOOTBALL. Newcastle F.C.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1890 · page 3

The football season, so far as the grand old Rugby rules are concerned, was commenced on Saturday by the Newcastle club. In previous years the game has not been…

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Singleton Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1890 · page 3

The Singleton Jockey Club commenced their postponed race meeting on Saturday last. The course suffered somewhat through the late heavy rains, and, besides being…

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Racing Under Difficulties. The Moree Meeting. MOREE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1890 · page 3

The race meeting at Moree yesterday was concluded under peculiar conditions. The horses in the principal handicap had to plunge through…

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Wallsend Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1890 · page 3

The yearly meeting of the Wallsend Foot-ball Club was held last night at Mr. Luke Wild's hotel, when there was a good attendance of members. Mr. H. Rushton presided…

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Hamilton Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1890 · page 3

A GENERAL meeting of the Hamilton Football Club (Australian rules) was hold in Williams' Assembly-rooms on Monday evening. There was a full attendance of members,…

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Northern Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1890 · page 5

Sporting and the public generally will do well to note an advertisement in another column, by which it will be seen that those races are now set down to come off on…

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Football at Wallsend

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

The football season will shortly commence, but, in consequence of the improvements being carried out by the trustees of the park, the Wallsend Football Club will be unable…

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FOOTBALL. Sydney v. Newcastle

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

THE football season will be commenced in real earnest this afternoon, when the first 15 of the newly-formed Sydney Club will meet a like number of the Newcastle Club on the…

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FOOTBALL. Sydney v. Newcastle

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

About 1000 people assembled on the Newcastle Club's ground on Saturday afternoon to witness the football match under Rugby Union rules between the first fifteens of the…

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Northern Jockey Club Races

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

IT will be seen by an advertisement in another column that these races, sat down to come off to-day (Easter Monday), have again been postponed to some future date on…

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FOOTBALL. Hamilton Athletics v. Burwood United

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

A grand football match was played at Burwood on Easter Monday between Hamilton Athletics versus Burwood United. The game was to have been played between…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 3

Players and supporters of the Australian game will notice in another column the advertisement calling the City's meeting for to-morrow night. Mr. Albert Allen, the hon…

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Northern Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 5

SPORTING men and the public generally will note an advertisement in another column announcing the fact that the much postponed meeting of the above club will now definitely…

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Hawksbury Racing Club. Autumn Meeting. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1890 · page 3

The above races were commenced to-day, when the attendance was fair. The results were as follow:— HU[?]DLE RACE. Two miles…

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FOOTBALL. Northern District Football Association

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

As will be seen by advertisement in to-day's issue, the followers of the Australian game of football will make a unanimous start for the season to-morrow night, when…

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Carrington Football Club

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

A preliminary meeting of the Carrington Blackwatch Football Club, B A. rules, was was held at Mr. T. Smith's Carrington Club Hotel on Tuesday evening, some 20 members…

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