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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1891

654 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 33

FOOTBALL. Northern District Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Northern District Australian Football Association was held last evening at the Centennial Hotel, Mr. H. Rushton (the president) being in the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 3

A leading London daily newspaper is responsible for the following:—It is the intention of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association to send to England a team of…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 6

Entries are due on Monday next for the athletic sports to be held at Hinton on Queen's Birthday. Messrs. Hopkins and Dronsfield will run…

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FOOTBALL. Burwood United v. Charlestown Royals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 May 1891 · page 3

A football match took place at Charlestown on Saturday, between Burwood United and Charlestown Royals, which resulted in a win for the former, by 3 goals and 8…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 May 1891 · page 3

Entries are due to-morrow night for Moroney's Novice Handicap. To show the popularity of Mr. Moroney's new system of running off his handicaps, it…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 3

Entries are due this evening for Moroney's Novice Handicap, to be run next Saturday and Monday evenings. Entries for Durie's next Minmi Novice…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1891 · page 3

Mr. Hodges, of the Great Northern Hotel, Teralba, will hold a series of novice handicap on his new cinder tracks. The first will be run off on Saturday, May 30, the distance…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1891 · page 3

The committee of the Northern District Football Association are calling for the names of gentlemen who thoroughly understand the Australian game, to act as umpires during…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1891 · page 3

Goddard and Less box to a finish at Charters Towers, Queensland, on Saturday night. Peter Jackson, the Australian champion,…

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The Grafton Regatta. Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 3

The regatta promises to be a great success. Towns, of Wickham, is going well, and pleases the touts very much. Young Bush is likely to defeat Hickey in the youths' race,…

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Football Matches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 5

Amongst the most interesting events set down for Monday next, are the two Rugby football matches, to be played on the Newcastle cricket ground, when two local clubs,…

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Newcastle Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 3

The gates of the Newcastle Racecourse will be thrown open to-day, when the local club will commence their May meeting. Notwithstanding the late rain, the course is in…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 3

Moroney's thirty-second Novice Handicap will be commenced in the Olympic Hall to-night, when the first round will be run through. Owing to the sweepstakes on the…

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Newcastle Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1891 · page 3

Officials: Chairman and judge, Mr. C. H. Hannell, J.P.; starter and secretary, Mr. A. A. Farthing; clerk of the course, Mr. G. White; clerk of the scales, Mr. J…

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FOOTBALL. Visit of the Sydney Teams. Advance v. Zealandia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1891 · page 3

Two Rugby football teams from the metropolis—namely, the Zealandia and Strathfield.—played against the principal clubs in this district yesterday, and in each instance were…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1891 · page 3

Entries are due this evening for Mr. Moroney's Nursery Handicap. Hopkins and Dronsfield's first daylight handicap will be run on the 13th June…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 7

Secretaries of football clubs, who wish the names of their team inserted in accordance with our rules, are requested to send the notices of such in not later than…

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SCULLING. The Grafton Regatta. GRAFTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 7

FOR the continuation of the regatta to-day, the weather was grand. The Recovery Handicap, about two miles. H. Fischer, Chatsworth, 15lb, 1; G. Towns, 20lb, 2; A…

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Killed in a Football Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 6

AL MELANCHOLY football accident took place at Killiner, West Clare, by which a man named Chambers was killed. A football match was being played, in which Chambers…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 7

There was a crowded attendance at the Melbourne Athletic Club Rooms on Monday night, to witness the boring contest between M. Dooley, of Sydney, and J. Choynski, of…

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