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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1891

654 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 33

Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 3

Entries are due this evening for the novice handicap to be run at Mr. Moroney's Hall on Saturday night next. A cable announces that J. L. Sullivan, the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 3

At a meeting of several sporting men on Monday, at the Centennial Hotel, an athletic club was formed, and it was decided to hang up purses for boxing competitions, &c. Mr…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1891 · page 3

By wire we learn that at the test races, held in Sydney yesterday, for the purpose of selecting representatives for New South Wales at the coming intercolonial amateur…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 7

Efforts are being made to form a ladies' cricket club in Newcastle. An advertisement bearing upon the matter is in this issue…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 7

Mr. D. Hutchinson will run off his Novice Handicap at the Boatrowers' Hotel tracks on the 24th instant. The prizes amount to £5 10s, and entries are due on Monday next…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. CRICKET

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 5

After an exciting finish, Sydney University defeated Melbourne University by eight runs, the scores being 422 and 414. ALLEGED COINING…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 3

The Sir Joseph Banks 275yds race will be run this afternoon. Owing to the wet weather on Saturday, the running of Liddle's Novice Handicap had…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 3

Mr. Liddle has decided to run his novice handicap off on Monday next, the 26th. In connection with the handicap other sports will be held, particulars of which will shortly…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 3

Entries for Moroney's Anniversary Novice Handicap may be sent in until 8 o'clock this evening. As will be seen by advertisement in another…

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District News. Wallsend. Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 3

THE members of the Wallsend Regatta Club have made all arrangements for a splendid steamer to follow the races to be held on Lake Macquarie on Anniversary Day, and…

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CRICKET. Arrival of the Melbourne Cricketers. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 3

The members of the Victorian cricketing team, who have come over to represent that colony in the forthcoming match, were to-day received in the usual way at the Town…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 3

The New South Wales team of amateur athletes for the forthcoming New Zealand championship sports sail in the Te Anau for Auckland to-day…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

The final heat of the Carrington Colts' Handicap, run on Wednesday night, resulted as follows:—A. Warden, 8¼yds, 1; T. Cartwright, 8½yds, 2; S. O. Miller, 9¾yds, 3; A…

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Teralba Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 5

THE Lake Macquarie annual regatta at Teralba will take place to-day. A good programme has been provided, and the opportunity of having a day at the lake,…

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AQUATICS. Lake Macquarie Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 6

The first regatta under the auspices of the Lake Macquarie Annual Regatta Club will take place to-day on the waters of the lake at Teralba, when a…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 3

The committee of the Wallsend and Plattsburg Annual Regatta, which is to be held at Lake Macquarie, have gone to a very great amount of trouble to meet the…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 6

The great aunual aquatic fete, or what might more properly be termed the annual picnic at Lake Macquarie, will take place on Monday; and it the weather is at all…

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English Racing Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 11

The English racing season which closed last November, has been in many respects a very disappointing one. The honours of 1890 certainly remain with two of the older…

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Northern Jockey Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 6

The above club will commence their two days' meeting at Rutherford to-day, when five events are on the card for decision. A special train has been arranged to leave…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 6

The Centennial Harriers will run off their postponed handicap on the cinder tracks at the Boatrowers' Hotel, Stockton, this afternoon. The event is creating some…

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