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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1893

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 3

Moroney's Novice Handicap will be run off this evening at the Olympia Hall…

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Newcastle Annual Regatta. Scenes in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 5

THE thirty-ninth annual regatta came off in the harbour yesterday, and in spite of the boisterous weather prevailing proved success. The heavy gales which raged with…

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CRICKET. Northern District v. Sydney Representatives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 3

Owing to the terrible condition of the weather on Sunday and the most unpropitious appearance of the sky yesterday morning, it was feared that the match between the…

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Intercolonial Cricket. Victoria v. South Australia. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 5

THE intercolonial cricket match between Victoria, and South Australia was continued to-day, the South Australians making a splendid stand in their second innings. The…

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Newcastle Jockey Club Races. Officials:—Chairman, Mr. C. H. Hannell; judge, Mr. T. Abel; treasurer, Mr. A. Watt; stewards, Messrs. R. Fleming, S. Brown, E. W. Bancroft, J. Wood, C. Parker, R. Harvey, G. T. Baggs, M. Moroney, E. M. Halligan; starter, Mr. C. W. Readet; clerk of the course, Mr. R. Fayle; clerk of scales, Mr. J. Burke; handicapper, Mr. F. Wilkinson; secretary, Mr. E. Chippendall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 3

The Newcastle Jockey Club's New Year's Day races took place yesterday. Before race time one or two heavy showers fell, and two or three times during the afternoon heavy…

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The Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 4

THE committee of the Newcastle annual regatta met last night at the Centennial Hotel, Mr. Clarence Hannell, president, in the chair. The protests lodged were…

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Intercolonial Cricket. VICTORIA V. South Australia. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 5

THERE was another good, attendance at the cricket match to-day, ,and the weather was perfect. Blinman, who received intelligence of the dangerous illness of his father, left for…

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Intercolonial Cricket. VICTORIA V. South Australia. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 5

THIS morning the Victorians resumed their innings with 65 to get to win and six wickets to fall. Graham 52 and Barrett 44, the not outs, faced the bowline of Jones and Giffen…

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The Annual Regatta. The Postponed and Disputed Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon the Gentlemen Amatcurs' Race, postponed from the regatta of Monday owing to the bad weather, was pulled off in the harbour. The Champion…

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Newcastle Swimming Club. a Club Handicap Race

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

LAST evening at the Newcomen-street baths, the members of the Newcastle Swimming Club held the first of a series of club handicap races. There was a big muster of…

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CRICKET. The Intercolonial Supremacy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 3

AS the result of the recent conference upon the regulations framed in regard to Lord Sheffield's donation of £150 for the purchase of a "Sheffield" shield, to be competed for…

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Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 7

The programme of the Wallsend and Plattsbury Regatta, to the held in Anniversary Day, appear in this issue. Entries will be received until Thursday, 19th inst…

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Moorefield Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 7

The Moorefield races will take place to-day, when a programme of six events will be run through. Racing will commence with the Hurdle Race, for which Slomach 11st,…

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CRICKET. Intercolonial Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 7

The return intercolonial match between South Australia and Now South Wales will be commenced to-day, on the Association Ground, Sydney. The New South Wales…

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The Annual Regatta. Presentations to the President and Secretary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 8

THE members of the annual regatta committee met in the Centennial Hotel last evening for the purpose of presenting Messrs. C. H. Hannell and Frank Gardner, the…

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CRICKET. Newcastle v. Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 3

The Newcastle team met 13 representatives of the Hamilton Club on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon, and were given another afternoon's leather…

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Intercolonial Cricket. South Australia v. New South Wales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 8

THE return intercolonial cricket match between South Australia and New South Wales was commenced yesterday on the Association Ground, Sydney. There were…

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CRICKET. Council v. Merewether C.C.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3

The match between the members of the municipal council and the Merewether cricket club brought together a large number of spectators on Saturday afternoon. Alderman…

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Intercolonial Cricket. South Australia v. New South Wales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

THE intercolonial cricket match between New South Wales and South Australia was continued on the Association Ground to-day. There was another good attendance, and…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 3

A match, was played at Wickham on Saturday last between the Albion and East Newcastle cricket clubs, which resulted in a win for the Albions by an innings and three runs…

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