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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1893

788 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 40

Cricket Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 6

The opinions so freely expressed that the City eleven would prove too strong for the Suburban combination promise to be fully verified, as the former team have a good deal…

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ATHLETICS. Nursery Handicap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 6

Moroney's Nursery Handicap will be run off this evening at the Olympic Hall. A good entry has been received, and a large attendance may be looked for…

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CRICKET. City v. Suburb

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 3

The match between teams representing the city and suburbs respectively was continued on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon, and resulted, in a victory for…

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FOOTBALL. Carlton B v. Rosedale B.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 3

The first football match of the season in this district took place between the above-named clubs on the Brewery ground on Saturday, and after a close and exciting…

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ATHLETICS. Moroney's Nursery Handicap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 3

This event was run off on Saturday night, as well as the final of the last Novice, which had been postponed, as the committee wore of opinion that one of the runners (W. Lewis)…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 3

The Newcastle Swimming Club will hold their aquatic carnival at the Corporation Baths this evening. A first-class programme will be gone through, which includes no less…

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The Swimming Club. Successful Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 5

THE Newcastle Swimming Club gave another of their popular carnivals in the Corporation Baths, Newcomen-street, last evening. There was a large attendance of the public, a…

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Australian Football. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 3

Sir,—Information is to hand here to the effect that rumours are current in Newcastle and more particularly in the mining townships adjacent there to, that the Northumberland…

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Cricket in England. Lord Sheffield's Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The following will constitute Lord Sheffield's eleven in the opening match against the Australians, at Sheffield Park, on May…

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Cricket Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 6

The last few weeks have wrought a great change in the aspect of the cricketing world, and the excitement connected with fixtures for the season 1892-3 is practically a thing of…

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How Football Referees Are Tricked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 11

ALL's fair in love and war—and in modern Association football (writes a footballer in Cassells Saturday Journal). I once refereed in a match…

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The Cricket Eleven. Settled at Mitcham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The members of the Australian Eleven have settled down in their quarters at Mitcham, and they will commence regular practice…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 3

A preliminary meeting of the delegates of the Northern Football Association (Australian rules) was held at Newcastle on Friday last, the following clubs being represented:—…

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North Shore Tennis Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 3

On Friday evening the first annual meeting of this club was held at the School of Arts, Stockton. There were present: Alderman O'Mara, the president, in the chair, Dr. J…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. CRICKET

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 5

The Adelaides beat the Norwoods on Saturday by 318 runs to 237. The South Adelaides thus remain the premiers for the cricket season which has just closed…

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CRICKET. Water and Sewerage Board C.C. v. Second Ivanhoe C.C.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 3

The above clubs met on Saturday on the former club's ground, and the match resulted in a win for the Water and Sewerage Board by one innings and 8 runs. Scores:…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

A club under the rules of the Southern British Football Association has been formed at Parramatta, and already about 20 members have joined. They are to be known as the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

The gratifying intelligence has been received from Colombo of the first victory of the Eighth Australian Eleven. It was only a scratch team which defeated the players of…

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Buchanan Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

Some 500 spectators assembled at these races on Saturday, which came off over Donnlybrook course, some 9 miles from Maitland. There was the usual contingent of small…

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Northumberland Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

There was a fair attendance at the annual meeting of members of the above club,held in Watson's Belmore Hotel, West Maitland. Mr. H. T. Williams occupied the chair. The…

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