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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1893

788 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 40

Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 3

Those old rivals, the Toronto and Belmont True Blue Cricket Clubs, completed their last match of the season on Saturday, the match lasting over two Saturdays. Belmont was the…

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FOOTBALL. Burwood B v. Minmi B.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 3

The above teams met on the Burwood ground on Saturday under B.A. rules in the second round of the N.B.F.A. badges. There was a good attendance of the public, who…

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British Football at Burwood. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 3

Sir,—As a lover of the old game of British football I went to Burwood on Saturday last to witness a match between the Minmi and Burwood teams respectively, and I may say…

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CABLEGRAMS Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS v. Surrey. Surrey Bat First. Six Wickets Down for 119

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Monday, 1.15 p.m.—The Australians commenced their eighth match of the present our against a Surrey representative team on the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 3

The 72 hours' go-as-you please contest at Bourke was won by Malcolm, who covered 340 miles 13 laps. Ackford was second with 270 miles 6 laps; the latter was off the track…

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Cowes Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Emperor William of Germany will attend the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta, off Cowes, Isle of Wight, in August…

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FOOTBALL. Mosquito Island Pirates v. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 3

The above teams riot on Saturday last, at Mosquito Island, in the first round of the Junior Badge competition, and the game resulted in a win for the Pirates by 14 points…

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Lawn Tennis. Newcastle B v. Charlestown B.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 3

On Saturday last these clubs met on the Charlestown court to contest a friendly game, which resulted in a win for the home team by three games. The Newcastle men were very…

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CABLEGRAMS Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS v. Surrey. Play Under Difficulties. Heavy Showers of Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The match between the Australian Eleven and the Surrey County Club was commenced at the Kennington Oval, London, to-day…

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Adamstown. Cricket Ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1893 · page 6

At a meeting of the cricket club, held on Monday night, the question of improving the ground so as to make it safe for cricketing was discussed. The…

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FOOTBALL. Rosedale A v. Newcastle A.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1893 · page 3

These two clubs mot on the Cricket Groun[?] last Saturday in the first, round of the badg[?] competition, and a very evenly-contested game resulted in a win for the Rosedales [?]…

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CABLEGRAMS Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS v. Surrey. Weather Cold and Unfavourable. an Easy Win for Surrey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The attendance at the Kennington Oval, London, was good to-day, when the match between the Australian Eleven and the county…

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The Victoria Racing Club. Meeting in Melbourne. The Committee Severely Criticised. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 5

A MEETING of the Victoria Racing Club was held to-day to discuss the action of the committee in appropriating owners' sweepstakes and arranging for a new system of penalties…

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CABLEGRAMS Cricket in England. Oxford University V. Australians. Australians Bat First. Five Wickets for 181

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday, 2.35 p.m.—The Australians commenced a match to-day against Oxford University at Oxford. The weather was fine…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 7

This afternoon, on the Newcastle Cricket Ground, an exhibition game of football will be played between two fifteens selected from the best players in the district, consequently a…

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Plattsburg. Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 6

A football match, Summerhill v. Northumberland, is to be played to-day on the Summerhill Ground, Plattsburg. During the afternoon a collection is to be made on behalf…

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CABLEGRAMS Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS V. Oxford University. an Innings for 200

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The match between the Australians and Oxford University was commenced this morning at the latter place. The weather…

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Lawn Tennis. North Shore v. East Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1893 · page 3

On Saturday a match was played on the Stockton court between the above clubs. The same clubs met three times last season, twice at Maitland and once at Stockton, and the…

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CABLEGRAMS Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS V. Oxford University. the Visitors Win. a Wet Day Decides It

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

LONDON, Friday.—The weather was again fine to-day, when the match between the Australians and the Oxford University was resumed. There was…

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Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 3

Adamstown A. v. Hamilton A.—The above match was played at Adamstown on Saturday, and after a very pleasant game resulted in a win for Hamilton. Following are the…

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