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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1893

788 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 40

CABLEGRAMS. Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS V. South of England. a Bad Beginning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—With hot and sultry weather the match between the Australian Eleven and a team representing the South of England was…

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Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Excelsior Lawn Tennis Club was held last week, when Mr. W. Densley was elected president, and Mr. S. Sheldon secretary. A strong committee…

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Cricket Ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 3

Matches between the Centennial and Carrington teams and the Newcastle B and Rosedale representatives were played on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. FOOTBALL

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 5

Norwood made 6 goals and 3 tries against South Adelaide, 6 goals and 3 tries. Port Adelaide made 12 goals and 14 tries against Adelaide, 1 goal…

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FOOTBALL. Sydney v. Northern Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 3

The football match between a team selected from this district and a Sydney combined team took place on Saturday on the Association Ground, Sydney, in the presence of a…

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CABLEGRAMS. Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS V. South of England. Decided Victory of the Englishmen. Ten Wickets to Spare

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The match between the Australian Eleven and a team representing the South of England was concluded to-day, in the presence…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 3

Several correspondents write complaining of the unfai[?]ess of football clubs allowing their senior players to take part in junior matches for the badge competitions. This…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 3

The return match between the Belmont and Toronto Public Schools was played at Toronto on Saturday. Small scoring was the order of the day, Belmont making 11 and 5,…

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CABLEGRAMS. Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS v. the Players. Australians Bat First. Four Wickets for 85

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday, 1.15 P.m.—The Australians commenced a match with the Players of England at Lord's this morning. The weather was fine, and…

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CABLEGRAMS. Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS v. Players. the Weather Beautiful. Small Scoring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—There was a good attendance at Lord's to-day, when the Australian Eleven commenced a match against a team representing the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 3

Mr. Moroney's forthcoming Novice Handicap promises to be unusually successful. Entries will be received until to morrow night…

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FOOTBALL. New England v. Tamworth Acme. TAMWORTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1893 · page 3

The test Rugby football match between the Now England representatives' combined team and the Tamworth Acme Club combined took place to-day on the Oval, in the presence…

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CABLEGRAMS. Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS v. KENT

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Australian Eleven commenced a match to-day at Gravesend against a team representing the county of Kent…

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CABLEGRAMS. Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS v. KENT

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The weather was fine and the attendance good when the Australian eleven commenced a match against a team representing the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1893 · page 6

A wrestling snatch for a stake of £100 a-side and the championship, in the Lancashire style, took place at Ardenshaw, England, recently, the competitors being T…

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North Shore Tennis Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1893 · page 3

On Saturday this club was visited on its own court by a team of four players, consisting of Messrs. H. H. M. Merewether and W. M. Merewether, and Eater and Eater,…

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FOOTBALL. Sydney v. New England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1893 · page 3

There was a goodly muster of spectators on the Association Ground, Sydney, on Saturday to see how the boys from New England district would shape with the representative…

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Cricket in England. AUSTRALIANS V. Kent. a Victory for the Visitors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The match between the Australian Eleven and a team representing the County of Kent was concluded at Gravesend to-day in the…

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Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 3

A lawn tennis match was played at Branxton on Saturday between the Branxton and Greta Clubs, resulting in a win for Greta by 26 games to 15. The games were as…

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FOOTBALL. Minmi Rangers v. Wallsend Rovers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 3

These clubs met on the former's ground to contest for the Ellis Cup and badges. The game had created considerable interest in football circles, and was in reality the game…

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