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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1895

971 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 49

Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 3

After the tour of the English cricketers through Tasmania they will return to Adelaide, and play a return match on March 22 to 26…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 8

SACRED HEART COLLEGE (2nd) v. ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL C.C — This match played at the College on Wednesday afternoon, and resulted in an easy victory for the young…

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Rosebud Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 3

The members of the Adamstown Rosebud Football Club (British Association) held their annual meeting on Tuesday night at Mr. A. Dodd's shop. There were 40 present, Mr. J…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 11

In swimming circles nothing has been spoken of for the last few days but the excellent and friendly way in which the members of the local…

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Football in Chicago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 3

Writing of the prospects of football in the coming season, a contributor to our Grafton contemporary writes:—It is scarcely likely that the local enthusiasm will get ahead of…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 3

The boxing match between the Australian, Tom Williams, and the English light-weight champion, R. Burge, the result of which was cabled out, appears to have been an…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 3

At the Swimming Championship meeting at Christchurch (N.Z.), on Friday last, the half-mile championship of New Zealand was won by Leo, of New South Wales; H. Hoey,…

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Bowls. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 3

A game was played on Saturday between the Newcastle and Ashfield clubs at Ashfield. The visitors led during the early part of the game, but were eventually defeated by about…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 8

PEARL v. CLARENCETOWN.—These teams met on the Park Oval, West Maitland, on an all day contest on Saturday, and the home combination scored a decided victory. Pearl…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 3

At a continental concert in aid of the Giffen fund hold in the Adelaide Exhibition Ground on Saturday night, there was a large attendance, including George Giffen…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 3

As will be seen by our advertising columns a challenge to box best of eight rounds is issued by Mr. William Robinson, who is known as the Australian Tom Thumb, to Mr…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 3

A match was commenced at Launceston on Saturday between the English cricketers and an eighteen of Northern Tasmania. The local captain won the toss, and elected to…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 3

At a meeting of the committee of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, held recently, it was resolved to ask the Auckland club and the association's local officer to hold…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 8

An advertisement in this issue intimates that the annual meeting of members of the Maitland United Rugby Football Club will be held at the Exchange Hotel, West…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 3

It is probable that the proposed cricket match between Stoddart's English Eleven and Victoria, which was intended to be played to wipe out a big deficit of the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 3

The handball match for the Victorian championship and £25 a side, 100 aces up, was played last Saturday at G. Cussen's Carlton Handball Court, and resulted in a…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Maitland United Rugby Football Club was held at the Exchange Hotel, West Maitland, last evening. Mr. E. Nash, vice-president, occupied the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Carlton Football Club will be held at the Royal Hotel this evening…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 3

The Victorian Cricketers' Association have resolved to accept the dates March 21, 22, and 25, submitted by the Melbourne C.C., for the return match Englishmen v. Victoria…

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Carlton Rugby Football Club. Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 8

THE eleventh annual meeting of the Carlton Football Club was held at Mrs. Fryar's Royal Hotel, Hunter-street West, last evening. There was a large attendance of members,…

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