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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1895

971 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 49

Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 2

The Royal Oaks, winners of the Union Medal Competition in Sydney this season, intend visiting Lambton at Easter. They play the Lambton Cricket Club on Good…

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Tamworth Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 2

The Tamworth Jockey Club are out with another of their elaborate programmes for a race meeting on May 7 and 8. The prizes are considerably above the ordinary value,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 2

Placke, the long-distance swimmer, and native of Amsterdam, whose performances in New Zealand we alluded to some weeks back, was, at the latest dates, matched to swim…

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Cricket

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

On Saturday the Combined Schools (15) met the Pearl B team on the park oval, and the visitors secured a decided victory on the first innings. Going first to the wickets, the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1895 · page 3

Moroney's Easter Novice Handicap will be run on Good Friday, entries for which close to-night. On this occasion Baird's automatic judging machine will have its first public…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1895 · page 3

NEWCASTLE 3RD v EURWOOD.—These teams mot on the ground of the latter on Saturday afternoon in the junior badge contest, and the game resulted in an easy win for Burwood,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1895 · page 3

Greek George returned to Sydney on Sunday from New Zealand, and yesterday issued a challenge to all Australia, Herr Hajek preferred, to wrestle in Græco-Roman or…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1895 · page 8

A match between teams representing the Newcastle and Maitland branches of the firm of D. Cohen and Co., was played on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, yesterday…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1895 · page 3

BELMONT v. TORONTO.—These teams met on Toronto's wicket for the third time this season, and after a good game Belmont scored their first win against their opponents…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 3

At a general meeting of the local Swimming Club, held in the early part of the season, it was decided by a large majority that the winners of each heat should score two points,…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 11

At a general meeting of the local club held last Monday the prizes won at the recent carnival were presented to the different winners…

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Rat Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 3

Mr. Joe Murphy, of the Sportsman's Arms Hotel, Hamilton, will superintend his rat coursing to-day on the Hamilton Cricket Ground, when he promises some good sport…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 3

A general meeting in connection with British Association football will take place at the Hunter River Hotel this morning at 10 o'clock, when some very important items…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 8

The Lochinvar and Maitland Half-Holiday teams met on the Albion Ground in the afternoon, and the visitors were badly beaten Going first to the wickets the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 3

T. Roberts, in a race for the quarter-mile hurdle championship of Auckland, under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic Club, broke the world's record, recently, covering the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1895 · page 3

The Adamstown Rugby football ground was opened on Saturday with a game between Lambton and Adamstown. The weather was very unfavourable, but, nevertheless, a good…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1895 · page 3

Mr. F. G. T. Ford, the English amateur cricketer, left Sydney on Saturday in the steamer Tsinan. He is returning to England via Japan…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Sunday. Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1895 · page 5

Splendid weather prevailed for the Easter meeting of the Q.T C. races yesterday, which were well patronised. The principal event, the Easter Handicap, was won by…

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N.s.w. Football Union, Northern Branch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1895 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of delegates to the union, convened by circular, for the purpose of electing a committee for the ensuing year, was held at the Grand Hotel on Thursday…

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Regatta at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1895 · page 5

THE unfavourable weather yesterday morning interfered with the programme of races which had been arranged by the committee of the Workingmen's Rowing Club…

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