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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1895

971 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 49

Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 3

The New Zealand bowlers played two matches on Tuesday against Victorian teams, on the Melbourne green. In the first match New Zealand won by 83 points to 79,…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 3

The football season will be inaugurated on Saturday by several games throughout the suburbs, and the Rugby game promises to again become a great draw during the winter…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 3

The first Intercolonial Lawn Tennis Match, between South Australia and Victoria, was played on Tuesday on the Melbourne Cricket Club's courts, in cold and windy weather…

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Newcastle Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 3

A meeting of the junior members of the Newcastle Football Club was held at the Grand Hotel last evening for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing season. Mr…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 3

A professional runner named A. Wall committed suicide in Sydney yesterday, by jumping head foremost from a window 20ft from the ground. He was found lying on the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1895 · page 3

CARRINGTON H H v. HAMILTON H.H.— This match eventuated on the Hamilton ground yesterday afternoon, and resulted in a victory for the home team by 17 runs, the…

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Racing in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The principal event at the Epsom spring meeting to-day resulted as under:— The CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP, of 20…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1895 · page 3

At the Sportsman's Arms, Hamilton, today, day, Mr. Joe Murphy will conduct a coursing sweep, which should draw a large crowd…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1895 · page 3

The boxing contest in London between Craig (the "Coffee Cooler") and Slavin, which we learnt by cable message was won by Slavin, only lasted a minute and 10sec…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1895 · page 3

Several preliminary matches have been arranged to take place to-day, and the various grounds will, no doubt, be well patronised…

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Cricket Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1895 · page 3

"Who will be in the final?" is the general query among cricketers, and the present aspect of one of the semi-final matches, that between Newcastle and Stockton Clubs,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1895 · page 3

A remarkable exhibition of physical endurance was witnessed at the Alexandra Hall, Aldershot (Eng.) last month, when Tom Burrows concluded his extraordinary task of…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1895 · page 3

The Carrington C team defeated the Oriental C team on the Carrington Recreation Reserve on Saturday afternoon by 3 points to nil. The home side defended the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1895 · page 8

The football season was opened in the Maitland district last Saturday afternoon by a match between the Maitland United and East Maitland…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1895 · page 3

On Saturday metropolitan cricket resulted in Paddington winning the premiership and the shield, after a splendid game with South Sydney. For the winners Alex. Bannerman…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 3

Mr. Joe Murphy's coursing sweep at Hamilton on Saturday was well attended, and several of the heats were close and exciting. The final terminated in Irish Girl (two…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 3

CARLTON v. SOAP WORKS—The Carlton A team journeyed to Tighe's Hill on Saturday, and opened the season in the presence of a very large gathering, with a match against…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 3

The Electorate matches terminated in Sydney on Saturday last, and the averages for batting and bowling are exceptionally good. F. Iredale heads the batting list with the…

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Maitland District. Regatta Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1895 · page 8

A MEETING of the old regatta committee was held at the Town Hall, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon, with the object of deciding what should be done with the amount…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1895 · page 3

Members and those wishing to join the Newcastle D Football team are invited to attend at the Grand Hotel this evening at 7.45, for the purpose of making all necessary…

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