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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1895

971 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 49

Cricket

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

A few days ago the secretary of the Newcastle District Cricket Association communicated with the secretary of the Albion Club, West Maitland, on the subject of the…

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Cricket

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

The English cricketers were taken up the Hawkesbury River on Wednesday in the steamer General Gordon. They will play against a team of Parramatta cricketers, the…

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Swimming

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

Swimmers are reminded that entries close to-night with the secretary for the races in connection with the Newcastle Swimming Club's carnival, to be held in the…

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Swimming

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

The Maitland aquatic sports have been further postponed from February 23 to March 2nd, the alteration of date being in consequence of the…

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Cricket

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

Before the commencement of the fourth test match the M.C.C. and trustees of the Sydney ground had comfortably turned the financial corner in respect of the visit of the…

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Football in America

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

One of the exciting features of the week, remarks an American correspondent, has been the football game on Saturday between Yale and the team of the University of…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 5

The New South Wales and Queensland cricket teams are practising assiduously for the intercolonial match commencing to-morrow. The weather is fine. The Now…

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Athletics

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

The National Sporting Club of London decline to entertain the proposal for a boxing match under their auspices between Peter Jackson, the coloured pugilist, and Charles…

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Cricket

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

PEARL V. MORPETH (A teams).—The first eleven of the Morpeth Club journeyed to West Maitland on Saturday afternoon, and met the Pearl team on the park oval. The…

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Cricket

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

Iredale and M'Kibbon bowled excellently for New South Wales against the Queenslanders on Saturday. The Parramatta representative secured three wickets for 1 run,…

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St. Peter's Lawn Tennis Club, Hamilton

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

The third annual meeting of the above club was held in the schoolroom on Wednesday evening last. Mr. E. Sago, in the absence of the Rev. A. C. Hirst, occupied the chair…

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Intercolonial Cricket. New South Wales v. Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

THE intercolonial match was commenced yesterday on the Exhibition Ground, with fine but warm weather. The attendance was good, and the wickets in excellent order…

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Athletics

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

Lovers of boxing will have an opportunity of gratifying their taste on Saturday evening next on the occasion of the contest between Smith and O'Grady, two local men, for the…

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Cricket

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

A match between Stoddart's English Eleven and a combined team from Queensland and New South Wales will be played on the Brisbane Cricket Ground on Friday next…

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Cricket

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

Anxiety, amounting almost to consternation, was felt by all on the South Melbourne ground on Saturday (says "Batsman" in the Melbourne Sportsman), for it was…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

At a match, Oakfield Cricket Club and a team captained by C. Bannerman, representing New South Wales visitors, to-day, the Oakfields won on the first innings by 6 runs…

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Athletics

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

Joe M'Auliffe has issued a challenge in the Police Gazette to knock our Peter Maher, Peter Jackson, or Jake Kdrain in 20 rounds, for the largest purse offered, the winner to take all…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. the Coming Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 4

Considerable interest is being taken in the cricket match Queensland and New South Wales Combined versus Mr. Stoddart's Eleven, commencing to-morrow. The…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 11

A meeting was held last Monday night, at Punch's Hotel, Sydney, with the object of forming a cash swimmers' association. It may be remembered,…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 3

The power of the great football organisations under Rugby rules may be ganged from the fact that fully 300 delegates from clubs in all parts of England assembled at the…

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