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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1900

994 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 50

Canterbury Park Races. Eulong Has a Win. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 8

The Canterbury Park Bank Holiday race meeting was numerously attended to-day. The sport was of an interesting character, the results being as following:—…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 3

Cribb and Dan O'Connell will be matched shortly, providing the latter can scale lets than 11st 71b, aid find a side wager of £100. Cribb also talks of giving Tot…

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Hunter District Rugby Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1900 · page 8

A meeting of the executive of the Hunter District Rugby Union was held at Cridge's room last evening. Present: Mr. W. A. Ross, in the chair, and Messrs. G…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1900 · page 5

Following are the nominations for the Newcastle Jockey Club's races, to take place on Wednesday next, the 15th inst:— Flying Handicap, six furlongs.—Merlin,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1900 · page 3

Myer Prinstein, the American athlete, who recently cleared 24ft 7¼in at Philadelphia, stands 5ft 9in, and weighs 10st 10lb. His age is 21 years…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 6

Tom M'Kibbin has secured a situation with an Adelaide timber firm, and will probably play with the Port Adelaide Club next summer…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 6

"The Field" remarks that Norman Pritchard's 18 1-5sec for 120yds hurdles, owing 19yds, at Newport (Mon.), on June 16 last, was equal to anything that Godfrey Shaw…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 6

The Newcastle Club intend playing off a double handicap on their courts in the Upper Reserve on the ext two Saturdays, 11th and 18th August. The usual…

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Hamilton. Cricket Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 7

The annual general meeting of the Hamilton Borough Cricket Club took place on Thursday, and was attended by a fair number of players and supporters, the president…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 6

A novice handicap, 75 yards, is to be decided at Smith's Clyde Inn, West Wallsend, to-morrow. Several other events will also be decided…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 3

The famous long-distance swimmer, M. Holbein, on June 29 essayed the task of swimming from Blackwall to Gravesend in quicker time than the late Captain Webb,…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 3

This afternoon’s champion ring match on the Hill green between Harris' "Waratah Rink and Blanksby’s Lowland Rink will be specially interesting, not only from…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 3

On the Union Ground this afternoon, several matches are set down for decision, and special interest will no doubt be centred in the second round matches in the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 3

At Lords, on July 6, Oxford University ran up 484 runs for eight wickets in the annual mate with Cambridge. The feature of play was the brilliant stand of H…

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Wickham. Lawn Tennis Social

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 6

The members of the Carrington Lawn Tennis Club held a highly enjoyable Cinderella dance in the Wickham School of Arts on Thursday evening. The object of…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 3

The Australian boxer, Steve O'Donnell, was recently defeated for the third time by Peter Maher in one round. Two more heavy-weight boxing matches…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 August 1900 · page 7

The Waratah Club's rink, consisting of Harris, Harrion, Silcock, and Scholey, met wich an ca, defeat on Saturday afternoon on the Cay Green by the Lowlands rink,…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 August 1900 · page 7

A most enjoyable game was played on the East Maitland Court on Saturday between teams representing the local club and Waratah. The visitors were defeated…

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Saturday's Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 August 1900 · page 6

The weather on Saturday was perfect for football, but the spectators who patronised the Union Ground were disappointed in their hopes of witnessing two good games…

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Racing at Randwick. Tattersall's Club Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 August 1900 · page 6

There was a very large attendance to witness the racing at Randwick on Saturday under the auspices of Sydney Tattersall's Club Results:—…

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