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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1900

994 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 50

Saturday's Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 7

The matches at the Union Ground on Saturday attracted the usual number of spectators. The most interest centred round the Tighe's Hill—East Maitland fixture, in the…

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Moorefield Races Triem Wins the Handicap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 6

The Moorefield races attracted a very large attendance on Saturday afternoon, and as the weather was beautifully fine, the sport was of a most interesting…

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Apprentices Football Match "Omenes" v. Rest of Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 8

A team from the Laomene and Mylomene and a scratch eleven from the rest of the ships in port met on the Union Ground the other afternoon, and a fast game resulted…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 6

At the Golden Gate on Saturday night C. Frost defeated Andrews in the fourth round. W. M'Coll [?] at present on a visit to…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 7

Stockton United v. Smedmore.—This match resulted in a win for Stockton by 3 points to nil, Lindstrum scoring. "Wallaroo" writes as follows:—Several…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 7

From "Cricket," June 21: "The success of Mr. A. H. C. Fargus, a fast right-hand bowler, for Gloustenshire v Middlesex, was something quite out of the common. He…

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Tattersall's Club Races. an Excellent Entry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 5

Following are the nominations for Newcastle Tattersall's Club races, to be held on Wednesday, the 29th inst.:— Shorts Handicap, six furlongs.—…

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Athletics in the German Army

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 8

The total membership of athletic societies in Germany at the present time is 550,000, over half being members who regularly receive instruction; which…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 3

"Advance" writes:—I wish to contradict the statement appearing in your last issue that the vile language at the football match on Saturday was confined to our…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 3

At a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association on Monday night, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. M. A. Noble. "That the meritorious performances…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 3

A 1000yds level race, for a stake of £50, took place between E. C. Bredin and H. Callum, at Treforest, on July 2nd. There was very little betting, but what…

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Hunter District Tennis Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1900 · page 6

A meeting of the executive was held last right; the president (Mr. H. D. Walsh. M. Inst. C.E.) in the chair, and Messrs. J. Arthur Wood (secretary), C. B. Greaves…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1900 · page 7

Mr. J. Deeble, of Sydney, who recently invented a new starting-machine for the racecourse, is again to the front with a somewhat similar apparatus for use on the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1900 · page 6

One of the biograph pictures shown at the matinee yesterday afternoon was of more than passing interest to followers of amateur athletics. This was the 100yds…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 3

A couple of British Association matches are to be decided on the City Cricket Ground this afternoon. The teams are— Merewether v. Patent Rollers, at 1.30; and…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 3

The annual general meeting of the Merewether Municipal Club is to be held at the council chambers, Merewether, on Thursday evening next at 7.30…

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Football. British Association Finals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 8

Two finals in connection with the Northern British Football Association will be played on the Newcastle Cricket Groond to-day. The first is the first junior league between…

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Football As Played in China

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 5

The Chinese are about the last peo[le in the world one would expect to play football, yet in Northern China there are quite a number of football teams…

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District News Stockton. the Cricket Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 8

The Stockton Cricket Club held a very successful social last night, on the occasion of the presentation of the trophies for the season…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 3

Tom Ball and Tot Higgins had a fourround spar at the Victoria Hall, Melbourne, the other night. They went at it briskly. A glove contest has been arranged…

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