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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1903

1,221 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 62

Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1903 · page 3

Mr. H. Denney announces that his usual fortnightly handicap will be run this evening on the Broadmeadow tracks. The articles of agreement in the…

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FOOTBALL. (Australian Rules.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 3

Summerhill v. Charlestown:—These clubs met on latter's ground, when Charlestown won, the scores being 5 goals 10 behinds to 4 goals 8 behinds. The…

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Newcastle Races. Yule Cake and Sasin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 3

The Newcastle Juckey Club's April race meeting was held yesterday. Originally it was intended to race on Wednesday, but in deference to the wish of the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 3

It is only in keeping with the standard of American fake Journalism to read now that Jim Jeffries has been given a thorough physical examination, and has been…

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Boxing Contest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 6

E. Savaral, the Melbourne coloured pugilist, and Paddy King the local crack. met yesterday, and arranged for their long pending boxing contest. They…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 2

W. L. Murdoch and W. G. Grace are already, in company with other members of the London County Club in active practice for the cricket season Two winter…

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Tighe's Hill. Swimming Club Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 6

An entertainment was given in the Rosedale Hall on Monday night by the members of the Harbours and Rivers Dramatic Company in and…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 2

Jack Clark, the Australian boxer, who recently defeated Eddie Connolly at Liverpool, (Eng), has sailed for America, which country is it appears his native…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 3

Intending competitors in the 9st boxing competition to be started at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night are given a final reminder that entries close this…

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Boxing Tournament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 6

Entries for the 9st boxing tournament, to be started at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night, closed last evening. The nominations total 25, nearly every suburb…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 3

The dates for the first-class matches this season have been fixed by the New South Wales, Rugby Union as follows:—Queensland v. New South Wales, at…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 3

Islington v. Sacred Heart C.C., on former's wicket.—Islington team: Bailey, Brown, Edgar, Morley, Nimmo, Patfield, Peters, Rowles, Street, Wallace,…

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Carlton Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 6

A meeting of the Carlton Football Club was held on Wednesday evening (Mr. H. Dolan in the chair). A considerable amount of business Was dealt with, which included…

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When Football Was Unlawful

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 6

Football was known in England prior to 1175 (says the "Penny Magazine"), but it never was regarded with favour by the law, and in the reign of Edward II. (1365)…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 3

A match has been made at Lithgow between Kelly (winner of M'Grory's handicap some time ago) and Dykes (who won at Newcastle about a week ago), the…

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Notice. Regatta Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

The favourite steamer Commissary General will ply, every quarter hour on New Year's Day as a ferryboat from the Queen's Wharf to the Flagship and North…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 7

Hamilton V. Newcastle on latter's green. Pennant competition.—Former's team: Salt, Perkins, Shearman, Kinder, Wallace, James, Jones, R. Donald. A…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 7

The Carltons, with their accustomed energy, have already got a move on, and as they never do things by halves, they are sure to be strongly represented in…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 7

At the ensuing meeting of the Marylebone Cricket Club, when the question of widening the wicket will come up for decision, an amendment to the proposal will…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 3

At an Easter lawn tennis tournament held at Wellington the entries constituted a record for New Zealand. The play on the whole however was not of a very…

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