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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1903

1,221 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 62

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 7

What with the formation of an association and the clubs that are being formed in the district everything augurs well for the success of the Australian game. At…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 7

The first junior final match between the Lambton and Waratah teams will be continued on the Association Ground this afternoon…

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Sydney Sporting Letter the Turf. Sydney, Friday. Sydney Turf Club Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 7

The meeting of the Sydney Turf Club, to be held at Randwick to-morrow, may serve as a stop gap, but certainly as nothing better, seeing the paucity of…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 7

A first-class programme of boxing contests is down for decision at the Victoria Theatre to-night, when the semi-finals and final heat of the 9st tournament will…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1903 · page 3

Carlton v. Hamilton, played at Hamilton and resulted in a win for Hamilton after an interesting game by 9 points to 3. F. Woolley scored for the winners. Hedley…

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Maitland Golf Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1903 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Maitland Golf Club was held at the Hunter River Hotel, East Maitland, on Thursday evening, when there was a good attendance, presided over…

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Boxing Tournament. Some Exciting Contests

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1903 · page 3

The 9st boxing tournament, promoted by Mr. Harry Ford, attracted a fair attendance on Saturday night, but it was not in keeping with the excellence of the sport…

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Carrington. Football Club Social

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1903 · page 6

The annual social of the Carrington Football Club was hold in the School of Arts Hall on Friday evening and proved an enjoyable function. The largo hall…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1903 · page 3

M. Dooley and W. Heckenberg are to meet in a boxing contest the best of 20 rounds at the [?]ety to-night. "white" has expressed himself willing…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 3

A game of football (Australian rules) was played on Saturday between Merewether and Charlestown on the former's ground, and after an exciting finish…

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Boxing in Sydney. Dooley v. Heckenberg. Sydney, Monday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 6

The glove contest between Mick Dooley and Bill Heckenberg took place at the Gaiety Athletic Club this evening in the presence of a fair attendance. There was…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 3

Joe Choynski, Tom Tracey, and Joe Walcott are possibilities for Australia in the near future. J. Webster, a Newcastle native, who…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1903 · page 3

F. Witherspoon's Employees' A team versus F. Witherspoon's Employees' B team, Newcastle. Association ground, 2.30 p.m. sharp…

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Wallsend Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1903 · page 3

The Wallsend Jockey Club's May meeting is down for deciston this afternoon, and with favourable weather conditions there is sure to be a large attendance. Mr…

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District News. Adamstown. Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1903 · page 3

On Saturday game of football under B.A. rules took place on the reserve between the Rosebuds and Shamrocks, local teams. On the result depended the…

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Merewether Australian Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1903 · page 3

A meeting was held at Carroll's Hotel on Monday night for the purpose of forming a football club to play the Australian game. There was a large attendance of…

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Boxing in Sydney. Heavyweight Championship. Retained by M'coll. Sydney, Tuesday Night

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

The glove contest between W. M'Coll and J. Scanlan, for a purse and side bet of ?450 and the heavyweight championship of Australia, took place at the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1903 · page 3

Norman Twiss and Paddy Roach are to fight at Goulbura this month. It is for £10 a side and the sports are doing the skating rink up for the ocasion, Norman…

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Wallsend Races. Crockett Wins a Double

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 3

The committee of the Wallsend jockey Club were not favoured with favourable weather for their race meeting yesterday, and it was feared in the city that a…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 3

The contest between Micko Walsh and Harry North at the Lyceum Hall, Melbourne, was a miserable one. The attendance was very large. The contestants…

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