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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1903

1,221 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 62

Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 7

Wickham v City Green 2.30 to-day. Former's team; Ash, Bond (22), Hogue Wilkins. Oaks, Lawless, Sheen (2), Frewin. Frewin, Fountain, Richardson,…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 7

A start in to be made with the local competition matches this afternoon. Four of the games are to be played on the Rugby Ground, while several others…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 7

The second junior final match between Rosedale and Fullerton Cove teams will be continued en the Association Ground this afternoon. The game is at an…

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Australian Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 6

The Northern District Football League hold a meeting at Sample's Hotel last evening. There was a large attendance, and Mr. R. F. Watson occupied the chair…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 7

In a contest for the World's Lightweight Wrestling Championship, at New York, on 2nd April George Bothner, of Now, York, throw the English champion…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 May 1903 · page 6

There was a fair attendance on the Albion Ground on Saturday afternoon for the opening matches of the three competitions, senior, Junior, and second…

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Maitland District Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 May 1903 · page 6

There was a large gathering of ladies and gentlemen at the East Maitland Lawn Tennis Club's court on Saturday, when the opening rounds of the two…

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Bowls. the Pennant Final. Won by Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 May 1903 · page 3

Bowlers mustered in strong force on the Waratah green on Saturday to witness the pennant final between Newcastle and Hamilton. The weather was fine, and…

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Saturday's Football. the Opening Matches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 May 1903 · page 3

The official opening of the season 1903 took place on Saturday, when the weather was everything that could be desired. The competition matches wore confined…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 May 1903 · page 3

At the Galety on Saturday night, there was a large crowd to witness the glove contest between Reader and Conlou. In the fifth round both men [?]ched…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 6

In another column the Hamilton Football Club (Australian rules) draws attention to a meeting for to-morrow night. The team play their first badge match at Hamilton…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 3

The New Zealand team for the Australian tour will play a match in Wellington on the same day that they leave for Sydney, (July 11), Mr. F. S. Murray (Auckland)…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 3

G. L. Jessop, at a recent club dinner, expressed himself in favour of diminishing the width of the bat rather than increasing the width or height of the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 3

The death is reported from America of an old-time English pugllist in Tom Allen, of Birmingham, brother to another noted, fighter in Horny Allen. Tom was…

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District News. Hamilton. Rugby Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 6

The meeting called by the Rugby Club for last night, at Cameron's Miners' Arms, was postponed in consequence of the sparse attendance. The members of the…

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Maitland District Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 6

A meeting of the executive of the Hunter District Rugby Union was held at Sampson's Rooms last evening. Mr. W. A. Terry occupied the chair, and there was a…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 3

Professor Miller and his wife leave Melbourne for England by the s.s. Sophocies next Wednesday. Peter Murphy and Jack Maegowan, in…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 3

The New England Branch Union has suggested, with a view to picking the Northern. Border Country Week team, that New England and Northern Border…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 3

In accordance with the new instruction by the M.C.C., bats were measured by the umpires at the Oval on the occasion of the first English match, Braund's bat, the first…

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Hamilton. Australian Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 6

Considering the inclement weather a good number of the local members met at Sharp's Queen's Arms Hotel last night. Prior to ho meeting, the league…

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