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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1904

1,267 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 64

Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

Miss Netta M'Kay attempted to lower the existing Scottish swimming record for 100yds at Glasgow recently, and put up the fast time of 1min 6 1-5sec, which…

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Swimming in Newcastle. 100 Yards Championship. Won by W. Bishop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 6

The Newcastle Swimming Club's inaugural carnival, held in the Corporation Baths last evening, was a pronounced success. The building was packed in all…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

A contest which is attracting much attention among followers of the "noble are" just now, is that Ed. Jessop, of Newcastle, and Hook Keys, of…

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Swimming and Apoplexy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 15

It was stated recently by a gentleman well known in the world of swimmers that accidents to swimmers are seldom due to cramp, but to apoplexy resulting from…

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Swimming. After the Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 9

At the conclusion of the Newcastle Swimming Club's carnival on Thursday evening, the president, Mr. J. J. Moloney, invited the Sydney visitors and club's…

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Test Cricket Match. English Opinions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The newspapers in commenting upon the third test cricket match between Australia and England, admits that the English…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 9

Maximillian and M'Dermott have definitely decided to bring off their wrestling match next pay-Saturday on the Rugby Ground. They are to wrestle the best two…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 7

At the Balmain Club's carnival on Saturday, the 440 yards championship of New South Wales, won by R. Cavill, with B. Keran second, and H. Baker third. The…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 7

The Inter-State match between Victoria and New South Wales is to be commenced on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day. The game will be the 72nd of the series…

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Bowls. Champion Rink Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 7

Hamilton and Lowlands met in the champion rink competition of the city green on Saturday, the former winning by 10 points. Scores:—…

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Racing at Randwick. Ruenalf H. Wins the Challenge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 7

A Start was made with the Sydney Turf Club's Anniversary race meeting at Randwick on Saturday. There was an excellent attendance, and some first-class sport was…

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Wallsend Races. Sans Merci and Lady Laura

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 7

The Wallsend Jockey Club's race meeting took place on Saturday, but there was a noticeable falling off in the attendance, due, no doubt, to the strong counter…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 7

T. Blake (8yds) was the winner of M'Grory and Willich's 38th handicap— 75 yards—at Temple, and in which there were 60 starters. He was favourite at 6 to 4…

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Inter-state Cricket. Victoria V. New South Wales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 5

The return inter-state cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales was commenced on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day. The weather was fine, and…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 7

Otto Cripps defeated Ted O'Nell in five rounds at the Golden Gate on Saturday night. The contest was a rather quiet one throughout, and too one-sided to evoke excitement. Cripps…

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Wallsend Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 6

The Wallsend and Plattsburg annual regatta was held at Spiers' Point yesterday. The Weather was fine, and while there was a good breeze for the sailing events, the…

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Anniversary Regatta. Towns Brothers How Well Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 6

The Anniversary Regatta tool place to-day and was a thorough success. The Moldavia, of the P. and O. fleet, was the flagship, and during the afternoon she was…

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Cricket. First v. Second Juniors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 7

The match between the first and second junior teams was played on the Association Cricket Ground yesterday, and resulted in a win for the first juniors by five…

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Newcastle Races. Field Gun Wins a Double

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 7

The committee of the Newcastle Jockey Club were favoured with fine weather for their Anniversary race, meeting yesterday, and the attendance was well up to…

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Sydney Turf Club's Races Faithful Wins. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 6

The Sydney Turf Club’s Anniversary race meeting was brought to a conclusion to-day at Randwick, with the following results:—…

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