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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1904

1,267 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 64

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 7

The names of the players who will compose the English Rugby football team to visit Australia during the coming season are expected to be known in Sydney in a…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 7

The omission of M'Beth from the team to represent New South Wales against England to-day will come as a shock to some persons, but it is what many…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 7

Tom Dunne is said to be on his way from Kalgoorlie to Melbourne in view of a return battle with Jack Macgowan. Notes from W.A. state that Sullivan,…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 9

Prizes won at the Federal's carnival are to be handed over to the successful competitors next Thursday night, when the opportunity will be taken to make at…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 9

Spragg, the Queensland footballer, is having rather a rough time it. Last season he was prevented from taking putt in the big football matches through an…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 9

It has been decided that the fifth test match will not begin in Melbourne until March 5. This is a day later than the date originally fixed…

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School Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 9

Stockton Public School C.C. met and defeated Bolton-street School by 13 runs. For the winners R. Massic 15, Burns 9. For the defeated Lynch 8, Moxham 5…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 9

Ed. Jessop has not yet left for the West, but as soon as world is forthcoming that a prize will be provided for a match with Cullen, the little Britisher will lose no…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 9

Colliery Employees' Demonstration March 12…

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Bowls. Pennant Matches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 7

The local pennant matches were advanced another stage on Saturday, when City defeated Lowlands by 6 points, and Wickham defeated Waratah by 14 points. These…

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Saturday's Cricket. Inter-district Cricket. Newcastle v. MAITLAND

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 7

This match was continued on Saturday under weather conditions which contrasted very favourably with those of the previous Saturday, when the match was…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 7

The English middle weight, Jack Smith, who was scheduled to box "Spider" Kelly, at the Galety, next Monday week is non ost. Smith and trained assiduously,- and…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 6

A general meeting of the Newcastle Swimming Clubs was hold at the Crystal Palace Hotel last night. The president, Mr. J. J. Maloney, was in the chair,…

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French Vessels Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 4

Three sailing ships sailed from San Francisco on January 21 for Sydney, two of them in a face for the Australian port. Captain Blanche, of the French barque Ernest…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 7

The recent wrestling match for £2000 between Hackens[?]hmidt and Madrall, and which was won by the former in 40sec, was held at the National Sports Exhibition at…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 7

American files to hand bring particulars of Jim Scanian's first engagement upon his return to the States. He fought a rising young heavyweight named Nullet on…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 7

Morgan James is out with a challenge to box W. D. M'Keil the best of 20 rounds. James is now residing at Helensburg. Hegarty and Turner settle their…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 7

The next championship to be swim is the 500 yards breast and back race, at the Mort's Dock Club annual carnival, to be held next Saturday week at Elkington…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 7

There will be quite a gathering of inter-state bowlers in Sydney at Easter. In addition to visiting teams from Victoria, Queensland, and New Zealand, the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 7

Negotiating are in process for the visit of the Te Auto School team (Hawkos Bay) to Sydney during the coming season; the mater may almost he accepted as…

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