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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1906

1,299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 65

Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 3

Victor Trumper reigned alone for some years as the only Australian to have made five scores of 200 and upwards in representative cricket, though one each of his…

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Interstate Cricket. Victoria V. South Australia. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 5

The interstate cricket match between Victoria and South Australia was continued on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day. The attendance was small…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 3

Russell bent Rogan in sixteen rounds at the National on Tuesday night. Hockenberg is reported to be matched with Fred Preston, who recently defeated…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 3

At a public meeting held in Sydney on Wednesday night, it was decided to fittingly perpoluate the memory of the late B. B. Kieran. The Newcastle Amateur…

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Teralba. Coursing Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 6

It has been decided to form a coursing club here, and a meeting is to be held to-night to draft a code of rules, and to carry out other business in connection…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 3

Of the fifteen Australian who were in England, M'Leod, Newland and Kelly will not be available for the Kelly benefit match. The last named cannot play, in…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 3

Tom Dyer, the Englishman, who was to meet Snowy Sturgeon to-morrow light at the Gaiety, did not arrive with his ship. His mates say that he had a fight on in…

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Wickham Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 5

A meeting was held in the School of Arts, Wickham, last evening for the purpose of winding up affairs in connection with the annual carnival. The Mayor or…

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Newcastle Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 3

Sir,—I desire to place my views before the public of Newcastle concerning the action of the regatta committee as regards the Water Brigade race. I am…

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Holmesville. Swimming Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 3

The usual fortnightly competition in connection with the Holmesville-Killing-worth Swimming Club was hold at Salt-water Creek on New Year's Day, there…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 9

In England, a sensation has been created in professional association football circles by the football Association's drastic treatment of the Middlesbrough Club…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 9

John Tye, a Nott's cricketer, who played for Derbyshire in 1874-5, and for his own country in subsequent years, died last month. He was a good, fast bowler, and…

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Swimming. Kieran's Condition in Sweden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 9

Mr. William Henry, hon. secretary of the Royal Life Saving Society in England, in a report on the visit to Sweden, goes into details over the way the late B. B…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 9

A good crowd of members and friends gathered at the National Sporting Club on Thursday afternoon to witness a boxing contest between M'Coy and Thomas…

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Newcastle Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 6

A meeting of the Newcastle regatta committee was held at the Terminus Hotel on Saturday night, Mr. W. J. Millner being in the chair…

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Carrington Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 6

The prizes won at the regatta were handed over to the successful competitors at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on Saturday evening. Messrs. Hunter and Bell…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 3

At the Manly carnival on Saturday Cecil Healy assailed his own record for the 100 yards (58sec). The champion succeeded in [?]qua[?]ng his previous achievement…

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Interstate Cricket. N.S.W. V. South Australia. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 5

The return match between New South Wales and South Australia was commenced on the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. The weather was fine, and there was…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 3

[?]rt, Murphy and [?]lly Casey met at the Gaiety Athletic Club on Saturday night, to contest the best of 30 rounds, before a good house. Casey's weight was announced as…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 3

At the Rockdale Club's carnival on Saturday, in the classic event of the day, the 440 yards championship, the time was 6min 12 4-5sec, the standard time for the…

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