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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1907

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Amusements. Newcastle Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 6

With a flagship like the magnificent Aberdeen liner Marathon placed at their disposal, the committee of the Newcastle annual regatta have every reason to…

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Regatta and Bellevue Gardens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 6

Messrs. Dix and Baker's five steamers will run half-hourly, from 10 o'clock, round the harbour, viewing the regatta, thence to Bellevue Gardens, where a gala…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

Racegoers will be catered for by the Newcastle Jockey Club this afternoon, when the annual New Year's Day meeting will be held. There are five events set…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

W. Squires, the champion heavyweight boxer, is at present at Heddon-Greta spending a brief holiday with his friends. He is expected to pay a visit…

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Newcastle Regatta. Successful Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 4

The Newcastle annual regatta was held yesterday, and was attended with much success. The weather in the earlier part of the morning was fine, a light southerly…

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Brisbane Cricket. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 5

The North Queensland v. Metropolis match was concluded at Brisbane to-day. North Queensland First innings, 119; second tunings, 100. Metropolis won by an…

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Newcastle Races. Osculate and Impel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 3

The race meeting held under the auspices of the Newcastle Jockey Club attracted a very largo attendance, the northern district being exceptionally well…

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Tattersall's Races. Rosemead Wins the Cup. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 5

Tattersall's annual race meeting was brought to a conclusion to-day in fine weather. Appended are the results :—The Flying Welter, a handicap…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 3

A correspondent write to an Auckland paper:—"In your athletic columns, the other day I noticed that a Mr. Green, of Sydney, now 70 years of age, and one of…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 3

David Billington, champion swimmer of the world, who is about to undertake a tour of Australia, arrived at Adelaide on Tuesday by the steamer Suevic. He is in…

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Cycling in Newcastle. a Good Night's Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 5

The postponed race meeting of the Newcastle Bicycle Club, under the auspices of the Newcastle Amusement Company, Limited, was held last night. The…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 3

Interviewed a few days ago, Mr. Wren said :— " It is not under my advice that Squires is taking on Jeffries first. I certainly have not said anything against the…

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Newcastle Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

A meeting of the executive committee of the Newcastle annual regatta was held at the Chamber of Commerce last evening, the president, Mr. W. Cann, in the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

The South African record for the English tour is a remarkably fine one. Previous to the Cardiff match the record, in points, read 559 to 58, and even the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

Interest in the forthcoming boxing contest between the Australian champion, W. Squires, and the American heavyweight, J. Jeffries, is very keen in…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 9

At the annual meeting of the Worcestershire County Cricket Club, it was decided that there should be less preparation of the wicket at Worcester…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 11

The lawn tennis tournament now being held at Chirstchurch has produced a record in entries, attendance, and the calibre of the players. Young Wilding,…

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The Science of Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 7

The suggestion to send a team of Australian Rugby players to tour Great Britain in 1907 comes at an opportune time. But it must be pointed out that football,…

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The English Cricket Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 11

The M.C.C. team from England has arrived by direct steamer from London, visited the thermal regions, and played two matches, both of which were drawn…

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California and Japan. Stirring of the Inferior Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 10

The trouble between Japan and the United States consequent on the anti-Orientalism of California forms the text of an important article in the "Saturday…

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