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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1907

1,239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 62

Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 7

Newcastle Amateur Swimming Club held a 75 yards handicap, on Saturday, under adverse circumstances. The seas were continually breaking over the…

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Carlton Football Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 6

At the distribution of medals won by the Carlton Rugby Football senior team in the Northern Branch of the N.S.W. Rugby Union's competition, on Saturday…

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Wallsend Races. Olivia and Zanzibar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 3

The Wallsend Jockey Club's January race meeting took place on Saturday, in the presence of a very fair attendance. The Leger received extensive patronage,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 3

Jack Clark defeated "Cooker" Tweedie at the Gaiety Athletic Hall on Saturday night in less than one round. A message received in Sydney on…

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Minmi. Boxing Tournament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 6

On Friday evening in Peel's Hall, Minmi, a boxing tournament Look place, when Mr. R. Brown acted In the capacity of referee. There were 18 entries on the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 3

At the annual meeting of members of the Kent County Cricket Club it was resolved to support a motion which is to be brought up making four years'…

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State Cricket Association. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association was held to-night. The executive submitted a recommendation that a benefit match be played…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 3

Tibbie Watson, the Sydney boxer, at Sheffield (Eng.), made a muddle of a 20-round contest for £40 with Con. Cannon, a local lad. The latter had the pull in…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 3

From Adelaide comes word that Clem Hill has been trying his hand at bowls. In a match last Saturday the rink with which the left-hander played won by 27 to 14…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Maitland Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 6

The following weights have been declared by the handicapper, Mr. W. C. Quinton, for the above races on Anniversary Day:—…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 3

Whitelaw and M'Ivor were billed to box the best of twenty rounds in Melbourne on Monday, the 11th prox., but there is a likelihood that the contest will…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

The New South Wales Rugby Union has received letters from the South African team acknowledging with thanks the cablegrams wishing success in the test…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

The committee of the Moore Park Association is taking steps to recognise the splendid batting of A. W. Emery, who did so well in the late interstate junior…

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Wallsend Jockey Club. Racing Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

A conference of the representatives of the Maitland, Heddon-Greta, and Wallsend Jockey Clubs was held in the Wallsend Jockey Club rooms yesterday…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

"Chewey" Williams, who is to moot Sid Russell in the Victoria Theatre next Friday week, entertained a number of local sportsmen at his training quarters…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

Jabez Wolfe, the famous English Channel swim aspirant, has been suspended by the Southern Counties Amateur Swimming Association for receiving expenses…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

New South Wales played their third match with Auckland on Wednesday. The local team won by 89 to 50. The visitors did not play as well as on the previous…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

D. Maher, the honorary secretary to the E. and A. Copper Co.'s Club, writes at length on the new system of district football, and expresses the hope that…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

Delhi Neilson, who won the title of champion all-round wrestler of Victoria, has been doing well in South Africa, where he appropriated the middle-weight…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 9

H. P. Brown, hon. secretary Newcastle Club, writes :—"The secretary of the E. and A. Copper. Company's Football Club, condemns the proposed district scheme of…

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