Football
A meeting of footballers was held at Mr. Irwin's rooms last evening for the purpose of forming a half-holiday football club. Mr. R. E. Norman presided, and…
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Sport, 1908
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Lawn Tennis
LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Jay Gould defeated Mr. Eustace Miles for the tennis championship of New York by 3 sets to 1…
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Ralph Wells, of Ballarat, and Pat Farley, heavyweight champion of the Barrier, fought at Broken Hill for the Barrier championship. The contest was…
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Leashmen are again reminded that nominations for the four stakes to be run at the Lake Macquarie Coursing Club's meeting on Friday and Saturday next, close…
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Though a few have found their homes here (says "Wanderer" in the London "Sportsman of March 4), and the manager and one or two others are enjoying a brief…
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Jack Griffiths has been engaged by Harry Sadler, to tour the Newcastle district. Later on it is Griffiths' intention to make an attack on the…
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At a meeting of the committee of the Wallsend Golf Club, held on Tuesday evening correspondence was read from the secretary of the Country and Suburban…
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Immediately on his return to Melbourne from Broken Hill after having defeated Peter M'Gregor, Buttan Singh had to hurry across to Tasmania where…
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The Lake Macquarie Coursing Club's opening meeting is to be commenced today at Teralba, The various stakes have filled well, and some exciting sport may…
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The following players represent the Hamilton Bowling Club in a three-link game against Bathurst Bowling Club, on the Hamilton green, an Saturday.—Alien,…
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Messrs. E. S. Marks, C. Salmon, and E. Mandible have been appointed selectors of the Sydney Rugby Union Club's first grade teams, and Messrs Campbell,…
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A metropolitan team, organised by Mr. W. R. Iredale, will meet a Newcastle district eleven on the Association Ground, Newcastle, to-day. Several well-known…
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LONDON, Thursday.—South Africa has accepted the invitation of the Marylebone Cricket Club to join in a triangular contest in 1909…
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An unusual performance was, in February, credited to one T. E. Hammond, of the Middlesex Walking Club. On the West Ealing-road Hammond travelled…
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The New Zealand "All Blacks" will play a Newcastle team on the Show Ground on April 22 and 25. The champion, "Dally" Messenger, will play with the…
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Owing to the heavy rain, the committee of the Lake Macquarie Coursing Club met at 12.30 p.m. yesterday, and decided to postpone the meeting till the following…
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A start will be made with the Wallsend Jockey Club's Easter meeting to-day. This is one of the most popular fixtures of the year, and it is safe to anticipate that the…
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LONDON, Friday.—Mr. A. O. Jones, captain of the M.C.C. team which recently visited Australia, says that none of the team was much impressed…
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The word race is an elastic term. It can be applied to the great divisions of mankind, over the classification of which even the greatest ethnologists differ,…
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The match arranged by the Newcastle District Cricket Association, between a district team and a team of first grade players from Sydney, was commenced on…
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