Athletics
Duke Jennings and Ted M'Guinness have been matched to box the best of twenty rounds at the pavilion next month, for a side-bet of £10…
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Sport, 1908
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Football. Rugby
Another preliminary match was played on the Rugby Union Gr6und on Saturday afternoon between teams representing South and East Newcastle, first grade…
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The Lake Macquarie Club's opening meeting of the season was started on Saturday in fine but dull weather. The ground was rather heavy, but some…
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The first day's racing in connection with the Wallsend Jockey Club's Easter meeting took place on Saturday. The weather was dull and threatening, but fortunately…
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Details of the fight between King and Jessop at Perth, for the light-weight championship of West Australia, show that King was favourite at 6 to 4 on,…
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New Zealand papers credit M. E. Champion with being the only swimmer to win live championships in one year. If they live Australasian championships, and…
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LONDON, Monday.—Tommy Burns the world's boxing champion, beat "Jewey" Smith, the South African champion, in a match at Paris, in the…
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The Easter race meeting of the Wallsend Jockey Club was brought to a successful termination yesterday. Fine weather prevailed, and there was a very…
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The Toronto Rogatta Club were favoured with beautifully fine weather for their day's racing the only drawback being that the wind was too light; indeed, at times it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →League Football. Newcastle V. Glebe. Sydney
The Rugby Football League opened the season this afternoon, and in the game Newcastle against Glebe the teams were:—…
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At Broken Hill yesterday Jack Blackmore, 10st 91b, knocked out Ralph Wells, 11st, in one round and a quarter, for a £50 purse. Wells was downed four times…
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The New Zealand "All Blacks" will visit Newcastle to-day for the purpose of meeting a local team, Under the auspices of the New South Wales Rugby…
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The lightweights, Bob Turner and Gaffney (New Zealand), met at the Galety to-night to box twenty rounds, Gaffney was much the heavier and…
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A match between Gardiner, of Orange, and Chantler, of Burrendong, took place in Bochm's Hall, Stuart Town, and resulted in an easy win for Chantler in…
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Scotland beat Ireland 5 goals to nil on March 14. The Scots are far too good for the Hibernians at Soccer, having won 23 out of 25 Internationals, Ireland having…
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The New Zealand footballers, after their recent successful tour of England, played their first match since their return on the Newcastle Show Ground…
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Hock Keys and Bob Bryant have been matched to fight at the Galety on June 9. Jack Blackmore says he is willing to meet day man his own weight in…
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In connection with the first benefit match in aid of the assurance fund, to be played to-morrow, on the Union Ground, arrangements have been made for the Sabraon boys to play…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowls. Trip of the Lowlanders
A team of twenty members of the Lowlands Club made their annual visit to the metropolis during the holiday, leaving Newcastle on Friday morning. On…
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Swimming in his best form in the 100 yards race, breast-stroke, at the Sportsman's Show in Madison Square Garden, New York, Henry J. Handy, of Chicago,…
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