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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1908

1,298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 65

Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 9

With a view to popularising the ancient and fascinating game in this city, the Newcastle club has decided to suspend for a short period the club's entrance fee…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 9

The committee of the Rugby Union met shortly before latest files left England to decide the course of action to be taken in regard to the suspension of T. Wilson,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 9

Mr. N. Edwards, secretary of the Hobart Athletic Club wired yesterday to ask if Bob Whitelaw would meet Bob Fraser in that city, on June 1st…

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Athletics. Boxing in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 3

The principal contest at the Gaiety Athletic Hall last night was between Young At[?]arn and Walter Davis, bantam-weights. The peace was made very merry,…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 6

The Rugby football season was opened in Maitland on Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of the Hunter River District Football Union. Eastern and Western…

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Bowls. Saturday's Matches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 3

All he greens were occupied on Saturday, when the local competition matches in the champion rink and "B" grades were continued. Officers of the…

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Saturday's Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 7

Football patrons who attended the Rugby Union Grounds on Saturday, had nothing to complain of with regard to the games put up by the various teams…

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League Football. New South Wales v. All Blacks. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 7

The New South Wales League team played their first match against the All Blacks on the Agricultural Ground, yesterday afternoon, in the presence of 12,000…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

The New South Wales Rugby Union has definitely fixed the following dates as those on which the team from Great Britain is to play in Australia:—August…

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Boxing in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 6

More than usual interest in a boxing contest was shown in the meeting at the Gaiety to-night of Jim Griffin and Monty Andrews, the building being…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

There is a likelihood of Hughie Mehegan paying a visit to Westralia, should be be matched with Faddy King. Les. M'Vicar, the western, champion, was…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 3

At the regular monthly meeting of the committee of management of the Northern Association the resignation of Mr. A. Timbury, as honorary secretary and…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 3

As is well known, the New South Wales Rugby Union has completed arrangements for the visit of a team to England the players to leave Sydney in August…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—At the lawn tennis tournament A. W. Gore beat A. F. Wilding, for the Covered Courts Championship, by 4-6, 8-6, 6-0, 8-6…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 6

An interesting match was played on the Maitland Bowling Club's green yesterday afternoon in the Wednesday competition between that club and the…

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League Football. All Blacks v. N.S.W. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 6

The return football match, under League Rugby rules, between New South Wales and New Zealand, was played on the Agricultural Ground this afternoon…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 3

[?] M'Call and Sid, Russell have signed to fight at the Gaiety on the 2nd prox. M'Call expects to step into the ring as well as ever…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 3

In a letter from Sydney, dated February 18, S. F. Barnes, a member of the English team, said:—"The M.C.C. team is an extraordinary one socially, every…

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English Racing. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 5

Newmarket First Spring meeting [?]erday, the principal evening resulted [?]llows:— Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, for…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 6

At Pryor's Hall, West Wallsend, last evening, a boxing contest took place between "Yackum" Fernie and "Tiger" Brennan. There was a good attendance, and the fight…

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