Athletics
Nominations for the £20 boxing tournament, to be held at Cessnock on the 17th instant, close on the 15th. Newcastle entries may be left with Mr. W. Ward, of…
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Sport, 1908
1,298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 65
Boolaroo Races
The race meeting held under the auspices of the Boolaroo Jockey Club on Saturday attracted a very large attendance. The special train from Newcastle…
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The English, Welsh, and Irish Rugby Unions have decided to extend the invitation to the New South Wales team to visit England next season,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Athletics. Glove Contest. Jones Beats Ford
The glove contest between Tom Jones and Monk Ford at the pavilion on Saturday night drew a fair crowd, the gate receipts totalling nearly £49. The…
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A large number of enthusiasts assembled on Pryer's ground,West Wallsend, last Saturday afternoon to witness the match between Mr. C. Stewart's bitch Seaham…
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The Perseverance Club held their tenth handicap of the season at Tighe's Hill. There was a good attendance of members for the first swim in the new year. Twenty…
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LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Abe Balley, the Rand mining magnate, suggests the formation of an Imperial cricket board of control, each colony to have…
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Duke Jennings will finish his preparation at Newcastle for his contest with Lance Laver, to take place at the pavilion this month…
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Otto Scheff, the Australian champion, who did so well at Athens last year, won the 500 metres championships of Australia in Vienna on October 24 in 7min 18 2-5sec…
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A number of loading runners are on their way from West Australia to Victoria, Something of a boom in pedestrianism in Victoria is promised…
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Shortly the various associations of each State will have to consider whether and Australian champion is to be sent to England to take in the swimming…
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A two days' cricket match between Western Division and Morpeth was opened on the Albion Ground yesterday afternoon, in connection with the Wednesday Half-holiday…
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Tom Jones and Jack Ladbury are to fight at the Gaiety on the 18th instant. From America comes the news that Bill Squires had been matched a third time,…
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The rooms of the Melbourne Athletic Club have been leased by a syndicate of representative Melbourne sportsmen. The new boxing hall will be opened with a…
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At the meeting of the executive of the N.S.W.A.S.A. the selection of the team to represent New South Wales in the Australasian championships…
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The full programme of the Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta, to be held at Splers' Point Lake Macquarie, on Anniversary Day, is published to-day. In all, there are eleven…
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F. Franich, the Austrian Hercules, who is to "double" With Jim Webster, the Newcastle strong man, shortly, reached Newcastle yesterday from Brisbane. The…
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Chewey Williams and Jack Willis have been matched to fight at Hobart on Cup night, February 12. A boxing contest took place at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Sydney Letter. Professor Jordan's Alleged Portrait of Australia.—mr. E. W. O'sullivan to the Rescue.—a Rain "Prophet" and a £50 Offer.—will We Invite the American Fleet Here?—racing Motor Cars in George-street.—pressing the Federal Capital Question. Sydney
When Professor Starr Jordan left these shores he didn't say he was not coming back. Now, however, we know that he is not coming back, because he…
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The detailed programme of event to be contested at the world's Olympic games in London this year is just to hand I embodies the list of competition rules…
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