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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1908

1,298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 65

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 3

The match Eastern Suburbs v. Northern Branch, which was to have taken place on Saturday next has fallen through, owing to the fact that several…

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Athletics. Club-swinging Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 3

Jack Griffiths has again succeeded in annexing the title of champion [?]endurance club swinger of the world. He entered upon his task at Cessnock at 9 o'clock on…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 9

The competitions will be advanced another stage to-day. On the Union Ground three matches in the first grade will be played, and should result in close and…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 9

The presentation to Mr. M. A. Noble Will be made at the Sydney Town Hall vestibule on Tuesday, June 2, at 3 p.m., by Sir Harry Rawson, the Governor of…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 9

Monk Ford has accepted, the challenge recently thrown out by Frank O'Grady, and the pair are likely, to meet at the pavilion early next month…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 6

A team representing Singleton took the field on the Albion Ground on Saturday in a bout with the senior members of Western Division. The latter showed to…

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Saturday's Football. Good First Grade Battles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 7

A good attendance and a glorious day welcomed the second series of first-grade football on the Rugby Union Ground on Saturday. The two matches that…

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League Football. All Blacks v. Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 7

The New Zealand professional team played their first match in Brisbane yesterday, on the Exhibition round, against a Queensland thirteen, and won with…

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Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 3

At Baumann's, Sydney, Mr. P. Allan, president of the Hunter District Water Board, was accorded a send-off on Friday evening, by the Hunter's Hill Golf…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 3

Newcastle Rugby footballers will be pleased to learn that Pat ("Nimmo") Walsh continues to keep his end up in New Zealand. Pat is now a prominent…

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Tennis Championship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—In the final of the competition for the tennis amateur championship of London, J. Gould beat E. H. Miles by to 2, 1 to…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 3

Frank O'Grady has returned the articles for his contest with Monk Ford, to take place in Newcastle next month. The only stipulation O'Grady makes is…

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Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 3

During the first week in June the Newcastle Golf Club intends holding a northern championship meeting, the Golf Association…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 3

The Wednesday competition will be continued to-day, one match, Central Mission v. Maitland, will be played at Maitland, and the other, between Marcus…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 3

A team of Philadelphian cricketers will tour England this season. William Lambert's Cricket Guide, first published in 1816, ran through 20…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 3

R. Whitelaw expects to arrange a match with Quigley, to take place in Newcastle early next month. The Newcastle crack is open to fight any man in…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 6

A match was played on the Maitland Bowling Green yesterday afternoon between the two Maitland clubs, in the Wednesday competition. The Maitland…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 6

Under the auspices of the Northern Union a team representing the Central Mission (Newcastle) met the Wednesday Half-holiday players of Maitland in a…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 3

The following team will represent the Northern Branch against the Hunter Branch Union on the Newcastle Union Ground next Saturday:—Back, N. Brien;…

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Heddon-greta Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 6

Train arrangements for the Heddon-Greta races provide for a special train leaving Newcastle at 12.5 p.m., calling at all stations, and leaving West…

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