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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1908

1,298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 65

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 3

The Newcastle Central B second grade team Journeyed to Singleton, and contested a game with the Singleton District Club, from which, after a fairly good…

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Racing in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At Leicester July meeting yesterday, the Bradgate Park Plate was won by Major Edwardes' ch h Noetuiform, by…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 3

Tom Burrows, the champion club-swinger, is visiting Ballarat. He has received a cable from Capetown offering a good purse for an endurance match with Lloyd,…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 10

Mr. J. Sandilauds; aged 81 years, and now bowling in his sixtieth successive season, received a tremendous ovation on the North London green on June 11 for his…

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Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 10

The following is the draw for the four-some handicap at Waratah for the trophy presented by Mr. Berkeley:—Paton and A. E. Langwill v. Berkeley and W. Pulver,…

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Football. Notes and Comments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 10

Three matches will be played on the Rugby Union ground this afternoon and two on the Show Ground. The big attraction on the Union Ground will be two…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 10

A. B. Postle, Australia's sprint champion and W. Grawcott, the English champion, will meet in a match over 130 yards for the championship of the world…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 3

At a special meeting of the Wickham Bowling Club, held in the pavilion on Saturday afternoon, the president, Mr. R. J. Bond, announced that he had received,…

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Swimming Contests

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 4

The final of the 400 meters swimming race in connection with the Olympic games at the Franco-British Exhibition, was brought off yesterday,…

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Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 3

Foursomes, for trophies presented by Mr. H. Berkeley, were played on the Waratah links on Saturday afternoon. The winners were Messrs. King and…

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Saturday's Football. East v. CENTRAL

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 7

Years have elapsed since anything has approached the sustained excitement that marked the proceedings in the concluding round of the senior competition,…

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League Football. Newcastle Beaten. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 7

Eastern Suburbs and Newcastle met on the Agricultural Ground yesterday. In the first half Miller, as the result of good work by D'Alpuget and Messenger,…

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Interstate Football. New South Wales v. Queensland. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 7

The interstate football match between New South Wales and Queensland was played on the Sydrey Cricket Ground yesterday, in the presence of 15,000…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 6

Rather than violate the system of home and-home matches between the various clubs there were no matches, curiously enough, played on the Albion ground of Saturday…

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The Rugby Football Team. Stevenson Chosen. Sydney, Monday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 5

The Rugby football team for England was definitely chosen to-night. Dr. H. M. Moran, of Newcastle, was selected as captain of the team, and F. Woods…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 3

Several of the British team received injuries in the match against New Zealand. Harding, the captain, was kicked in the region of the liver, and was…

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Cricket in England. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 5

Middlesex beat Lancashire in the cricket match at Lord's. L. O. S. Poidevin, formerly of Sydney, for Lancashire, made 60 and 46…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 3

At Corowa, Brillo Campbell, of Albury, was awarded the decision, on points, in a 15-round bout, over Dave Walker, of Rutherglen, by the referee, Mr. Abbott…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 7

The match City v. Wickham, which was to be played this (Wednesday) afternoon, is abandoned owing to the wet weather…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 7

W. J. Thew, the Swansea and Welsh international three-quarter, is slowly recovering from a bad attack of blood-poisoning, the result of some injuries…

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