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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1908

1,298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 65

Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 3

Marcus Clark's team v. Central Mission, on Wickham wicket.—Billott, Donnison, Brown. De Glorion, Lister, Noyes, Pearson, Petherbridge, Playfair, Ritchie,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 3

Pat O'Keefe and Williams, who met recently in Melbourne, when the visitor was beaten, are to meet again at the Stadium, Rushcutter Bay…

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Newcastle Regatta

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

A meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle annual regatta was held at the council chambers last evening, the vice-president, Mr. M. J. Moroney, in the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 3

Mr. Jas, M'Mahon, in the London "Daily Mirror," writes as follows of Dr. H. M. Moran:—"Learnt his football in the great public school, Riverview. On his admittance…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 3

Tommy Burns has received a reply from the American middleweight champion of the world. Jack ("Twin") Sullivan, to the effect that he will leave for Australia by the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 3

Mr. J. J. Giltinan, manager of the Rugby League team in England, in an Interview, sold the New South Wales Rugby League had completed a most successful first season…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 3

In Brown's raddock, Minmi, to-morrow, the Squashers and Wanderers will meet again to decide supremacy in the 3rd grade final. On the last occasion, they met on the…

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Narrabri Races. Narrabri

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 3

The local Jockey Club's race meeting was concluded to-day, when Gay Tampton annexed Tattersall's Handicap, with Virginian and E. K. W. in the other places. The chief…

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Football in England. the Union Team Win. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 5

The Australian Rugby Union team ("The Wallabies") met a combined Northumberland and Cumberland team yesterday afternoon, and defeated…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 3

Alfred Shrubb, the English ex-amateur champion (now a professional), offers to run J. J. Hayes, the winner of the great Marathon race in London, three races of 10, 15,…

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Sculling and Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 11

Sir,—Both of these branches of sport have their adherents, and I am not going to waste time in arguing about them one way or the other. But I should…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 10

A subscription list has been opened in Melbourne for the benefit of Sam, Morris, who was for many years curator of the South Melbourne ground. Morris has…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 10

The Newcastle Jockey Club's holiday race meeting will be entered upon to-day on the new racecourse at Broadmeadow. There are five events set down…

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Football in England. Kangaroos Defeat Yorkshire. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 5

"The Kangaroos" (the N.S.W. Rugby League team) yesterday defeated Yorkshire by 24 points (3 goals 6 tries) to 11 points it goal 3 tries)…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 10

Snowy Vance, who styles himselm "a champion 8st 71[?] tournament boy," is after a return march with Jas Straney, whom he met in the preliminary at the…

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Football. Rugby Badges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 3

The presentation of badges and premiership caps tool place on Friday evening in the Wickham School of Arts. "The president, Mr. Raysmith, in…

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Another Swimming Record. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 5

Cecil Healey put up another world's record yesterday, by swimming 100 yards over a straight course in the new baths at Woolloomooloo Bay in 55sec, which is…

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Newcastle Races. First Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 3

The committee of the Newcastle Jockey Club made a start with their holiday race meeting on Saturday. The weather was very opperssive, but the attendance was…

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Football in England. the Wallabies Beat Cheshire. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 5

The Australian Rugby Union team played a Cheshire fifteen yesterday afternoon, and defeated them by six goals three tries to one try…

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Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 3

The fourth round of the Toohey Cup was run off on Murray's enclosure on Saturday in the presence of a fair attendance. The various courses created…

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