Cricket
Central Mission, four wickets for 208, heat Maitland Half-holiday, [?]T, on the Sacred Heart wicket yesterday afternoon. Felton (101 retired) batted brilliantly for…
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Sport, 1908
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Boxing Contest. Sydney
At the Stadium to-night, O'Keefe (Thomas Burns' trainer) and Jack Blackmore met to box the best of twenty rounds. The men fought very evenly, and…
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R. Whitelaw has signed to fight Monty Andrews at the Stadium on January13. At Abermain Peter Cook defeated O'Brien in the fifth round…
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A meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle annual regatta was hell at the council chambers last evening. There was a large attendance, and Mr. T. H…
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The Wickham Bowling green will be officially opened for the season to-morrow at 2.30 p.m. The first bowl will be bowled by Mrs. R. J. Bond, wife of the…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Jim Driscoll defeated Charley Griffin, the New Zealand boxer, in a contest at Boston (U.S.). Griffin was knocked out in…
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English exchanges state that it is understood that the Australian League team have been approached with a view to making a trip to South America at the…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Maryle-bane Cricket Club is trying to arrange for the holding of a conference next summer with Australian and South…
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A conference of delegates of the northern racing clubs, convened by the A.J.C., was held at the Centennial Hotel, Newcastle, last night, for the purpose of…
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The football match between the New South Wales Rugby League team and Swinton, which had to be postponed on Wednesday last owing to a fog, was…
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Costin and M'Croarey have signed the agreement for their glove contest to take place under the auspices of the Newcastle Sports Club…
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Sir,—I notice that when the Sydney Corporation Amendment Bill was under consideration in the Legislative Council, an amendment was inserted exempting sports…
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Next Saturday afternoon will see the opening for athletic purpose of the Summer Park, formerly the Athletic Pavilion, in Newcastle West. The enclosure has…
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The Australian Rugby Union team met a representative Welsh team at Cardiff yesterday afternoon, and after a strenuous and exciting game Wales…
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At the Bondi carnival, a special 100 yards handicap provided the medium through which it was hoped Australia's sprint top-notcher, Cecil Healy. might go…
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Prior to last Saturday the individual record of the St. George Cricket Association stood to the credit of A. Loudoun (now of Redfern first grade team), with…
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LONDON, Monday.—The inter-university Rugby football match resulted in a draw, each team scoring a goal Gillay (N.Z.), played for Oxford, and…
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A glove fight took place to-night between Mike Williams, the South African heavy-weight, and Joe Grimm, the American "cast-iron" man. It resulted in a…
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The interstate cricket match was continued to-day in the presence of 1000 spectators. The weather was fine, but warm. New South Wales, with one…
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Monk Ford is expected to reach Newcastle to-day after a stay of several months in the far north. He is to be matched to fight Jack Clarke for a £50…
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