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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1908

1,298 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 65

Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 9

The Wickham Bowling Club provided a splendid afternoon's enjoyment on their green yesterday, when several competitions were played, with the following…

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Boxing Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 6

Toronto annual regatta. First event at 10.30. Morpeth annual regatta. Carrington regatta. First event at 11…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 9

The annual Christmas match, New South Wales v. Victoria, will be commenced at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day. The New South Wales selectors…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 6

The match arranged by the Hunter District Cricket Association between Mr. W. R. Iredale's metropolitan team and a team representing the Northern district…

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Wallsend Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 9

The first day's racing in connection with the Wallsend Jockey Club's Christmas meeting is on the list for decision to-day. There are half a dozen events to…

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Football in England. Wallabies Defeat Glamorgan. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 5

The Australian Rugby Union team met a Glamorgan team yesterday afternoon, and defeated them by 13 points to 5…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 9

At the Summer Park next Saturday Jack Clarke, of Sydney, and Monk Ford, of West Wallsend, will battle the best of twenty three-minute rounds for…

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Toronto Regatta. Some Good Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 3

Picturesque Toronto looked its best on Saturday, when the twentieth annual regatta was held. The weather was fine and cool, and there was a strong…

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Carrington Regatta. a Successful Function

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 7

The Carrington annual regatta was held in the Basin on Saturday, and was a success from every point of view. The weather was fine and pleasant, and the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 6

The match between Iredale's Metropolitan team and the Northern Union was concluded on the Albion Ground on Saturday. On Christmas afternoon Northern…

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Boxing Day. a Pleasant Holiday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 5

The threatening weather conditions which marked the closing hours of Christmas Day, cleared away during the night, and on Saturday everything was in favour…

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Cycling Carnival. First-class Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 7

The Christmas cycling carnival promoted by the Summer Nights' Amusement Company, was attended at the Rugby Football Ground on Saturday night by fully 6000…

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Peculiar Racing Incident. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 5

In the Lightweight Handicap, the last race at Ascot yesterday. L. C. M'Dougall, who was riding Wheel of Fortune, nominated by Mr. J. Koogh and trained by P…

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Wallsend Christmas Races First Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 3

The Wallsend Jockey Club's Christmas race meeting, which is always looked forward to with interest by local racegoers, was entered upon on Saturday. The weather wore a…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 6

The annual regatta of the Morpeth regatta committee was held on Boxing Day under favourable weather conditions. There was a good attendance, but…

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Football in England. Swansea Defeat "Wallabies." London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 5

The Australian Rugby Union team were defeated by Swansea yesterday afternoon, by a penalty goal and at try to nil, in the presence of over 40,000…

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A.j.c. Races. Epois Wins the Cup

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 3

The A.J.C. Summer meeting, held at Randwick on Saturday, attracted a very large attendance, the results being as under:— Christmas Handicap, a handicap sweepstakes…

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Newcastle Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 5

A meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle regatta was hold at the council chambers last evening, the Mayor, Alderman A. Cook, in the chair…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 3

A match between Toronto C. Club and Toronto Outsiders eventuated on Christmas afternoon, and was won by the Outsiders by 136 runs. The Outsiders scored…

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The Cricket Dispute. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 5

The discussion regarding the Board of Control having complete control of all the financial matters connected, with the [?]onding of the Australian Eleven to England,…

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