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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1909

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West Wallsend Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 3

Complete arrangements have been made for the West Wallsend regatta to be held at Spiers' Point to-day. The regatta will be mostly confined to sailing…

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Aquatics. the Newcastle Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 3

The Newcastle regatta to be held to-day promise to be one of the most successful held for many years. At one time it was feared that the carnival would not…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 3

The Newcastle Jockey Club's New Year's Day meeting is set down for decision to-day, and everything points to a successful afternoon's racing. The usual…

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Boxing Championship. Rebuke to Burns. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 5

Thomas Burns has sent a cable message from Sydney to the London "Sporting Life," in which he states that Johnson's seconds influenced the…

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Newcastle Regatta. Unqualified Success. Excellent Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 7

The weather yesterday for Newcastle's annual regatta was almost ideal. It was fine and cool, and a pleasant southerly wind was blowing throughout the day…

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Wickham Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 9

The annual regatta is to be held at Wickham to-day, and judging from the entries received visitors are promised some enjoyable sport. The rowing races…

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West Wallsend Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 7

The West Wallsend annual regatta was held yesterday at Spiers' Point. The fine reach of water provides exceptional facilities for sailing races, of which…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 6

The Maitland Bowling Club conducted a scratch match on the rinks yesterday afternoon, and the opposing parties were the Wednesday players and the Saturday…

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Swimming Record. Fremantle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5

Annette Kellerman, the Victorian swimmer, has put up a new record in America, Miss Kallerman swam from Charlestown Bridge to within less than half a mile of…

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Manilla Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 6

The full programme of the Manila, race meeting, to be held on Wednesday and Thursday, January 20th and 21st, is published to-day. In all, there are ten…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 9

The Newcastle Jockey Club's race meeting, yesterday, proved to be a popular holiday attraction, and there was a very large attendance. The weather was fine,…

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Frost Stops Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The match to have been played to-day between the Wallabies and Monmouthshire was scratched, owing to frost…

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Australian Football. Fremantle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail," regarding the match on November 39th when the Australians defeated Somerset said:—"To set everyone's mind at rest…

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Racing at Brisbane. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 6

The Second Summer meeting was concluded at Ascot this afternoon in fine weather. The principal event, the Midsummer, Handicap, resulted as follows:—…

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Lawn Tennis Championships. Fremantle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

According to the English files to hand, several writers have been attempting to discount the value of the Australians' win in the Davis Cup, in the "Westminster…

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Interstate Cricket. South Australia V. Victoria. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5

On the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day, the return match between Victoria and South Australia was commenced in fine weather…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 9

The second of the series of glove contests promoted by the Newcastle Sports Club is set down for decision at the Summer Park this afternoon. In the main…

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Bowls. Visit of South Australians

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

The South Australian bowlers, at present touring New South Wales, visited Newcastle on Saturday, and engaged in a match with a Northern District…

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Football in England. "Kangaroos" v. England. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 5

The Australian Rugby League team met a team representing England yesterday afternoon, and after a keen and exciting game the home team…

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Interstate Cricket. South Australia V. Victoria. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 4

The interstate cricket match was continued to-day it hot weather. Ransford and M'Alister, each 42 not out, resumed batting for Victoria. R. Hill and…

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