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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1909

1,353 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 68

Rugby Football League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 4

The first annual meeting of the Newcastle Rugby Football League was held last night at Cameron's Star Inn. Hunter-street West. The secretary's report was…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 3

Marshall and O'Brien have been matched, and are anxious to fight the preliminary to the Good-M'Call contest on the 24th inst…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 10

The Wickham Club will pay their annual visit to Sydney during Easter. On Good Friday they play Chatswood, on Saturday Victoria Park, and a Easter Monday…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 10

Western Suburbs will be entering a first grade team this year. They will be assisted by the first grade players who reside in New Lambton, Waratah, and Wallsend and…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 10

Sydney Soap and Candle Co. and New Lambton meet in the second junior final on the Association Ground this afternoon…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 10

Yackum Fernie is out with a challenge to box W. Broadley at Minmi. The glove contest to take place at the Summer Park on Saturday afternoon, the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 3

Owing to the advent of the West Australian team on May 8th, the entries in the senior grade will close on the 15th inst. As the committee at their last…

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Boxing in Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 3

At the Gaiety Athletic Hall on Saturday night, Starnight. The old coloured heavy-weight champion, defeated Kane, of H.M.S. Pioneer, in thirteen rounds…

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Bowls. Visit of Tasmanians

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 3

The team of Tasmanian bowlers, who have been playing a series of matches in Sydney, brought their tour to a close at Newcastle on Saturday, when they met a…

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Hawkesbury Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 3

The race meeting at Hawkesbury on Saturday was the most successful held for many years, nearly 3000 persons journeying from Sydney alone. Results:—…

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Cricket. Second Junior Final

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 3

The final match under the auspices of the Newcastle District Cricket Association was commended on Saturday, Sydney Soap and Candle Company, and New Lambton…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 3

At the Gaiety Athletic Hall to-morrow night, Ted Green (Australia's bantam champion) and Billy Elliott (of New Zealand) will contest the best of 20 rounds…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 3

A team from Hamilton will Visit Ashfield on Good Friday and Play North Sydney on the following day. There are a few vacancies in the different rinks for players from…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 3

Ironclads (the first junior premiers and winners of Newcastle Cricket Association competition) journey to Wyong on Easter Monday. This being the cad of the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 3

Gray, of Carrington and Pitto Chapman, of Wallsend, are likely to the chosen to provide the preliminary to the Good-M'Call contest…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 3

In the championship contest of the Sydney City Club H. Harris defeated M'Laughlin by 31 points to 17, and thus became champion for the fourth time…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the New South Wales Rugby Union, Mr. J. F. Mac-Manamey moved, and Mr. W. A. Rand Seconded, that the following resolution of…

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Boxing in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 6

At the Gaiety Athletic Hall, to-night, Billy Elliott, of New Zealand, gained a verdict over Syd Green in a boxing contest, which went the full term of 20 rounds…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 3

James Miles, the middleweight champion of British Columbia, is out with a challenge to any middleweight in the Newcastle district. Miles arrived in Sydney…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1909 · page 3

King's Hall met Mick Simmons on the Contennial Park yesterday afternoon. The King's Hall won by 8 points to will Creamer and Sullivan s[?]ed, a try each, and…

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