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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1909

1,353 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 68

Football in England. Hull Defeat Kangaroos. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 5

The Australian Rugby League team played their return match with Hull yesterday afternoon, and were defeated by three goals and a try to one goal…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 3

Grimm and Reeder are to box the best of twenty rounds at the Gaiety to-morrow night. Monk Ford and Tony Williams met at…

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International Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Monday:—The international football match, England v. France was played at Leicester, and resulted in a win for the former by 22…

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Boxing Contest. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 6

The glove fight to-night between Meeghan and Unholz, of South Africa, resulted in a win for Meeghan, on a foul in the eleventh round…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 3

J. M'Croarey and J. Adams have signed to fight the best of 20 rounds at Greta four weeks hence for a side-bet of £10. F. Rennie, of Greta, is after a match…

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Boxing Contest Stopped. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 5

A boxing contest took place at the Gaiety to-night, between Joe Grimm and "Props" Reeder. It ended abruptly after four rounds, being stopped by the…

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Athletics

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

The contest between Squires end Lang for the heavyweight championship of Australia will take place at the Stadium to-night, Six-ounce gloves are to be…

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Boxing Championship. Lang Beats Squires. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 5

The glove contest for the heavyweight championship of Australia, between Bill Squires, of Newcastle, the holder of the title, and Bill Lang of Victoria, took…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 3

The contest in Melbourne between Unholz and Mehegan was won by the latter. The men just laid their heads together and slammed away like tradesmen…

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Football in England. "Ka[?]garoos" v. England. London

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

The Australian Rugby League team met a representative English team at Glasgow yesterday afternoon in the presence of 3000 spectators…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

Bill Lang, who won the Australian heavyweight championship when he defeated Bill Squires on Wednesday night, was born at Carlton (Vic.) about 27…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 10

Writing of the Kangaroos' match against Wakefield, J. T. M'Cabe says that "Walsh did not play with his accustomed dash and brilliance, although his try was…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 10

In Sydney first grade cricket S. H. Emery has scored most runs to date, viz., 474. M. A. Noble has scored 2750 runs in 39…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 5

The Australian Rugby League team met Cumberland, at Carlisle, yesterday afternoon, and was defeated by 11 points (1 goal 3 tries) to 2 points (1…

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Test Cricket. Australia v. "The Rest." Sydney

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

The first of the two trial matches between Australia and the Rest of Australia commenced on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 10

Next Saturday night, at the Summer Park, patrons of boxing will again be well catered for. The principal contest set down for decision is between Frank…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 6

The match on the Albion Ground on Saturday, was provided by mixed senior and junior teams selected from the Northern and Western divisions. The wicket…

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Football Enthusiasts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Many of the unemployed in Bristol, who were put on municipal relief work, sought permission to knock off early on…

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Boxing Contests. Charters Towers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5

A boxing contest for the lightweight championship took place last night for a £65 purse between Lynn Truscott and Peter Murphy (Sydney). The match…

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Long-distance Racing. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5

The Canadian half-caste, runner, T. Longboat, has beaten A. Shrubb, the London runner, in a race over the Marathon distance in New York…

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