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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1911

1,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 75

Newcastle Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 5

One of the chief holiday attractions to-day will be the Newcastle Annual Regatta, and it is expected that there will be a very large attendance to witness…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 6

A match between a metropolitan team, selected from the Waverley, Paddington, and Redfern clubs, and a Hunter district Team, was opened on the Albion…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 3

Ironclads play Broadmeadow on Ironclads' wicket this afternoon…

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Tattersall's Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 3

At Randwick on Saturday there was a very large attendance to witness the opening day's racing in connection with Tattersall's annual meeting. The…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 3

The Newcastle Jockey Club will hold a race meeting to-day when a five-event programme is to be put through. The meeting is usually one of the most…

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Brisbane Sailing Races. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 5

The interstate sailing carnival was continued on the Lytton reach, of the Brisbane River, on Saturday. The Interstate Eighteen-footers'…

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The Boxing Ring. Lang and Langford Matched. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 5

Mr. H. D. M'Intosh states that W. Lang, the Australian pugilist, will fight Sam Langford for a purse of £3500 at the Olympia, probably on…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 3

A strenuous battle may he looked for when Joo Shakespeare and Wal. Coleman meet to box the best of twenty rounds at the Summer Park this morning. The…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 3

The Newcastle Jockey Club's race meeting proved to be one of the chief holiday attractions. There was a very large attendance, particularly in the Leger, and…

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Newcastle Regatta. a Successful Carnival. Very Large Attendance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 4

The Newcastle Annual Regatta, which was abandoned last year, owing to industrial troubles, was held yesterday under rather favourable circumstances. The…

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Cycling Carnival. Splendid Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 5

The concluding night of the Summer Nights' Amusement Company's Christmastide cycling carnival was productive of some excellent racing on the Rugby…

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Interstate Cricket. Tasmanian Beaten. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 4

The interstate match between New South Wales second eleven and Tasmania was concluded on the Sydney Cricket Ground this afternoon…

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Tattersall's Races. Byplay Wins the Cup. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 5

The annual race meeting of Tattersall's Club was brought to a conclusion at Randwick to-day in the presence of a large attendance. Some interesting…

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Athletics. Shakespeare Beats Coleman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 3

A more perfect match than that provided by Joe Shakespeare and Wal Coleman could not be desired by any admirer of boxing. There was a large gathering…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 8

In a letter to an English paper on "The Art of Fielding," a correspondent wrote :—"That so admirable a judge of the game as the Rev. James Pycroft…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 3

The umpires appointed to the respective senior competition games on Saturday next are as follows:—Lambton Park, Messrs. Allen and Griffiths; Sacred…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 3

The Stadium management have succeeded to matching Jimmy Clabby, the American welterweight champion, with Dave Smith, local middleweight, who won…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 6

Mr. D. L. B. Glasheen, secretary of the Hunter River District Cricket Association has received the following letter from Mr. O. S. Smish, manager of the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 3

Peter Cook and Larry Gaffney are to settle their difference at Cessnock. That one-time great little boxer Ned Murphy, now only 25 years of age, intends…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 10

Local swimmers are hopeful that the Newcastle Council at its meeting on Monday evening next will come to a definite decision in respect to the agreement…

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