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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1911

1,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 75

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Central District Rugby League will be held in the Hamilton Council Chambers, this evening, at eight o'clock. The report to be…

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Boxing Championship. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 5

Mr. R. G. Larking, of Melbourne, the Oxford representative, won the inter-university middleweight boxing championship…

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District News. Merewether. Amateur Swimming Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 7

The general meeting of the Merewether Amateur Swimming Club was held at M'Closkey's Hotel on Tuesday night. Mr. J. Chaff presided, and there was a…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 3

Billy Papke, middleweight champion of the world, sailed for England yesterday in the R.M.S. Otranto, after having experienced varying success in Sydney. His…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 3

In order to give Maitland bowlers a chance to make up for the defeat of March 1st Mr Leslie Arnott took up the same team, L. Arnott, A. Timbury, R. C…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 3

Joe Hope, the Newcastle skater, failed in his attempt to establish a new world's record for endurance skating at Goulburn, He started on his arduous task at seven…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 10

The annual meeting of the Northern Branch of the Rugby Union is to be held at the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening, the 30th instant…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 10

The Senior final will be resumed at 2.15 p m. to-day on the Association Ground, when Lambton continue their second knock. They have lost three…

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Maitland Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 6

The next race meeting at Rutherford is to be held on Saturday, April 1, when the following programme will be discussed:—Flying Handicap, £45, six furlongs;…

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Wallsend Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 10

Racegoers will find themselves well catered for by the Wallsend Jockey Club to-day, when the March meeting is set down for decision. The entries for…

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Warwick Farm Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 10

There is likely to be a large attendance at the Warwick Farm race meeting to-day. All the events have filled well, and with the course in good order the…

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Newcastle Golf Club. Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 5

The annual meeting of members of the Newcastle Golf Club was held at Mr. A. A. Rankin's office, in Watt-street, last evening. Mr. E. A. M. Merewether,…

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Fatal Boxing Match. a Competitor Dies. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 5

A boxing competition for novices is now taking place at the National Sporting Club. One contest last night had a fatal…

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The Seven Ages of Golf. All the world's a course

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 3

All the world's a course. And all the men and women really golfers. They have their clubs, and subs, and entrance fees…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 10

Joe Shakespeare and J. Reay are promoting a 9st tournament, to be held at Abermain on Friday and Monday nights next. Already a large number of entries…

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Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 3

The opening meeting of the season was held on the Newcastle links on Saturday afternoon. Many Visitors were present, included in whom were representatives…

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Wallsend Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 7

The weather was extremely hot on Saturday, but the attendance at the Wallsend Jockey Club's March meeting was in no way interfered with. If anything,…

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Boxing in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 7

Some special interest was attached to the meeting of Colin Bell and Jack Howard at the Stadium last night. Bell is a new fighter, who has been training…

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Tennis Matches. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 5

The lawn tennis tournament concluded on Saturday. Parker (N.S.W.) won for the sixth time since 1904 the Singles Championship of…

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Boxing Contest. Principals Arrested. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 5

At Los Angeles Ad. Wolgast outfought George Memsic, the referee stopping the fight in the ninth round. The police afterwards arrested the…

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