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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1911

1,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 75

Hawkesbury Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 10

The race meeting to be held at the Hawkesbury to-day promises to be well attended. All events have filled well, and visitors to the Clarendon course…

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School Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 6

The No. 1 competition was brought to a close yesterday, when High School and Cook's Hill met on Centennial Park wicket. The result was a decisive…

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Boxing [?]Anada. Va[?]ouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

T. Burns is to put on boxing bouts in Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Calgary under the authority of a Dominion charter granted to the National…

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The White Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 11

A statistical export has recently published in Germany some significant figures regarding the population and religions of the world. He gives the total population…

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Lawn Tennis. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

In the Cote d'Azur lawn tennis championship Rahe and T. M. Mavrogordate beat A. F. Wilding and A. M. Myers by 6 to 4, 6 to 4…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 10

Woodchop, West Wallsend......April 8…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 10

Chewey Williams has loft for Sydney to assist Colin Bell in his preparation for his fight with Jack Howard on Easter Monday. Williams expects to be matched…

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Athletics. Boxing Tournament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 3

At the Summer Park on Saturday night, before a large crowd of spectators, the 9st 71b to 10st tournament was continued. As on the opening night, several spirited…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 6

Central Maitland journeyed to Newcastle on Saturday afternoon and defeated the City Club in the pennant competition for the second time this season by…

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Coursing. Meeting at Teralba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 3

Coursing men turned up in large numbers to take part In the Lake Macquarie Coursing Club's second meeting at Teralba on Saturday. Fine weather prevailed,…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 6

A number of visitors and members gathered at the West Maitland Lawn Tennis Club's grounds on Saturday for the opening of the club's courts for the…

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League Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 6

The Hunter District Rugby League, at a meeting on Saturday evening, completed the drafting of bylaws governing its accident fund, which makes provision for…

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Bowls. the Hamilton Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 3

"Bowler" writes:—"I notice that the members of the Hamilton pennant team are not finishing up their engagements. This is a matter that the association…

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Hawkesbury Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 3

The race meeting held at Hawkesbury on Saturday attracted a very large attendance. Fine weather prevailed, and the outing was much enjoyed. Results:—…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

M. E. Champion, now en route to London, who is aid to be a Channel aspirant, is good stamp of long-distance swimmer, and is likely to make a bold…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

East Newcastle 4th beat South Newcastle 4th (three men short) by 9 points to 6. Sullivan, Smith and Sandford scored tries for Easts, and for Souths W. Brown…

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Boxing Contests. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 6

The boxing match to-night between Gus Povitt, of New Zealand, and Ted Whiting of Victoria, for the middleweight championship of Victoria, resulted in a win for…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

Eleven boxers are still eligible to compete in the 9st 71b to 10st tournament now being conducted at the Summer Park. Included in the number are…

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Football. Rugby Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 8

A meeting of the Referees' Association took place on Monday evening. There was a very fair attendance. The regulations of the old association were…

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Rugby League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 8

The first annual general meeting of the northern branch of the New South Wales Rugby Football League is to be held in the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday…

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