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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Newcastle Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 4

A a meeting of the committee, held at the Newcastle Council Chambers on Saturday night all arrangements were completed for to-day's Newcastle annual regatta…

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Cockle Creek Boating Club Annual Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 6

The annual regatta of the Cockle Creek floating Club was held at Speers' Point, Lake Macquarie, en Saturday, and, although the attendance was only moderate,…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 3

One of the principal holiday attractions to-day will be the Newcastle Jockey key Club's race meeting, and if favoured with fine weather, it is safe to…

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Antiquity of Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 3

It may not be generally known that cricket, or rather the crude bat and ball game from which modern cricket has evolved, was played by monks in…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. CRICKET

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 6

The school of arts met a team from Allandale on the showground on Saturday afternoon, and defeated team by five wickets and 65 runs. S[?]rts:—…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 3

The final deposit of £20 a side in the glove contest between Dick Turpin, of Maitland, and W. M'Nab, of Weston, was made good on Saturday night. The…

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Athletics. Boxing. Challenge to Burns. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

A straight-out challenge was issued to-day to Tommy Burns by Billy M'Clain, Sam M'Vea's manager, M'Clain said he had no desire to engage in a newspaper…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

The Newcastle Jockey Club's race meeting yesterday proved to be a very popular holiday attraction. Although the weather conditions were threatening in…

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Injured by the Signal Gun. Accident at the Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 4

The steamer Tofua, which was the flagship for the Newcastle regatta yesterday, was the scene of an unfortunate accident during the afternoon, as a result…

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Tennis Championship the Davis Cup. Christchurch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 5

The first contests in connection with the Davis competition were played to-day in fine weather. Australia got the first leg-in. Brookes…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. BOWLS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 6

The members of the Maitland Bowling Club spent a pleasant day on their green in carrying out a rink tournament. The weather was pleasant, and the green was…

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American Boxing Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 8

Writing on October 24, the Boston correspondent of London "Mirror of Life," says:— "Ray Bronson , who, to my mind, is…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 8

Arrangements are being made to bring the contest between Dick Turpin and W. M'Nab off in the Adelphi Hall, West Maitland…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 3

The case of the Newcastle player, P. Walsh, which is before the English Northern Union, is not considered by some critics to be on "all fours" with…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 3

A batsman was out In peculiar way in a match in South Africa. He stepped out to a short-pitched boll, and Campbell, the understudy wicketkeeper…

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Triangular Cricket. South African Team. Johannesburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 5

The South African team to play in the triangular matches will be selected from the following:— Sherwell, Faulkner, Tancred, White,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 3

Truscott and Pitto Chapman are to decide their contest at Cessnock. There seems little doubt that Lester's powers of endurance and lets wonderful…

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Boxing Challenge. Johnson to Flynn. Carson (Novada)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

Johnson, the boxing champion, who is to meet M'Vea in Paris, offers to meet Flynn previous to that engagement…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 3

Eddie Clabby, a member of the family which has been made famous in the boxing world by Jimmy Clabby, made a good fight of it with "Young" Hauley before…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 10

Less than a year ago W. Longworth, the Rose Bay swimmer, who had been unknown to the vast majority of followers of the natatorial art, made…

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