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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1912

1,505 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 76

Swimming

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

The Newcastle High School held its first annual swimming carnival at the Bogeyhole yesterday afternoon. The championship of the school was won by II,…

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Newcastle Races

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

The Newcastle Jockey Club's April race mooting attracted a very largo attendance yesterday. Glorious weather prevailed, and the meeting was…

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Boxing in Sydney. Clabby Defeats Mehegan. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 6

At the Stadium to-night Jimmy Clabby, who lays claim to the title of welterweight champion of the world, defeated Hughie Mehegan, of Melbourne, the…

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Newcastle Football. League and Union. Sydney

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

Mr. E. R. Larkin, secretary to the New South Wales Rugby Football League, made reference to-day to the position of affairs in the Newcastle district. He…

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Athletics

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

Several of the runners engaged in Rowan's Handicap, to be run to-morrow, have already reached Newcastle. The Summer Park boxing tournaments…

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Football

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

The report of the northern branch of the New South Wales Rugby League, to be submitted at the annual meeting, to be held on Monday evening, April 15, is…

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Bowls. Northern District Pairs

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

The final of the Northern District Association Paris Championship was played off on the City green yesterday, between L. Hingst end Wal. Nove,…

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Wallsend Races

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

A start will be made with the Wallsend Jockey Club's Easter race meeting to-day. This is one of the most important fixtures held by the club throughout…

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Boxing Lawsuit. Action for Damages. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 5

Mr. H, D. M'Intosh, the Australian boxing promoter, and Sam M'Vea, the coloured boxer, now in Sydney, have had an action brought against them in…

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League Football. Opening of the Season

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

The football season of 1912 will be officially entered upon this afternoon at the Newcastle to Sports Ground (late Rugby Union Ground), when the local branch…

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

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

A match between a metropolitan and a Maitland team was opened on the Show Ground yesterday. Maitland, who were not strongly, represented, were first at…

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Athletics

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

Some interesting sport may be looked for at the Summer Park this evening, when the two tournaments are to be advanced another stage. At least three…

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Boxing Tournament. Eight More Contests

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 3

Patrons of boxing assembled in large numbers at the Summer Park on Saturday, when the two tournaments promoted by Mr. J. Rowan, were advanced another stage,…

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Toronto. Sailing Club's Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 5

There were eight starters in the Toronto to Club's race on Saturday afternoon, the winner turning up in Edgar (W. Walters), scratch, with the consistent Duke…

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Broadmeadow. Smelters at Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 5

On Saturday a cricket match was played between employees at the English and Australian Copper Company's works and a team from Port Kombla, the visitors…

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League Football. Hunter v. Newcastle Branch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 2

The local branch of the New South Wales Rugby League hit the mark when they opposed the strength of the two branches, Hunter and Newcastle, as the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 3

At the Brisbane Stadium on Saturday night, before a large crowd, Jimmy Hill and Tom King fought twenty rounds. Hill secured the decision on points…

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Boxing Tournaments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 6

Six more heats in the Summer Perk boxing tournaments were decided last evening in the presence of a large attendance. In all, 34 rounds wore fought,…

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Football. British Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 3

"A Player" writes: "In Tuesday's issue (26th March), was a report of the meeting of the Wallsend District British Football Association. In reading the report of the…

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Racing in Brisbane. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 5

At the Queensland Turf Club's meeting to-day, the principal event, the Easter Handicap, of 200 sovs. resulted in a dead heat between Lettie and…

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