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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Newcastle Regatta. Meeting of Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 5

A meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle annual regatta was held at the council chambers last evening, the president, Alderman H. M. Shedden,…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 3

It is stated that the difficulty which exists between the Board of Control and six of Australia's leading cricketers can be settled if Mr. Sydney…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 3

In addition to Rowan's Handicap, M'Leod and Doyle are to decide their footrace for a stake of £20 on the League Football Ground, Hamilton, next…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 3

At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association, it was decided to nominate the following swimmers as…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 3

At Wallsend on Tuesday Mulholland and Sneddon were defeated by Pickering and Hopkins by 21 to 12. In the Lowlands Club competition for…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 3

Rowan's £25 handicap, for which nearly 150 entries have been received, is to be run on the League Football Ground, Hamilton, to-morrow afternoon…

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Rugby Football. Wales Defeats Scotland. London

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

A Rugby football match was played between Wales and Scotland yesterday. It resulted in a win for Wales by 21 points to 14…

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Athletics. Boxing Tournament. Four Left In

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 3

The 9st and 9st 7lb boxing tournament was continued at the Summer Park on Saturday evening in the presence of a fair attendance. The programme proved to be…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 3

Next Saturday will see the concluding rounds in the Arnott Shield and association competitions played, and club secretaries will then be on their own as…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 3

A match was played on Blackburn's ground, Merewether, on Saturday, between Hamilton No. 1 sewer, and Wickham No. 1 sewer. Wickham scored 103…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 3

The New South Wales Athletic Longue has granted Mr. J. Rowan sanction for is big handicap, to be run on Good Friday…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 8

Two new world's records for ladles were established at Auckland on Saturday by Miss Fanny Durack, of Sydney, She covered 440 yards in 6min 42sec…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 8

"An old referee and lover of the game" writes that Fogarty, in his first beat with Morris in the Summer Park tournament, was not sent to the boards…

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Boxing Match Postponed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 5

The Thompson-Lester fight, fixed to take place at the Stadium to-night, was postponed till to-morrow night, owing to the unsettled state of the weather…

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The Cricket Dispute. British Press Views. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 5

The newspapers regret Mr. C. Hill's resignation from the selectors of the Australian cricketing team. The "Sportsman" considers that…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 3

At the Summer Park next Saturday night the final heats of Mr. J. Rowan's 9st to 9st 7lb tournament are to be decided. Four lads remain, in viz., E…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

The fourth test watch will be started on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day. The Australian selectors have chosen twelve players, viz., the eleven which…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

St. Augustine's team v. West Wallsend, at West Wallsend, on Saturday…

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Boxing Match Again Postponed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 6

The Thompson-Lester match, which was to have taken place at the Stadium to-night, was again postponed, owing to the rain. It will take place next Wednesday…

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The Cricket Trouble. Spofforth's Views. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 5

F. R. Spofforth, the "demon bowl[?]," has been interviewed by the "Pall Mall Gazette" on the Australian cricket trouble…

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