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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1913

1,427 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 72

Teralba Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 6

The Lake Macquarie Coursing Club Is cut with a programme for Good Friday and Easter Saturday, March 21 and 22. Four stakes are to be run, and…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 10

The Merewether-Sacred Heart match will be played on Merewether wicket, and not at Sacred Heart, as the latter wicket is engaged by the senior team…

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Wallsend Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 10

The Wallsend Jockey Club will make another bid for patronage to-day. When the February race meeting is set down for decision. The club continues to make…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 10

Mr. J. Rowan announces that he will run another £50 handicap on the Rugby League Ground, Hamilton, on Good Friday afternoon, March 21. Nominations…

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Sporting Cable Messages. Rugby Football. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 6

The Rugby football match played yesterday between Scotland and Ireland resulted in a win for Scotland by 29 points to 14…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 6

The following players of Maitland Bowling Club have been selected for the champion rink: Marshall, Rourke, Logan, Oakes…

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Swimming Championship. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 6

The Australasian swimming championships were decided in the Fitzroy Municipal Baths yesterday. Longworth's defeat in the 100 yards…

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Boxing. Jerome Beats Balzac. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 3

There was a great crowd at the Stadium last night to witness the contest between Jerry Jerome, the Queensland aboriginal, end Ercole doe Balzac, the French boxer…

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Wallsend Races. a Successful Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 3

Find weather favoured the Wallsend Jockey Club's race meeting on Saturday, end there was a very large attendance. Visitors found the appointments…

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Athletics. Guilfoyle's Handicaps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 3

Mr. J. Guilfoyle ran off his two handicaps on the Newcastle Cricket Ground of Saturday night in the presence of a large and well conducted crowd of…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 3

The second general meeting of the Premier Amateur Swimming Club was held at the Terminus Hotel, Newcastle, last night and was numerously attended. Mr…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 3

Recently the cable informed us that owing to the behaviour of the French crowd at the match between Scotland and France, the Scottish Union has decided…

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Boxing Match. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 5

Jean Audony, the French boxer, defeated Mick M'Guire. After M'Guire had been twice down the police stopped the contest in the…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 8

The Newcastle Surf Club and Life Saving Brigade's fifth annual surf carnival will take place on Saturday next. March 1st, and will incidentally open the…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 8

Mr. G. Blackstone, the hen. secretary of the Newcastle Bowling Association received a communication from the Wide Bay (Queensland) Association, stating…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 6

The final of the champion singles in the Maitland Central Club was decided on the green yesterday afternoon. Williams, last year's club champion, and T…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 8

The first junior semi-final drew a fair attendance at the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Saturday last. The rival teams were Newcastle North and West…

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Boolaroo Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 8

The Boolaroo Racing Club will cater for racegoers to-day, and given fine weather it is safe to anticipate that there will be a large attendance. Several Sydney…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 8

Ted Savral, "the cakewalker," who visited Newcastle about ten years ago, again put in an appearance looking as well as ever. Savral claims that he is still the…

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Boxing Contests. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 6

The "Sporting Life" states that Mehegan declares that he beat Wells in the recent contest, when he (Mehegan) was declared to be defeated on points…

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