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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1913

1,427 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 72

Coursing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 2

The running of th Australian Waterloo Cup has boon postponed till to-morrow, Friday, and Saturday, owing to the unfavourable weather conditions…

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Rugby Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 2

On Saturday next the new City team meets East End for the first time, and with the confidence begotten of success, expects to spring as big a surprise on…

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Football. League Rules. New Zealand v. Northern District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 2

This afternoon on the Newcastle Sports Ground, the New Zealand League footballers will try conclustions with a Northern district team, when Newcastle will be…

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International Tennis. the Davis Cup. Australasia Defeated. New York, Monday Evening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 5

The match between Australasia and America in the Davis cup lawn tennis competition was concluded this afternoon on the courts of the West Side…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 2

Jim Sullivan is hard at work at the Figtree camp training for his contest with Pat Bradley on July 5, while Bradley has also started training again…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 3

Playing for Acting President Bell's team at Orange, the Newcastle rink (Arnott, Nimmo, Donald, and Hingst) were up 28 to 18, and at Bathurst, where R…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 3

The secretary of the Cricket Association notifies that all averages for competition trophies must be forwarded before the 17th instant. Those returns…

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Boxing in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 5

Pat Doran (Vic.) and Gerdon Coghill met in a 20 round boxing coatest at the Stadium. Rushoutter's Bay, to-nigh. At the end of the twelfth round Cogbill had…

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Cricket in England. Some Fine Bowling. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 5

Playing at Leeds, Yorkshire defeated Leicestershire by an innings and 203 runs. G. H. Hirst for the winners took…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 3

Kely Mansfield telegraphed from Hobart yesterday that he had beaten Bill Rudd in seven rounds. Mansfield has now Won five battles in succession since…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 3

Owing to the weather conditions and the consequent sloppy state of the greens the committee of the Northern District Bowling Association yesterday decided to…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 3

Mr. Parata, manager of the Maoris, has cabled to Utika, a scrum-half, and Erekhana, a five-eight, to come to Sydney to join the team. They are expected to…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 3

Pat O'Keefe, who was popular in Sydney has won the right to tackle Jack Harrison, the holder of the middleweight championship of England. He did so by…

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Rugby Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 10

The star attraction at the Cricket Ground this afternoon is the match between East End (Maitland) and Newcastle City. Both teams have been…

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Football. League's Competition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 10

All big senior grade matches are down for decision at the Newcastle Sports Ground to-day, this being considered necessary consequent on the wet weather…

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Boxing Contest Arranged. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 5

Bombardier Walls, the English heavyweight champion, and Georges Carpentier, of France, have signed an agreement to meet in November,…

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German Students' Duels. the "Cricket" of Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 16

A graphic description of a duel with sabres between two German students is given in "Blackwood's Magazine" by Mr. Stephen Gwynn, M.P. It is, he says, the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 10

Joe Shakespeare and W. M'Nabb are likely to meet in a return match shortly for a side bet of £25. Matt, Wells, the English lightweight…

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Saturday's Football. Rugby League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1913 · page 3

At last the difference between Northern Suburbs and South Newcastle, aspirants for big League honours, has been decided, for a number of weeks at any rate. A…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1913 · page 3

Having nothing to fly on it for the past few years the Hamilton Bowling Club's flagpole became neglected by members and a prey to white ants and the weather…

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