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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1913

1,427 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 72

Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 8

Entries for the novice boxing tournaments promoted by Mr. W. Fairlie, of Cessnock, close on Saturday evening next. The first heats are to be decided on…

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Lawn Tennis. Davis Cup Competition. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 5

Germany is to meet America in the second round of the Davis Cup competition at Nottingham to-day. O. Kreutzer (Germany) is to play…

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Cricket in England. Cambridge Beats Oxford. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 5

At Lord's, in the annual interuniversity match, Cambridge defeated Oxford by four wickets. This was largely due to R. B. Lagden, who…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 3

Kelly Mansfield and Soldier O'Grady are to contest the best of twenty rounds at the Cessnock Stadium to-night. Both men have been through a strenuous preparation and…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 10

Maitland will bring five rinks to Lowlands to-day. Lowlands team will be picked on the green…

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Rugby Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 10

To-day's fixtures at the Cricket Ground are: Second grade: North Newcastle v. Ourimbah, at 2.15. First grade: East Newcastle v. West End (Maitland), at 3.30…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 10

The Newcastle Jockey Club's race meeting to be held this afternoon, should provide some interesting sport for racegoers, and only fine weather is required to ensure a…

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Football. League's Programme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 10

The local and Maitland branches of the New South Wales Rugby League have promoted an attractive programme for this afternoon, which must appeal to all branches…

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Return of the Football Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 7

The Wanganui brought back on Wednesday the New Zealand League football team from Sydney, and Dr. Thacker, one of the managers, has given some…

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Lawn Tennis. Davis Cup Matches. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

The two matches in the second round of the Davis Cup lawn tennis competition were begun yesterday. At Nottingham the Americans…

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Cricket in England. Sensational Match. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

The first day's play in the match at the Oval between the Gentlemen and the Players started sensationally. The ground was wet, and the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 10

A contest full of exciting incidents may be anticipated when Joe Shakespeare and W. M'Nabh come together at the Cessnock Stadium to-night, for they have the reputation…

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Saturday's Football. Rugby League. Swan Benefit Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 3

A great crowd of spectators turned up at the Newcastle Sports Ground on Saturday afternoon, in response to the local and Maitland branches of the New South Wales Rugby…

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League Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 6

There was a large attendance on the Show Ground on Saturday afternoon to witness the matches arranged by the Hunter Rugby League. Owing to the seniors bourn…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 3

The committee of the Newcastle Jockey Club were favoured with delightful weather for their race meeting on Saturday, and it would have been surprising if, under such…

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Rugby Union. East Newcastle v. West End (Maitland)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 3

A fair crowd witnessed a strenuous and exciting struggle between East Newcastle and West End, the former winning by 17 to 6. The game was hard on both sides, several…

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Lawn Tennis. the Davis Cup. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 5

In the semi-final match of the Davis Cup, between the United States and Germany, Hackett and M'Laughlin (U.S.A.) defeated Rahe and…

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Remarkable Cricket. Another Collapse. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 5

In the match, Gentlemen v. Players, commenced on Thursday at Lord's, the Players are all out for 131, of which F. A. Tarrant, who was last out,…

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Athletics. Mehegan Beats Holberg. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 3

Hughie Mehegan, Australia's lightweight champion, knocked out Waldemar Holberg, the Danish boxer, in the 17th round of their contest, at the Stadium, last night. There was…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 3

On Saturday next Mr. James Clayton, in his capacity as vice-president of the New South Wales Bowling Association, will take a twelve-rink team to Sydney, to play a…

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