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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1913

1,427 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 72

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 6

Waratah School defeated Mayfield by 12 points to nil. For the winners, T. Turnbull 2, G. Blight 1 J. Dann 1 scored tries: while L. Jacobson notched a goal…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 10

The Newcastle Jockey Club's August meeting will be entered upon to-day, and at this early stage it is safe to predict that the fixture will be a great success. The five…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 10

What should prove to be a good battle is to take place at the Cessnock Stadium tonight, between Ted Green and Tibby Watson, for the bantamweight championship of…

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Saturday's Football. Stirring Rugby League. Eastern Down Western

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 3

In one of the toughest and hardest-fought battles to date, a large crowd of spectators were entertained at the Hamilton League Ground on Saturday, by the two leading…

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League Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 6

Weather conditions were of the boisterous and break order on Saturday afternoon, and were not favourable to good football, but despite these disadvantages two alternative…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 3

Fine but threatening weather prevailed for the opening of the Newcastle Jockey Club's August race meeting on Saturday. Ominous-looking clouds began to bank up shortly…

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Bowls. the Tourists v. the Rest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 7

Although the weather conditions were far from pleasant on Saturday afternoon the match between the team selected by Mr. G. Blackstone and the members of the…

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Union Football. Queensland v. N.S.W. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 3

New South Wales and Qucensland, played their final match on the University Oval yesterday afternoon, the result being a win for the visitors by one point…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 3

At Cessnock on Saturday night Ted Green defeated Tibby Watson in four rounds for the bantam championship of Australia. Snowy Baker was a passenger by the…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 3

Sacred Heart defeated Burwood by aix points to three. For the winners, B. Vial and A. Hancock scored tries, and Williams crossed the line once for Burwood, Hayes, Robinson,…

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Boxing Contest. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 6

A boxing match took place to-night between Sid Stagg and Frank O'Grady, and resulted, after twenty rounds, in a win for Slagg on points…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 3

The gate receipts for the Whitelaw-Hiack Paddy contest at Carsnock last Friday night totalled £123 10s, and if fine weather had prevalled Mr. Fairlie, the promoter…

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Rugby Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 8

A representative team from Maitland and Newcastle will journey to Sydney by the Brisbane mail on Saturday morning to play the University Club at the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 8

The annual general meeting of the Newcastle District Cricket Association will be held at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, August 20th…

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Boxing Contest. Winnipeg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 6

Carl Morris knocked out "Fighting" Fred Mackay, of New York, in the third round of a scheduled twelve-round boxing boul, Mackay took second place from…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 8

The Newcastle Jockey Club's August race meeting will be brought to a conclusion this afternoon, and with nothing in the way of opposition in the metropolis,…

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Football. Doings of the League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 8

It will be difficult to decide which senior match to follow on Saturday, as both are of importance. Les Beeston deserves encouragement,…

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Cricket in England. Notable Players. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 5

In a match against Kent, W. Hitch, Surrey's fast bowler, took eight wickets for 48 runs. F. A. Tarrant, formerly of Victoria,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 8

Young Gallaghen is anxious to meet Tom Fitzpatrick or Alex Marshall. The following matches have been arranged by the Stadium management:—…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 3

The annual meeting of the [?]ough Cricket Club will be held in the Council chambers on Monday night…

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