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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1913

1,427 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 72

Swimming Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 8

It is the intention of the governing body of the present Northern Branch of League footballers, to move in another direction shortly, by forming a branch…

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Work of Aviation. Mishap at Rugby. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 5

Lieutenant Chinnery was engaged in scouting manoeuvres at Rugby with Lieutenant Playfair as a passenger im his aeroplane…

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Football. the Eight-hour Competition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 8

On Saturday next, at the Hamilton League Ground. Eastern and Western's big senior combinations meet for the fifth time this season in competition…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 8

Owen Moran, who is to meet Matt Wells at the Stadium, Rushcutter's Bay, next Saturday night, will not scale much more than 9st, while Wells has so far refused…

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Football in New Zealand. League and Union. Nelson (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 6

The New South Wales team of League footballers played a match here to-day. The first half was absurdly one-sided, the score being 34 points to 2 in favour…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 3

Sam Langford and Joe Jeanette, all going well, will meet at Los Angeles in a 20-round contest next Monday. Sid Fitzsimmons is prepared to meet…

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Bowls. the Arnott Shield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 3

A matter that is causing a good deal of interest in bowling circles at the present time is the wisdom of continuing the six-rink system of play for the…

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Boxing in America. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 6

Charles Miller, the San Francisco heavyweight, fought Al Palzer for ten rounds. Miller took the aggressive from the start, but Palzer led during the middle of…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 3

Kelly Mansfield and Ranji Burns are likely to put up a good battle when they meet at Cessnock. The best performance of the season in…

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Bowls and Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 6

The Wickham Bowling Club, which is also a progressive body, will open four additional rinks this afternoon on the new green on the southern side of the…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 10

The annual meeting of the Newcastle Surf Club is to be held at the council chambers on Monday evening next. The annual meeting of the premier Club…

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Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 10

A four-ball best-ball competition will take place on the Newcastle links this afternoon. Post entries will be received, and the draw will be published at the club house…

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A Football Surprise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 2

The followers of the South Melbourne Football Club could hardly realise that St. Kilda, which has been striving for so many years to win the premiership, had…

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Maitland District. League Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 6

The approach of warm weather naturally heralds the close of the football season. The matches arranged for this afternoon closes the League's season, a…

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Football the Eight-hour Competition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 10

Where there are prospects of good sport interest will always be found, and this is very much the case is Rugby League football, for despite the lateness of season, public interest…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 10

Entries for Guilfoyle's handicaps, to be run on Saturday next, close on October 1. Kelly Mansfield will again be seen in the ring next Friday night, when he is to meet…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 3

Wickhnm seniors met Dangar Pork, on the Association Ground on Saturday, Danger Park batted first, and compiled 127, of which Jones made 58, and Allan 37. Wickham, at the call…

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League Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 6

It is always the ambition of the promoters of amusement for public entertainment to conclude the season, especially if it has been a good and…

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Boolaroo Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 3

Further evidence of the popularity of the race meetings held at Boolaroo was forthcoming on Saturday, when the September meeting attracted a record attendance. Being the…

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Boxing Contest. Denver (Col.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 6

Steve ketchell of Chicago, a lightweight, gained the decision over Stanley Yoakum, of Los Vegas, in a ten-round bout after fierce fighting…

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