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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1914

1,352 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 68

Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 10

Nominations close to-night for Mr. J. Andrews' two tournaments to be brought off at West Maitland on March 14. The opening heats of Joe Shakespeare's…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 6

Rain and defective light interfered with the match between Northern and Standards, which was opened on the Show on Saturday afternoon, and accounted for the…

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Boxing in Canada. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 6

Ed. Martin, the negro heavy-weight, lost the first round of the Canadian championship match with Tom Cowler, the British "white hope." After a poor…

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Lawn Tennis. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 6

Playing at Mentone, Mr. Wilding won the Riviera championship, defeating G. Low, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2…

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Interassociation Bowls. State Semi-finals. Hamilton V. City (Sydney)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 7

Four rinks from Hamilton proceeded to Kuring-gai on Saturday morning to play in the semi-final for the State championship against four rinks from…

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Boxing in Sydney. Saylor Knocks M'coy Out. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 3

It was not the fault of Milburn Saylor, of America, that he knocked out Herb. M'Coy, of Melbourne, only technically at the Stadium last night: It was the…

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Cricket. First Grade Final. East Newcastle V. Dangar Park

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 3

The final of the first grade competition was commenced on the Association Ground on Saturday in the presence of a moderate attendance. The heavy rain…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 3

Owing to the heavy rain early on Saturday morning leaving the running track on the Newcastle Cricket Ground in a very heavy state, and the unsettled…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

Jack Butler (Broken Hill) and Alf Hall (W.A.) boxed at the Broken Hill Stadium on Saturday. Hall had the best of the first two rounds, but Butler then…

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Boxing Contest. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 6

Dick Smith outpointed Denis Haugh in a match for the mid-heavyweight championship of England and the Lonsdale belt at the National Sporting Club…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

Indications point to the Newcastle Jockey Club's race meeting to be held to-day being one of the most successful held this year. The half dozens events have…

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District Lawn Tennis. Association Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Newcastle and District Lawn Tennis Association was held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms last night. Mr. K. A. Mathieson…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

Frank O'Grady has been in the ring since 1997, and his successes include point wins over Paul Till, Jean Poesy, and Leon Dernstein, the French boxers, Frank…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

On the Hamilton green yesterday afternoon, F. Kinder defeated M. Beahen by 31 to 11 in the final for the club's district singles championship…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

A meeting of all grades of the Western Suburbs Rugby League footballers will be held to-night…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

A match is being arranged between eleven ladies employed at Winn and Co.'s and a like number employed by the Newcastle and Suburban Co-operative Society…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

The weather was delightfully fine for the Newcastle Jockey Club's March race meeting yesterday, and there was a very large attendance. Sydney sportsmen were…

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Sporting News by Cable. South African Cricket. M.C.C. v. Western Province. Capetown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 5

In the cricket match between the Marylebone team and Western Province, the visitors in their first innings scored 322 (Douglas 93). With four wickets down…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

At Willandra yesterday, the Newcastle lightweight, Jim Hall, knocked Battling Simmons out in one round, Hall was overweight, and had to forfeit…

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Boxing Contest. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 6

A match has been arranged between Joe Borrell, of American, and Pat O'Keefe, who holds the middleweight championship of England. It is for £200 a side…

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