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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1914

1,352 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 68

Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 10

British Association games of football will be played on Newcastle Show Ground on Saturday, between teams from Merewether and Weston…

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Lawn Tennis. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 6

A. Wilding (New Zealand) beat F. Lowe in the Nice International Championship match, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2…

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King George and Boxing. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 6

King George witnessed military boxing at the Regent's Park Barracks. Several professionals gave exhibitions of boxing…

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Association Football. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 6

Sheffield United and Manchester City teams, which had played two draws in the Association Cup competition, met for the third time yesterday afternoon…

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Revival of Australian Football in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 10

Taking advantage of the fact that the Sydney and Newtown football clubs intend playing an exhibition game of Australian football at the Newcastle…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 10

Those well-known welterweights, W. M'Nabb and Les Gleeson, will try conclusions in the Cessnock Stadium next Friday night, Both men have undergone…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 3

A meeting was held at Central Hotel on Monday to form third and fourth grade league football teams. Strong teams were formed in both grades. D. Ross and…

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Trotting Races. Newcastle License Asked Fr. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 3

A deputation representing the Newcastle Trotting Club, consisting of Messrs. S. Hewson, J. Rowan, W. H. Goodman, and A. Pricter, accompanied by Mr. E. J. Dann,…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 3

Mr. J. Gullfoyle's athletic carnival will be brought off on the Newcastle Cricket Ground next Saturday night. Kelly Mansfield is putting in good work…

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Lawn Tennis. Philadelphia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 6

Jay Gould defeated George Covey, of England in the World's Open Tennis Championship. Gould carried off the title by winning seven sets to one…

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Football in England. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 6

The results of the Association League matches yesterday were as follows:— Liverpool defeated Chelsea by 3 goals to nil; Aston Villa and Oldham played a…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 3

Kelly Mansfield and Ben Doyle are to contest the best of twenty rounds at the Garden Picture, West Maitland, to-morrow morning…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 10

The Newcastle League Club will decide another 50yds handicap this afternoon, in the ocean baths, providing the weather conditions are at all favourable…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 10

The New York "Evening Worth" (21/1/'14) pays this tribute to the growth of Soccer in America: "It is our modest prediction that within a few years…

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Maitland District. Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 6

The bowling fixture this afternoon is the match between a combined Maitland team and the Wide Bay bowlers of Queensland, and should provide a very…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 10

The Australians in New Zealand are making history in the direction of big scores. 923 for nine wickets, 769, 658, 853, and 461 are among their totals…

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Boxing Match. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 6

Sam Langford has been matched with Gunboat Smith. The contest will take place in London about the 30th June, for £2500…

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Lawn Tennis. Philadelphia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 6

Mr. Lytton, the amateur tennis champion of England, defeated Jack Soutar, the world's racquet champion, in a special match, by two sets to one…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 10

Trotting, pony racing, foot running, tug-of-war, and dancing contests are the features on the bill of fare for St. Patrick's Day sports to be held to-day on the…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1914 · page 6

The Wide Bay bowlers, who have been playing a series of matches in Newcastle, visited Maitland on Saturday afternoon to meet a team of Maitland bowlers—three…

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