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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1914

1,352 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 68

Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 10

Mr. J. Guilfoyle is out with another attractive programme of athletic events to be decided on the Newcastle Cricket Ground to-night…

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Boxing

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

There was a fair attendance at the Maitland Stadium on Saturday evening for the 9st 4lb and 10st 4lb tournaments, promoted by Mr. J. T. Andrew's Bob…

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Newcastle Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 3

The committee of the Newcastle Jockey Club were favoured with glorious weather for their April race meeting on Saturday, and it is safe to say the course…

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Football. Australian Rules

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 3

An exhibition game of Australian football was played at the Show Ground, Broadmeadow, on Saturday, the competing teams being Sydney premiers of 1913, and…

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Boxing in Sydney. Lang Knocks Pelkey. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 3

There were about 7000 people at the, Stadium last night, when Arthur Polkey the American heavyweight, made his first appearance in Australia. Bill Lang, the…

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Late Sporting. Boxing Contests Cripps Beats Land. Brisbane

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

At Baker's Stadium last night, Arthur Cripps outpointed Tim Land for the greater portion of a strenuous battle, and received the decision…

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Sporting News by Cable. Football Match. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 5

A hundred and forty thousand spectators witnessed the association football match in Glassgow yesterday. Fifty thousand others failed to gain admittance…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon on the Lowlands green. W. Hingst, of the City Club, met F. Kinder, of the Hamilton in the first round for the district singles championship, and…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 3

"Fairplay" writes:—"I would like to draw your attention to the state of affairs at Wickham regarding the granting of the Wickham Park Oval for football…

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Cricket. Ladies at Play

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 3

The Newcastle and Suburban Co-operative ladies met W. Winn and Co. ladies in a match on the Newcastle Sports Ground on Saturday afternoon, resulting…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 3

Entries for Guilfoyle's handicaps close on Thursday night. The contest for the championship of the north-west was decided at the new…

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Football. British Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 2

Two football matches, under B.A. rules, were played on the Dudley ground on Saturday, afternoon. The first was between Merewether and Dudley (under eighteen…

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Lawn Tennis. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 5

S. N. Doust, of Australia, and Mrs. Chambers were beaten in the Challenge round of the curved court lawn tennis championship by Gwynne Evans and Miss…

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Association Football. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 5

In the League Association football competition, Middlesborough defeated Burnley by 2 goals to 1, Sheffield United boat Bolton Wanderers by 2 goats to nil…

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A Racing Sensation. Sydney Cup Favourite Disqualified. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 2

A sensation was caused in racing circles this morning when it became known that the Sydney Cup favourite, Wallalo, together with his owner, trainer, and…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 2

Arthur Pelkey made no squeak over his defeat, but his manager, Tommy Burns, asks that, in fairness to Arthur, it may be made known that for two days…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 3

On the City green, yesterday afternoon, F. Kinder, of Hamilton, defeated R. Norman, of Maitland Central, by 31 to 22, in the first round for the association…

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Racing in India. Fremantle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 3

Trenoweth, the Australian jockey, is a passenger for Sydney by the R.M.S. Mooltan, which arrived yesterday from London. For the past eight months he has…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 3

Clarrio Green writes that he will be unable to meet Tom Fitzpatrick at Speers' Point on the date fixed, as he has an engagement to fulfil in the Maitland…

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Bowls. the Carnival at Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 3

The Queensland bowing carnival will commence at Brisbane to-day, when bowlers from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania will be…

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