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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1915

1,072 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 54

Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 9

American boxing will not suffer though the stopping of twenty-round contests in California. A message legalising such events was recently passed by the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 3

As a boxer, Peter Cook, at one time on Newcastle, but during the last few years of various towns in New Zealand, is said to be the cleverest m[?]m now fighting in…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 3

M'Nabb and Fritz Holland are both reported to be in good shape for their battle in Sydney to-morrow night. Feeling that he has recovered his best…

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Boolaroo Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 10

The race meeting to be held at Boolaroo this afternoon promises to be thoroughly successful. For the five events, 108 nominations have been received, and as…

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Interstate Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 11

In View of the fact that there was nothing sensational in either of the interstate cricket matches recently played here, the attendances were tolerably…

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Bowls. Northern District Bowling Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 10

A committee meeting of the above was held at the Building Exchange on Thursday evening. There were about twenty members present, and in the absence of…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 10

Fritz Holland has met and beaten some hard-fighting, hard-hitting boxers in his time, but it is doubtful if he has over met anybody with quite the same force…

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Boolaroo Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 3

The popularity of the Boolaroo Racing Club was again demonstrated on Saturday, when the January race meeting attracted a very large attendance…

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Football in England. Cup Competitions. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 5

Following are the results or the English Cup competition matches:—Chelsea beat Swindon 5 to 2 Birmingham beat Crystal Palace 3 to nil, Manchester City…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 3

The Newtown tournament will be brought to an end to-night, when the following bouts each of ten rounds, will be staged:—Welter-weights: Jack Frost…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 3

Hamilton seven for 162, defeated Charlestown 74, on former's wicket by three wickets and 88 runs. For Hamilton Liels contributed 64 runs with a splendid…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 3

An amateur boxing tournament, 9st 7lb for 10st, is to be held in Watson's Hall, West Wallsend, on Friday, February 5. Mr. R. Harvey will receive Newcastle…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 11

Considerable difficulty is being experienced by the State cricket selectors in getting together a team to play Victoria in the Sheffield Shield match at Sydney…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 11

Dave Smith and Fritz Holland, who so signally defeated Billy M'Nabb on Saturday night, are to meet in Sydney next Saturday week. The match was made on…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 3

The selectors have selected the following team to represent New South Wales against Victoria in the return Sheffield Shield match:—W. Bardsley (capt.) C…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 3

The winner of the Hill-Thorn contest in Brisbane will be matched with the winner of the M'Coy-Mchegan contest, in Melbourne, for the Australian title…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

St. Augustine's v. St. Peter's, at St. Peters: Nesbitt, Richardson, S. Sowerby, R. Davies. Mesdames Edwards, M'Naughton and Richardson, and Miss Sowerby…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

Joe Shakespeare is willing to find a date for Bill Rudd and Jim Hunter at Cessnock. Clarice Green and Billy Hannan have…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 10

The Cricket Ground will probably supply the most interesting of to-day's matches, and the leaders, Sacred Heart, will, on recent form, have to fight hard to get…

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Lawn Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 10

The first match to be played on the Wickham Council's new courts is to take place this afternoon, between the Ash Island and Dangar-street (Wickham)…

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