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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1915

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Wallsend Races

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

Wallsend will be the rendezvous for racing men to-day, when the Club's January meeting is set down for decision. An excellent entry has been received, and…

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Boolaroo Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 6

Another race meeting in to be held at Boolaroo on Saturday, February 13. The programme is as follows:—The Welter Mile Handicap, 50 sevs; Flying Handicap,…

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Sailing Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 6

Several sailing races are to be brought off in the Newcastle Harbour on Anniversary Day, under the auspices of the Port Hunter Sailing Club. The 16-footers…

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Interstate Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 6

New South Wales will commence her last Sheffield Shield match for the current season against Victoria on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day. Already…

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A.j.c. Races

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

A start will be made with the A.J.C. Anniversary Meeting to-day, when the principal event to be decided is the Challenge Stakes. The acceptance is a very…

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Athletics

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

An amateur boxing tournament, 9st 7lb to 10st, is to take, place in Watson's Hall, West Wallsend, commencing on Friday night, February 5. Newcastle…

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Boxing Contest. Philadelphia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 6

Johnny Kilbane outfought Eddie Morgan, the English featherweight champion in a six-round go. Both boxers were badly punished…

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Maitland District. Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 6

Northern Division met Brunkerville on the Albion Ground on Saturday. The caretaker had prepared an excellent wicket, and Lindsay had not hesitation…

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Football in England. League Matches. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 5

The League competition football matches resulted as under:—Chelsea and Middlesborough played a draw, 2 all: Bunbury III. beat Tottenham, 3 to 1; Blackburn and…

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Athletics. World's Middleweight Championship. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 3

There were about 10,000 people at the Stadium last night, when Jeff Smith (of America), 11st 5lb 2oz, and Les Darcey (of Maitland), 11st 1lb 2oz, faced each other…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 3

William Longworth is desirous of meeting D. F. Kahanamoku, the famous Hawallan in swimmer, over any course, from 220 yards upwards. Owing to illness, the…

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To-day's Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 6

At a meeting of the committee of the Port Hunter Skiff Sailing Club, held at the Hotel Rawson last evening. Mr. W. Langford, in the chair, all arrangements…

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Bowls. the Champion Singles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 3

Play will be resumed in the champion singles competition at 10 o'clock this morning on the Lowlands green. Sixteen players are still left in, and the draw for…

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Cessnock Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 3

Mr. A. L. Pogonoski invites racegoers to assemble at Cessnock this afternoon when a programme of five events will be decided. Several well-known northern…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 3

Cessnock and Abermain Friendly Societies' Association is out with an attractive programme for a sports carnival to be held on Brown's recreation ground,…

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Bowls. the Champion Singles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 3

The fourth and fifth rounds, semi-final and final of the Northern District Singles Championship were planned off on the Lowlands Green yesterday when W…

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Boxing in England. Flyweight Championship. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 6

Mancy Lee defeated Jimmy Wilde for the flyweight championship and a purse of £500 at the National Sporting club. In the seventeenth round, Wilde's seconds…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 3

Eddie Miller, the recent arrival from America, will be seen in the Sydney ring for his first contest against Wave Geike, the young Queensland boxer, who to date,…

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Boxing Contests. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 6

Freddie Welsh, outpointed Willie Beecher in a ten rounds battle at Maddison Square. Welsh punished Beecher's head considerably…

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Bowls. City and Lowlands v. Hamilton and Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 3

A beautiful day and a good green helped materially towards making the game between the City-Lowlands Hamilton-Wickham combinations, played on the…

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