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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1918

1,466 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 74

Interstate Bowls. Rubber Won by New South Wales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 6

New South Wales gained a dicesion over Victoria in the third and final round of the interstate bowling competition, played at Mosman to-day, defeating the southern…

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Not Treated Fairly Mr. Bowl[?]'s Position Correspondence With P.L.L.

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 5

Peter Bowling, formerly president of the Northern Colliery Employees" Federation, who has four sons in the trenches, was before the executive of the Political Labor…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 5

Fred. Fitzsimmons and his team of boxers will be assisting at the voluntary workers carnival at Islington this afternoon. Last Monday night the team, comprising G. Player,…

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Athletics. Boxing Tournament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 3

A start was made with the £100 boxing tournament in the King's Hall, Newcastle, on Saturday night. There was a large attendance, and the programme…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 3

The heavy rain on Friday night and early on Saturday morning was the cause of play in the pennant and is competition matches being abandoned on Saturday…

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Boxing Darcy, Inr., Succeeds

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 2

The King's Hall was crowded with a most enthusiastic gathering of boxing fans on Saturday night, and a very good and varied programme was put on by Jummer Edwards…

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Football. B. A. Rules

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 3

A delegate meeting of Northern District British Football Association was held in the Trades Hall on Saturday night. Mr. R. Martin in the cha[?]r. East Greta made…

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Racing Budget Notes and Comments

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 2

Despite the heavy rain which fell on Friday evening, and even early on Saturday morning, the weather was fine and clear at Randwick, when the Australian Jockey Club…

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A.j.c. Races. Concluding Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 3

The A.J.C. autumn meeting was brought to a conclusion at Randwick on Saturday. The attendance numbered 27,000. Results: Rous Handicap, a sweepstakes of 10 sovs…

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Autumn Racing Campaign Reviewed Desert Gold and Others SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 5

The autumn racing, just concluded with the last day at Hie Randwict meeting, was devoid of sensation, but it was not lacking in those Incidents which keep turf tongues…

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Rugby Football League. Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

The annual meeting of the northern branch of the New South Wales Rugby Football League was held at the chamber of commerce last evening. Mr. T. Mallon,…

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Boxing

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 3

A feature of the match between Young Dorcy and Jackie Upton, on Saturday, was the fine "left" work put in by the "Little Lee." The late champion, Les. Corey, was…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 3

In connection with next Saturday's representative match between Sydney and Newcastle, arrangements have been made for the local players to practice on the…

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Football

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 5
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The Cook's Hill Bunbeams defeated the Sand Hill [?]guils on Saturday by eleven points to nil. For the winners Palmer, Mun[?]ter, and Whitehurst scores trios, and Muncaster…

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Swimming Contest. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 5

W. H. Carter, winner at the Deep Rock Handicap, defeated Prince Wickyama, in a challenge match of 116 yards, at the Fitzroy Baths to-night…

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Racing Budget Notes and Comments Curtailment of Racing

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 2

Towards the latter end of last year the curtailment of racing proposal which was brought into effect by the Federal authorities did not materially interfere with the…

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Autumn Racing Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 5

"Iroquois" writes in to-day's "Sun":—The Randwick trainer, J. Corey, has disposed of Irish Question to F. Forbes, of kogarah, and the gelding will probably…

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Autumn Racing Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 5

New Zealand visitors to Sydney for the Autumn meeting have expressed surprise that racing should be blamed for keeping eligibles from enlisting. They point out as…

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Cricket Competition Notes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 2

Baldwin, playing against Islington on Saturday last, brought his bowling record for the season up to one wicket short of a hundred, at an average cost of five runs…

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