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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1918

1,466 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 74

Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 3

Messrs. J. Maisey and H. Riley are endeavouring to arrange a match between Sid Godfrey and Fred Fitzsimmons, to take place in Newcastle next month…

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Boxing

Northern Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

Fritz Holland has started with his boxing class at Hamilton and has in hand 12 pupils. Halls will shortly be secured in Newcastle and Tighe's Hill…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 3

At a meeting of the association held last night it was decided to play the champion singles competition in two sections, viz., Maitland and Newcastle. It…

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Cricket. Competition Notes

Northern Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

In Wednesday's edition in my cric­ket comments 1 made reference to January 19 find February 2 as the date for the commencement of the seventh…

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Racing in Wartime. War Cabinet View

Northern Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Bonar Law, replying to persist­ent questioning, said that the War…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 5

The Surf Swimming Club's point-score competition is again creating great interest The trophy for this competition is presented by Why's, Ltd., and is the most…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 5

On account of the incessant rain on Friday and Saturday last it was found impossible to carry out the fixtures, and the committee of the association decided to…

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A Horse-racing Event

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 4

Racing men are talking just now about the matches that should take place in Australia in the course of the nest month or two between the two New Zealand…

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Football. B.a. Rules

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 5

Notices announcing the annual general meeting of the Northern Association are being sent out to the various club secretaries. The sending out of notices is the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 5

Fred Fitzsimmons has arranged a good boxing programme for the carnival to be held on the bar bench next Saturday in aid of the fund for the purpose of a…

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Boxing. Fitzsimmons and Godfrey

Northern Times · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 3

It now seems certain that a match between Sid Godfrey and Fred. Fitzsimmons will be staged in Newcastle on Eight Hours Day (February 1S)…

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Wallsend Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 7

The Wallsend Jockey Club's January race meeting, which had to be postponed from the 12th instant, on account of the heavy rain, came off on Saturday in fine…

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Racing at Loch-invar. Proposed Unregistered Meeting

Northern Times · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. J. T. Keys, of Lochinvar, is endeavouring to organise another unregistered race meeting at that cen tre and devote the whole of the…

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Saturday's Cricket. Senior Grade. Ironclad A1 v. Dangar Park

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 3

This match was concluded at Centennial Park on a good wicket and bad outfield. Dangars, with three wickets in hand, required 35 runs to pass Clads first inning's…

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Athletics. a Mixed Programme. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 7

Boxing bouts and vaudeville turns were provided at the Stadium last night for a big gathering of people. The ring events were mostly tournament bouts. Billy Long…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

With reference to the emission of Grimm's name from the champion, singles competition, the secretary states that, no error was made by the association, as the…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

In the third grade competition, Maryland defeated West Wallsend by an innings and 15 runs on the Wallsend Federal Park wicket on Saturday. The scores…

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Holiday Cricket. Rival. Dockyards Match

Northern Times · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

Wickham Oval should he the scene of a very interesting gaine on the holiday on Saturday next. in the return match between the Newcastle and…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

Merewether boasts of being the coming residential suburb of Newcastle. Some beautiful modern residences are being built upon the slopes, possessing…

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Cricket Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

The Dockyard Senior cricketers, who are the only unbeaten team in the competition have now completed arrangements to play a return match with…

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