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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1919

2,225 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 112

Arkell Swimming Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 5

A combined clubs' carnival, promoted by the Premier Amateur, Newcastle Suri, Newcastle Surf League, and Cook's Hill Swimming Clubs, as a means of…

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Bowls. Singles Championship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 3

The deciding heats in the champion singles competition were played on the Lambton green yesterday morning and afternoon. The weather conditions were…

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Athletics. Boxing in Newcastle. King Beats James Easily

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 3

The return battle between Al King, of Sydney, and Billy James, of Newcastle, was fought at the Imperial Pavilion yesterday morning, in the presence of a very…

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Cessnock Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 3

One of the most successful meetings of the Cessnock Jockey Club was held yesterday afternoon. The weather was dull and cool, and the attendance very…

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Racing Budget Cessnock Sport

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

Favored by the holiday and with good weather, the attendance at Cessnock was one of the largest ever seen there. All the arrangements were…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 3
Also in The Newcastle Sun

Although the team from the Newcastle Surf Club that competed in the surf carnivals at Manly and Freshwater on Saturday and Monday respectively did not have…

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Boxing

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 6

The attraction at the Imperial Pavilion on Saturday will be the opening stages of the big novice tourneys. Entries are coming along, and those who…

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Racing Budget News and Notes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 3

J. Hourigan has taken in hand a chestnut [?]ly by son of the Marsh. Right Time has been returned by J. Hourigan to its owners in the…

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Football in England. London, January 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

In the football match, between the New Zealanders and the naval depot, at Devonport, rain interfered with play, and a scoreless draw resulted…

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Newcastle Cricket Notes on the Games Dockyards' Defeat

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 2

The Dockyards-Steel Works game on Saturday was productive of a sensational collapse on the part of the former, They could not score a pa[?]try 15. The writer…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 3

Mr. Jack Munro, manager of the Stadium, Rushcutter's Bay, says there will not be any contests until further orders are given by the Government. The…

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Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 3

If anything were wanting to show their enthusiasm and the keen competition for the Pearce cup, by members of the Premier Amateur Club, it was manifested…

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Racing Budget Broadmeadow Training

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 2

Owing to the rain not many gallops were recorded at Broadmeadow this morning. The hurdles were out 72 feet. Orinal did handy pace work…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 3

There was a good attendance at Jim Hall's rooms on Monday night, the presence of champion flyweight Harry Denham, of Sydney, and Cecil Yates, brother…

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Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 6

The competition for the Pearce Cup will be continued at the ocean baths on Saturday, when the Premier Amateur Club will conduct a 75yds. handicap, following…

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Boxing

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

The opening stages of the great novice tournaments will be witnessed at the Imperial Pavilion on Saturday night. All divisions have filled well. Entries will…

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At the Races

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 6

At Wyong races yesterday only about a dozen persons were wearing masks. Only two or three bookmakers look this precaution. The "fraternity"…

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Racing Budget Heddon To-Morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

Heddon Jockey Club will race tomorrow and while the fields are not likely to be age the racing promises to be interesting. A through special…

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Wyong Races Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 6

"Iroquois" writes in "The Sun" today:—If the rider of Legal Blue had not waited for an opening on the rails…

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