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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1919

2,225 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 112

CRICKET Inter-district Match

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

Much interest is being manifested in the inter-district match act down for the Showground on Monday next, between South Maitland and local district [?]levens…

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Late Sporting. A.j.c. Races. Final Gallops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

At Randwick yesterday morning most of the trials were over short distances, in view of the Challenge Stakes. Aries, with Bracken up, defeated Brody…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

Hibberd and Clarke are reported to be in good shape for their contest to take place at the Imperial Pavilion to-morrow night. When they previously met, a…

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Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 8
Also in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate

Last night, Kenneth Ross, Jack Schrader, and Wal. Scott, well-known members of the Premier Swimming Club, accompanied by a number of friends, left…

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Boxing

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 5

At the imperial, to-night a great battle is expected between Ceeil Hibbard and Ted Clarke, who box the best of 20 rounds. The supporting bout should also…

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Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 8
Also in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate

Dockyards have arranged to play the Naval Dockyards on Anniversary Day, on Centennial Park wicket. The visitors wil include some first-class exponents of the…

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Racing Budget Cessnock on

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 6

Cessnock's Anniversary Day meeting on Monday should be well patronised. Mr. A. L. Pogonoski, secretary, has arranged for a special…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 3

What promises to be an interesting battle is to be decided at the Imperial Pavilion to-night, when Hibberd and Clarke, two well-known local lads, are to contest…

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Boxing

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

A good big man, says a boxing axiom, will always beat a good little man. So it was in the case of Hibbard weighed 8.4 and…

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Athletics. Boxing in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 3

Jummer Edwards served up another enjoyable programme for his patrons at the Imperial Pavilion on Saturday night. There was a fairly large crowd, but it was…

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Boxing in Brisbane. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 6

At the Stadium last night, Arthur Douglas, ex-lightweight champion, beat Nugget Winter in the fifth round…

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To-day's Boxing King's Science Wins

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 5

Al. King, the Sydney boy, made his light with Billy James this morning, a boxing exhibition of the first degree Science was his all through the…

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Racing Budget News and Notes

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

For the Wyong Park races on Thursday, a special train has been arranged to leave Newcastle at 11.20 a.m…

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A.I.F. Cricket Team the Management London, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 3

The making of arrangements for the tour of the A.I.F. cricket team has been hampered owing to the failure of the Board of Control to nominate a…

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Interstate Cricket. New South Wales V. Victoria. a Day for the Bowlers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

Interstate cricket was revived with much success at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, when an attendance of 10,000 watched with the keenest is…

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Gateway of the East Turkey's Doom Freedom of Subject Races LONDON, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 3

Turkey's doom is already written large. Delegations from the oppressed peoples have brought terrible tales to Paris, confirming the worst stories of…

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Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

A large crowd attended the continental promoted by the Newcastle Surf Club at the ocean baths last night, for the purpose of augmenting the Arkell accident fund…

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Regatta at Speers' Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 4

The Wallsend and Plattsburg Regatta Club's annual regatta was held at Speers' Point yesterday. Fine weather prevailed, and there was a very large attendance,…

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