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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1920

2,426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 122

Football League Rules. Cornish Shield Competition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 3

It is unfortunate for the Newcastle Rugby League that the services of their honorary secretary, Mr. F. Grahame, will not be available for some time, owing…

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Racing Budget This Morning's Gallops Meetings to Come

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 6

June 1.—Wyong. June 6.—Cesonock. June 7.—Newcastle. June 9. 10.—Newcastle…

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Football Tangle Sydney Rules the Roost. Unreasonable Conditions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 6

Next week the country League foot-baners will have the opportunity of visiting the metropolls to take part in what is known as "Country Week."…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 3

At Wellington (N.Z.) Tommy Uren, the middle-weight champion of Australia, beat Fritz Holland on points in the fifteenth round. The contest consisted chiefly of…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 3

Should any bowlers be idle this morning, the association would be pleased if hey could accompany the New Zealand visitors to Walsh Island. The launch…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 3

The question of whether the English players should follow out the New South Wales custom replacing a man injured in the first half of the game is…

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School Football

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon a team representing the Newcastle Boys' High School visited Maitland, and played Maitland Boys' High School on the…

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BOWLS New Zealand Visit

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 1

A large party of New Zealand bowlers arrived in Newcastle on Tuesday evening and were met by local leaders of the game. Alter dinner they…

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TENNIS Maitland Courts

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 2

The Maitland District Tennis Association has obtained a site for a couple of courts on Maitland Show Ground, having prevailed upon members of the…

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Racing Budget Meetings to Come

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 3

June 1.—Wyong. June 5.—Cessnock. June 7.—Newcastle. June 9, 10.—Newcastle…

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Cricket. English Team for Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the committee of the Newcastle District Cricket Association, correspondence was read from the Australian Board of Control, offering the…

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Northern Football Northern Suburbs Leading League Rules Senior Fixtures To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 2

Western Suburbs v. Eastern Suburbs, Show Ground, 4.30. South Newcastle v. Central, Show Ground, 2.15…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 3

To-morrow night, at the Imperial Packy M'Farlane and A1. White will meet to decide their much-discussed contest. Both have undergone a sound training. Plenty…

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Amateur Athletics Lad in Distress

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 2

It is a play that young boys should be allowed to compete in long distance [?]ance races, as the en[?] enge[?]ered by the physical strain may have…

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Boxing

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 1

Packy Macfarlane will have his most severe test to-night, when he meets Al White, the "freak" boxer form Sydney. The local boy has…

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International Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 7

Mr. E. Sewell, writing to the "Daily Chronicle" under the heading of "Australia's Cricket Bombshell." says:—"If the new from Australia is true, there…

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Football Soccer Code

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 5

The hurried arranging of the game Adamstown v. H.M.S. Fantome filled a rather necessary gap in that it placed a very attractive Soccer match in close…

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Racing Budget Meetings to Come

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 2

June 1.—Wyong. June 6.—Cessnock. June 7.—Newcastle. June 9, 10.—New castle…

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Racing in India. Dobie's Impressions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 5

J. Dobie, the well-known an successful Newcastle jockey, who recently returned turned from India, where he did considerable race riding, is much impressed…

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Bowls. New Zealand Bowlers. the First Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 5

Yesterday morning the New Zealanders were taken to Walsh Island, where, under the guidance of Commander Gardner and Mr. R. Bond, every department of the…

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