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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1925

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Holiday Play City and Suburban Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 6

The Christmas and New Year holidays were the occasion of successful matches arranged by the City and suburban Cricket Association. Five…

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CRICKET District Association To-morrow's Games

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 3

The concluding series of the first round of the Newcastle District Cricket Association's grade fixtures will be commenced to-morrow, and all the…

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Cricket Teams District Association Fourth Grade

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5

[?]ington Acme v. Jesmond, at Jesmond .—K. Thomas, H. Tate, G. Perrott, E. Gulmun, H. Hullett, E. Perrett, T. German, V. Shoesmith, C. Thornton. H…

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Interstate Cricket N.S.W. v. Queensland Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5

The match between New South Wales and Queensland was continued at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day, in fine weather. The visitors made 406 runs…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7

Eugene Volaire, the French boxer, who meets Tommy Kelly at the Newcastle Stadium to-morrow night, completed his training yesterday, and reports himself…

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Athletics in 1925 American Team Coming "Slip" Carr's Return

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5

All athletics are pleased to welcome back the famous sprinter. E. W. (Slip") Carr. the question now is, will he and the Americans…

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Ostrich Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 11

In French sporting circles much interest has been shorn in a suggestion to inaugurate a series of ostrich races here. This new form of excitement has already…

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Boolaroo Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 3

The following entries have been received for the Boolaroo Jockey Club's meeting next Saturday:— Stewards' Mile—Princess Rose, Bally…

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The Cricket Fever

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 12

Melbourne people, young and old, have got the cricket fever badly. Some people acclaim cricket as a sport devoid of much spectacular attraction, but the…

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Luck in Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

No doubt the better team wins ninety-nine times out of a hundred. But not always against adverse fortune. At the start of the great test in Sydney it was…

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Cricket. District Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 3

The seventh and last series of the first round of the Newcastle District Cricket Association's first grade premiership will be commenced to-day…

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Newcastle Cricket Competitions Resumed Senior Matches

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

A new serious of matches in both the Newcastle District Cricket Association and the City and Suburban Association competitions was…

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Wallsend Races (Resuits appear on Page 6) Welter Handicap

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

Betting: [?] to 2 Lily Rose, 3 BOMBEET and Black and White, 6 Lady Clcerol. 10 Patrick B and Wutty Boy. Dividends: First, 11s 6d; second, 4s…

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"Come on Hobbs" England's Cricket Cry Batting Marvels London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 1

The "Evening News." under the heading, "Six Hundred! Come on Hobbs!" publishes Webster's cartoon, which shows a battered lion, covered…

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Interstate Cricket N.S.W. v. Queensland the Match Drawn. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

The match between New South Wales and Queensland second eleven teams was concluded at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day, in hot weather. When stumps…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 3

Eugene Volaire (France) and Tommy Kelly (Newcastle) will meet in a 20 rounds match at the Newcastle Stadium, to-night. Both have trained well and…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 6

Wickham and East Maitland played a draw on the Bank-street Reserve green. East Maitland, on Saturday afternoon. Scores:—…

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Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 6

Northern Division end Robins, the two leading teams in the Hunter District Cricket Association's A grade competition, commenced a match on…

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Maitland Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

Saturday saw a return to grade cricket at Maitland, and evidently the change was appreciated, as both games that were played in the town…

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Bowls. Hamilton v. "The Knuts."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 7

A combination of bowlers from various clubs in Sydney, who mix bowls with yodelling and other forms of amusement, visited Hamilton on…

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