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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1925

3,645 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 183

RACING Favorites Prevail Dat at Boolaroo

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

Although three first favorites and two second favorites won at the Boolaroo meeting on Saturday, the bookmakers would not do much harm at…

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Melbourne Match Races. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 7

Harris Horder won both match races against Lucien Faucheuse at the Exhibition cycling to-night. He covered the last lap of the second race in…

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Cricket Umpires Angry Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 5

Drastic action is threatened by the South Australian Cricket Umpires' Association, which resents the action of the Board of Control in selecting Victorian…

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Amateur Golf New Zealand's Victory LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 1

A New Zealander. H. p. Gillines, won the Oxford and Cambridge golfing tournament: beating Tolley in the morning, and Holderness in the…

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Day of Favorites Saturday's Racing SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 5

The sporting public generally seems to have commenced the now year well, taking last Saturday as a criterion, bookmaking is anything but…

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Sporting News and Notes By the Way Eccentric Cricket Matches

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

Cricket has been played in all manner of out-of-the-way places. and under the widest variety of conditions. Although the game has a definite set of rules. there have been many occasions when these rules have been modified to sail the place or the players. with highly…

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Pulled the String Man Takes a Gun Into the Bedroom "Archie's Shot Himself" Boxing Night Shooting Tragedy at Kearsley

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 5

"Hurry up, Archie's shot himself," said Mary Ellen Mowbray to John James at Kearsley on the night of December 27. The story of the shooting was told before the District Coroner. Mr. Brown, at the inquest on the death at Kearsley. of Archibald Knowics…

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Athletics. Wilson Beats Darcy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 8

Cess Wilson scored a decisive victory over Jack Darcy at the Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night, in the presence of a good attendance. Wilson's weight…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 3

Merewether Surf Amateurs will conduct a 100 yards handicap at the Newcastle baths to-night, in conjunction with the Thalberg Cup point score…

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Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 9

In a cricket match at Singleton on Saturday, between Singleton and Ravenswood, the latter side only scored six runs. The veteran…

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Singleton Races

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 6

Prudent Hatan has been relieved of his engagement at the Singleton race meeting to-morrow…

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Country Tennis. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

The Country Tennis Carnival was continued at the White City Courts to-day, when the final of the women's team matches, and the semi-final of the men's…

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BOXING Volaire v. Kelly Next

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 9

The match between Eugene Volaire and Tommy Kelly, which is billed to take, place at the Newcastle, stadium on Saturday night, is arousing keen…

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TENNIS Men's Singles Handicap Owen Beats De Flon

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 9

The men's single handicap in the tennis competition was continued last Saturday at the district courts, which were in splendid condition…

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Suzanne Excuses Tennis Bad Manners Not a Curate's Tea

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 10

Mile. Suzanne Lenglen recently confirmed—and palliated—the accusations recently made against professional tennis played of bad manners on the…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 3

Arthur Smith, the local welter, who has a long run of knock-out wins to his credit, will meet Billy Smith, of Sydney, at the Newcastle Stadium next Saturday…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

W. A. M'Donald, who won the 100 yards championship of the country at Sydney last week-end, is a member of the Nobbys Amateur Swimming Club…

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Aquatics. Stockton Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

Entries for the youths' single sculls, allcomers' sailing race, allcomers' single sculls, allcomers' double sculls, 16ft skill sailng race, allcomers' four pair, and…

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SCRATCHINGS Maitland Races

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 5

Laulon, Kenalber, and Booneral have been relived of their engagements at Maitland races on Saturday next…

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BOXING Plees and Fairhall Saturday's Fight

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

The regular order of things will be established at Rushcutters Bay on? Saturday, when a main boat fixed for 20 three-minute rounds, with two…

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