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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1928

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BOXING Mayfield Tourney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 7

At Mayfield Stadium next Tuesday night there will be two tournament finals, each of 10 rounds. The lightweight final will be…

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Wyvern Wins Cape Hawke Regatta FORSTER

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

The 42nd annual gathering of the Cape Hawke Regatta Club was held in excellent weather. The principal sailing race, the Cape Hawke Cup, was…

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Sports Ground Coursing Last Night's Trials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

A large number of dogs was brought to the Newcastle Sports Ground last night to be given trials with the mechanical hare, under the auspices of the Australian…

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Boxing in Sydney Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 6

The principal bout at Sydney Stadium to-night was one of fifteen rounds between Los Aldea and Archie Hughes. The contest went the full distance, Aldea…

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Coursing:: Wrestling WRESTLING Zarynoff v. Limutkin Newcastle Stadium

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

Zarynoff find Limutkin, whose wrestling bout created considerable interest at Newcastle Stadium last Monday night, meet again at the…

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Wallsend Races Entries Close To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

The Wallsend Jockey Club will hold a race meeting on its course on Saturday January 14. An attractive programme has been drawn up for the…

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New Round Opens City and Suburban Cricket Fixtures Teams' Prospects Reviewed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

After a lapse of three weeks, all competition games in the City and Suburban Association will again be in full swing on Saturday. Opening matches of the second round will begin. They…

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Cricket Teams and Fixtures:: Track Gallops Track Work Broadmeadow Gallops Reply Moves Nicely

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

Conditions were excellent for fast work on the Broadmeadow track this morning. The course proper, with the hurdles out about 20 feet from…

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Test Cricket in South Africa Marylebone's Good Score (Australian Press Association.) CAPETOWN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 5

The match between South Africa and the Marylebone Club team was continued yesterday. With eight wickets down for 412 in…

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Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7

The annual meeting of Wallsend Soccer Club will be held at Murray's buildings on Thursday night next…

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Sports Ground Coursing To-morrow's Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7

The Australian Coursing Association will hold a mechanical hare coursing meeting at the Newcastle Sports Ground to-morrow afternoon, commencing at a…

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Sheffield Shield Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

Jackson (New South Wales) scored nine runs before he was smartly caught by O'Connor (Queensland) from a ball bowled by Hurwood…

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Country Tennis Rain Delays Start SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 5

The heavy rain which interrupted the country tennis carnival at Rushcutter's Bay yesterday, was responsible for a delay in the start to-day…

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Country Stars From Far and Near Carnival Tennis

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 8

Tennis players from all over the State—graziers and farmers, teachers and storekeepers—are gutheral in Sydney for the great annual…

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Dropped Dead Champion Racing Colt Royal Feasts End Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 5

The champion colt., Royal Feast dropped dead while exercising on the track this morning. Royal Feast was the outstanding…

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Heddon Races King Medalist and Mabel Yetman Likely Double

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

Interesting racing should be witnessed at the race meeting to be held by the Heddon Jockey Club to-morrow. Five events will be run off, and keen finishes appear to be likely…

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Surf Club Notes Holidays Over District Cricket Again Seventh Round

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3

Holidays over, district cricket competition matches will be continued to-morrow with the opening of the seventh round…

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Selections for Heddon and Warwick Farm Small Fields Warwick Farm Races Fondant Likely Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

Tired after their strenuous campaigns at the Christmas and New Year meetings, an unusually large number of horses declined their…

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Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7

To-morrow night's wrestling match between Zarynoff, the light-heavy weight champion of Europe, and Peter Limutkin, the great Polish wreatlor, promises one of…

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Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 11

An attraction at the Bar Beach to-day will be the grand surf carnival, conducted by the Cook's Hill Life Saving and Surf Club. There will be a march…

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