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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1929

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Kurri Tennis Four-a-side Competitions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 9

At a meeting of the Kurri and District Lawn Tennis Association, it was decided to run four-a-side competitions in the A, B and C grades, one…

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Football Soccer Code New Lambton Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 8

New Lambton Club finished their season with a credit balance of £40. The amount is only a few shillings short of their 1925 record. They decided to break…

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Racing in Melbourne Yesterday's Betting. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 8

Mollison is a firm favourite for the Newmarket, followed by Gothic, whose going to the post is doubtful. Fission and Figure are next. The order is—Thracian…

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Cessnock Cricket Draw for Semi-final

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 12

Cessnock District Cricket Association's A grade knock-out competition will commence on Saturday, February 23, when the following teams will meet in the…

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Quirindi Races Two Rings Wins QUIRINDI

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 12

The Quirman Jockey Club races were continued yesterday. Results:—Flying Handicap, 53 furlongs: Manzilla 8.2 (Birmlagham), 1; All Mimer, 8.6…

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Tennis in America Vanryn Defeats Tilden New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 5

Vanryn, who on Monday defeated Hunter, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5, at the Brooklyn Heights, Casino Indoor Invitation Tennis Tournament, yesterday defeated…

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Cricket Dangerous On Maitland Showground Mr. Heydon's View

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 5

That cricket, on the Maitland Showground was dangerous from a fielding point of view, was the opinion of the secretary of N.S.W.C.A. (Mr…

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Smart Sprints Training for V.R.C. Races Octember's Seven Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 10

Some smart sprints were registered on Flemington course this morning by candidates for the Oakleigh Plate. Violian, ridden by A. Wilson…

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High Stepper Sets Starting Price Bookmakers a Merry Dance at Ascot Pony Meeting District Tennis Association Annual Meeting Exhibition Games

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 12

It was unfortunate that the exhibition matches had to be postponed last Saturday owing to rain, and it was a double calamity that the fixture was not…

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Speedway Coursing

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2

Newcastle Coursing and Sporting Club will hold a coursing meeting on the Speedway to-morrow afternoon, when eight events will be run off…

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Coursing Postponed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 7

New Lambton coursing meeting, set down for to-morrow, has been postponed to Wednesday, February 20. In the meantime, alterations to the track and…

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Maitland Coursing Postponed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 5

The "tin hare" meeting to have been conducted by the Louth Park Mechanical Hare Club on the Maitland showground to-morrow has been…

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Premier Amateur Swimming Club

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 5

Members intending making the trip to Singleton swimming carnival to-morrow will meet at the Newcastle railway station at 7.30 a.m…

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Boxing Purdy V. Jones

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 10

What Should be particularly attractive boxing contest, is that between Charlie Purdy, lightweight champion of New Zealand and 'Billy Jones, holder of the…

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Maitland Tennis Report

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 5

A successful season is reviewed by the ninth report of the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association, presented at the annual meeting last night…

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Gorford Races Abandoned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 10

The Gosford rice meeting that was to have been held on Tuesday and was postponed to to-day owing to heavy rain, has been abandoned as a result of further…

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ABANDONED Bellbird Races

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 5

Bellbird Racing Club's meeting which was to have been held on Monday, has been abanaoned, owing to rain…

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Cricket Match Delayed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 4

The return cricket match between New South Wales and England was to have been commenced on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day, but owing to the…

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Maitland Races Entries Extended

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 6

The secretary of the Maitland Jockey Club, Mr Allan Anderson, has decided to extend the closing of entries until 9 p.m. to-day…

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TRESPASSING Cricket Ground Damaged

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 4

A complaint that the Main Roads Board men were, despite warnings, continually trespassing on the ground not apart for a cricket ground at Awaba, was made to the divisional…

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