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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1938

4,646 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 233

Golf Competition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 15

The Kurri Kurri Golf Club's second summer point score competition for a cup donated by Mr. J. Lowe will begin to-morrow afternoon with a Stableford…

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Bowls and Tennis Rain Prevents Matches Carnivals Delayed in Sydney Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 22

Steady rain last night and again to-day prevented players continuing their matches in the 11th Australian bowling carnival and in the Country Week tennis carnival…

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Dog Racing Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 15

Two meetings will be conducted next week by the Maitland Mechanical Hare Coursing Club as a result of a further postponement of this week's meeting. The…

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C Grade Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 15

The Secretary of the Hunter River District Cricket Association (Mr. C. H. March) stated yesterday that we had been advised that Hinton Club had withdrawn…

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Maitland Cricket Fixtures

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 10

Fixtures and umpire appointments for the Hunter River District competitions to-morrow are:— FIRST GRADE…

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Stockton Cricket Team

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 10

Stockton Peninsula B grade City and Suburban cricket team to meet Central Islington at Plume Oval to-morrow will be chosen from R…

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Coursing Track at Maitland Request to Show Council

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 10

Maitland Show Council at a meeting last night refused a request by the Maitland Greyhound Mechanical Coursing Association to leave part of…

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Second Licence Coursing in Sydney Fresh Applications Sought Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 22

The Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey), whose department administers the Gaming nod Betting Act, said today that consideration was being given by the…

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Championship Races Newcastle Surf Club Events

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 23

Because of the weather conditions, the baths race over 400-metres, which was to have been held by the Newcastle Surf Club on Wednesday slight was…

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Motor Yachting Races at Toronto Handicaps for To-morrow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 22

Most of the faster craft on the register of the Newcastle branch of the loyal Motor Yacht Club have been engines overhauled in preparation for the season's…

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Bowls Programme of Social Games Star Men in Sydney Bright Prospects of Title Win

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 10

Owing to a number of Newcastle players being engaged at the Australian bowling carnival in Sydney, the district…

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Rugby League Board's Ultimatum to Team Must Sail by Orcades Defiant Attitude of Managers Ilkley

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 10

The Rugby League, Board of Control continues to insist that the League team will return by the Orcades on February 4. The managers…

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Premier Club Swimmers Display Form Eighteen Dead-heats in Club Races

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 10

Premier Swimming Club will conduct two events in the Ocean Baths at the week-end. A 150 metres handicap will be held…

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Speer's Pt. Regatta Anniversary Day Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 8

A total of £70 in prize-money will be given for events at the Speer's Point Regatta on Anniversary Day…

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Story of Boxing Ring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 3

Noah Berry, junior, William Gargan, Dorothea Kent and Nan Grey have the featured roles in "Some Blondes are Dangerous," a story of the boxing ring. Like…

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New Racing Season Starts On

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 8

Newcastle racing season commences next Wednesday with an Anniversary Day fixture. It promises to be a particularly…

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Games Rivals to Meet Women's Swimming Carnival SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 8

Australia's hopes for the Empire Games breaststroke championship, Misses Margaret Dovey and Joan Thomas, will meet in the 220 yards…

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Forfeits Were Numerous Australian Bowls Championship SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 8

Forfeits were numerous when play was continued in the single-handed bowls championship of Australia to-day…

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District Cricket Rain Interferes with Games

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 8

Rain forced the abandonment of most of the minor matches in' Newcastle District Cricket Association's competition this…

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Trials Limited New Regulations for Coursing No Betting or Prizes Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 19

Conditions under which greyhound racing trials may be held are stipulated in regulations gazetted to-day. The regulations provide that the…

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