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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1941

2,235 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 112

Bowls Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 5

Newcastle Women's Bowling Club will conduct a mixed progressive rinks carnival at National Park to-day. Play will begin at 7.30 a.m…

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Police Boys' Swimming Club

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 5

Officials of the swimming section of the Newcastle Police Boys' Club said to-day that each Sunday in the future, the winners of the heats in…

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Weston Cricket Team

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 5

Weston cricket team to meet Marist Brothers in the Hunter A grade competition at Weston on Saturday will be selected from the following: T…

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North Strong Country Week Tennis Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 5

Teams from the North are certain to do well in the Country Week tennis carnival which will begin in Sydney on Monday. Indications are that Cessnock and…

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Rain Stops Cricket Inter-district Abandoned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 5

After a delayed start, due to rain and the late arrival of the visiting team, the cricket match between Newcastle and…

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District Cricket Leader to Visit Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 5

The visit of Waratah-Mayfield, the leading team in district first grade cricket, to Wallsend on Saturday…

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Emerge Builds Good Racing Record Punters Forget Good Form of Broadmeadow Winner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 5

ONE DOES NOT have to travel far on a racecourse to hear someone say "Class tells." It does. But the exception makes the rule. Emerge,…

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Patriotic Cricket Bradman and McCABE Lead Teams Melbourne, Wed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 6

S. J. McCabe's team had first use of the wicket in the patriotic match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day…

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Regatta in Rain at Belmont

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

Rain and the lack of breeze robbed the Belmont Sailing Club's regatta on Lake Macquarie yesterday of much of its interest. The races, nevertheless, provided some close…

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Pennant Bowls Point Scores

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

After a two-month break to allow greens to be thoroughly top-dressed the' pennant bowls competitions will be resumed…

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Week-end Golf Fixtures

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

Fixtures arranged by local golf clubs for Saturday are: — Steel Works Club: Stableford competition at Shortland links…

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Rain Stopped Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 8

The inter-district cricket match between Newcastle and Singleton at Wickham Oval yesterday was abandoned immediately after lunch because of rain. Newcastle scored 48…

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District Tennis Off Until January 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 8

The B and C grade championships will not be played next Saturday. They will begin again an January 11 and 12. Players must play or forfeit. Players who have…

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Racing Clubs' £60,000 For War Funds

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 8

Racing clubs in Melbourne have raised and distributed more than £60,000 for war funds since the war began and…

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Mary Hardwick Tennis Professional

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 8

War has already changed many outlooks and circumstances in sport. In a short note of Christmas greetings from…

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Programme of Week-end Sport Bowls

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 8

The Newcastle District Bowling Association will resume its pennant competitions to-morrow. Principal games will be played at Newcastle South…

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District Cricket Enters New Series on

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 8

Norman Charge, promoted from second grade when Newcastle defeated Hamilton, has been retained in the City team to meet Stockton to-morrow in the grade cricket series. Charge's bowling was mainly responsible for Newcastle's major win over…

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Bowls

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 6

Owing to the sodden state of most bowline greens the Newcastle District Bowline Association was unable to resume Its pennant competitions to-day…

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Sydney Regatta Traditions Sea Strength That Is Man Who Revolutionised Racing Yachts

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 4

(By Walter E. Bethel) This month's Anniversary Regatta on Sydney Harbor will be the 105th. Each of those regattas, dating from over a century ago…

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Manly Tennis SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 6

Rain which fell last night and this morning, was responsible for another postponement of the Seaside Tennis Tournament at Manly to-day…

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