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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1942

1,392 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 70

Bowls Carnival Off

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 6

Hunter River District Bowling Association's Easter carnival is to be abandoned. This was decided last night at a meeting presided…

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Hunter Easter Bowls Carnival Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 5

The Hunter River District Bowling Association decided at West Maitland last night to abandon the Easter bowling carnival. The President (Mr. W…

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Branxton Golf Club Had Good Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 6

Despite the loss of some senior members and the abnormal times, Branxton Golf Club had one of its most successful seasons. The year's income…

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Future of Races at Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 6

GRAFTON, Monday.—The Clarence River Jockey Club decided at its annual meeting to leave the decision regarding racing in July to the incoming…

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Cessnock Golf Club Gives To War Effort

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 2

Cessnock Golf Club, during the past year, made important contributions to the war effort. The annual report showed that £140…

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Seven Races At Randwick In Future

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: Number of races at Randwick in future will not exceed seven. This decision by the Australian…

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C. and S. Cricket Fixtures for

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 4

Newcastle City and Suburban Cricket Association's fixtures for the 20th series in Saturday are:—A[?] GRADE.—Stewards and Lioyds v…

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Competition Bowls Banned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 8

GOSFORD, Wednesday.—Gosford Bowling Club has banned organised competition games at Gosford while the Pacific situation is critical. Members…

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Surf and Swimming Merewether Surf Club

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 7

Last Sunday Merewether Surf Club defeated Cook's Hill Club in the interclub competition for the Merebar Cup The Competition was an outstanding…

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GOLF Steel Works Club

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 7

At Shortland on Saturday the Steel Works Club will conduct a Stableford competition. Waratah Club…

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Rugby Union's Profits to War Effort

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 8

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The New South Wales Rugby Union to-day sent the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) a cheque for £1000, part of…

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Tennis Championships Near End

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 8

The Newcastle and District Lawn Tennis Association's B and C grade mixed doubles championships should be completed on Saturday…

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Tramway Cricket Competitions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 7

The leading team (No. 3) in the Newcastle District Tramway and Transport Cricket Competition was easily beaten in its game against No. 1 team…

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Cessnock Cricket Final

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 7

The final of Cessnock Cricket Association's first-grade competition will commence on Saturday. It will be played between St. Andrew's and High School…

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Cricket Teams for Saturday District Cricket Third Grade

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 7

Stockton v Waratah, at Mental Hospital: K. Pugh. Tl Williams, J. Swan. R. Priestley. M. Bell. W. Spencer. W Johnson. E. Croft, J. Gregory, T…

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Teams Tennis Arranged for Winter

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 7

(By "Forehand")—A winter teams competition, as far as possible on similar lines to last year's, will be…

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Set Six Records at Cessnock High School Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 7

Cessnock Swimming Club's champion. Jack Gilmore set six new records when he won most of the championship events yesterday at the Cessnock High School's…

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Protest Over Ban on Sunday Tennis

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 7

A protest against the Newcastle Council's ban on Sunday tennis was made at the adjourned annual meeting of Newcastle Lawn…

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Backers Find Two-year-old Races Costly

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 8

SYDNEY (By R. S. Kent): Backers have lost heavily on twp-years-old races this season. In the 49 events decided, only 15 favorites were successful…

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Ban on Sunday Tennis Protests to Council and Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 2

A deputation was appointed by the Newcastle District Lawn Tennis Association last night to attend a meeting of Greater Newcastle Council and…

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