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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1944

1,414 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 71

West Maitland Swimming Classes Start on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 6

School vacation swimming classes arranged by the Department of Education will begin at West Maitland Municipal Baths on Tuesday…

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Stop Press Flemington Races

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 1

Bagot Handicap: MAC ROB 1. Peter 2, New Princess 3. NEWCASTLE RACES LAST RACE…

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Bowls

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 4

No club carnivals were played on Saturday. The chief fixture set down was the completion of an unfinished game at Carrington…

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Stop Press Bowls

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 1

Wickham.—C. Porter, J. Armstrong, J. Mills and G. Haynes won a progressives fours competition conducted by Wickham…

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Holiday Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

A challenge match between a Newcastle Transport team and a representative Newcastle District Association…

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Dominion Team Beaten in Rugby Union Game

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—In a Rugby Union match at Edinburgh on New Year's Day, Scottish services beat an RAF and Dominions team…

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Mid-week Bowls Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 4

District mid-week bowls will be resumed to-morrow. Wallsend and Hamilton 1 are disputing the lead with 14 points followed by Stockton…

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Racing Ups and Downs

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Racing certainly has many up ands downs, especially for trainers…

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Representative Cricket Bad Fielding Won Match for District Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 4

THE DROPPING of three catches helped a Newcastle district cricket team to beat a representative Road Transport side at New…

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First Swimming Lesson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 6

Mrs. Ridley, of Marks Point School, giving pupils elementary instruction at the first of the vacational swimming…

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Bowls Pennants Resume

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 4

The pennant bowls competitions will again be in full swing next Saturday when the ninth series will…

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District Cricket Second Round Begins

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 4

Matches in the District Cricket competition on Saturday will be the first in the second round…

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C. & S. Cricket Saturday's Major Competition

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 4

Belmont and Mayfleld Central will provide the principal attraction in the opening round or City and Suburban major…

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Golf Fixtures

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 8

WARATAH GOLF CLUB will conduct a stroke competition at the Cockle Creek links on Saturday…

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Bomb Finished Surgeon's Golf

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—A well-known surgeon, whose arm was blown off by a bomb that fell near his south-east coast town…

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Cricket Fixtures for Saturday District Association

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 8

Newcastle District Cricket Association fixtures and umpires for Saturday are: FIRST GRADE: Maitland v Wallsend, at Wallend (H. Dixon and R.)…

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Vital Games For District Cricket Teams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 6

THE RESULT of the marches. Waratah v. Hamilton, and Lambton v. Wickham, will have a big bearing on the prospects of…

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Pennant Bowls. Competitions Resume with Ninth Series

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

By "Yard-on."—Pennant competitions will resume to-morrow when the ninth series will be played. Interesting games…

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C. & S. Cricket. Ten First Grade Teams Are Even

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

The City and Suburban First Division major competition, which opens to-morrow, will be the keenest for seasons. All 10…

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Cricket Will Regain Its Bradmans

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Cricket in Australia will again produce the personalities who set the turnstiles clicking in years gone by. Of this I am obsolutely convinced. Maybe there will be another Victor Trumper, a Charlie…

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