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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1944

1,414 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 71

Bowls District Fours Championship to Islington

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 4

By "Yard On."—The 193-44 district fours championship resulted in an easy win for the Isllington quartette…

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District Cricket Maitland Wins Championship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 4

Maitland is assured of the club championship as a result of its three wills on Saturday. Wickham and Hamilton are still disputing the…

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District Cricket Contest for Season's Aggregates

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 4

G. .Woolmer (Lambton), R. Beatty (Lambton) and J. Mayes (Waratah) will have their last chances next…

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Bowls Pairs and Singles Championships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

The qualifying and first round of Newcastle District Bowling Association's pairs championship will be played on Saturday week. The second and third…

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Women's Bowls Forfeit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 6

Kurri Kurri will forfeit to Belmont in the C Pennant competition of the Northumberland Women's Bowling Association…

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Rivalry in District Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 4

Second place in the District Cricket final will be decided by the results of two matches in the competition wind-up on…

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Rugby Union State Council Newcastle To Be Represented

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 4

The annual meeting of the New South Wales Rugby Union, held in Sydney last night, adopted a motion brought forward…

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Bowls District Pairs Championship Opens March 25

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 4

[?] The District Pairs Championship for 1943-44 season will commencw on Saturday, March 25, when the qualifying…

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Bradman Has Said Good-bye to Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, March 14. A.A.P.—Don Bradman has written to a friend in London saying that he hoped his next visit to England…

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Golf Fixtures

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 8

STEEL WORKS GOLF CLUB. —At Shortland on Saturday the Steel Works Club will conduct a four-ball par competition…

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Old Tennis Clubs Affiliate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 6

Several old clubs have affiliated with Newcastle District Tennis Association. All are expected to play in the winter teams' competition…

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Decide Cricket Runner-up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 6

IF Wickham and Hamilton again win their matches on the first innings on Saturday, the team with the best average will play…

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Tennis Assocn. Prepares for Winter Competition

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 8

The Newcastle Tennis Association is completing arrangements for its winter teams competition, to commence in April. The last competition sta[?] of the…

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Racing Investigation Adjourned Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The stipendiary stewards took further evidence in their investigation into business relations between T. Webster, jockey, and J. L…

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Over £100 Profit at Bowls Gala

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 8

Over £100 was made at Newcastle Tattersall's Bowling Club's annual charity carnival at National Park green yesterday…

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Minor Grade Pennant Bowls on

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

Pennant competitions to-morrow will be limited to the Nos. 3 and 4 grades. A large number of forfeits is [?]pated as there are only a couple of…

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Army Cricket Sydney Fortress Beaten

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

L. Livingston, Newcastle Fortress captain, top-scored in the match with Sydney Fortress at New Lambton…

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Ambitious Plan for Athletics

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

For 30 years the president of Newcastle Amateur Athletic Association (Mr. W. Ryan) has been planning an athletic field…

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Easter Bowls Tournaments

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 4

Numerous clubs are arranging carnivals at Easter. Belmont will open with a singles competition on Good Friday afternoon and…

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Merewether Golf Associates

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 4

Merewether golf associates will commence the season with a nine-hole competition on Wednesday, March 22. The season will officially open on…

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