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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1945

1,463 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 74

District Cricket Umpires

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 11

Newcastle District Cricket Association fixtures and umpires for Saturday next are:— First and second grades same as last…

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Rugby League Did Not Live in District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Leslie Willan, one of Canterbury-Bankstown Rugby League's Club's best forwards last season, was not, according to his own…

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No Action Against Football Poaching

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—New South Wales Rugby League decided to take no action on a letter from the Newcastle League complaining about the…

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Pharisee and Tribal May Miss Big Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Pharisee and Tribal, prominent in discussions about the Newmarket Handicap before last Saturday's racing, are…

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Novelty Golf Proposal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 11

Hugh T. Henry, of Texas, U.S.A. (a member of the recently disbanded American Red Cross Centre in Newcastle), who has taken…

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Bowls Club Disqualified in Pepper Shield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 8

HAMILTON Bowling Club, declared winner of the Pepper Memorial competition, has been disqualified by Newcastle Bowling Association,…

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Bowls Pennant Points Close in All Grades

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 11

The points' tables in the four grades of the bowls pennant competitions reveal close pegging, and with only three more games to be played several teams in each section have a chance of gaining the honors…

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Maitland Council Bans Sunday Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 2

By eight votes to four Maitland Council last night refused the Northern Cricket Club permission to play a match against a team of Sydney…

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Three Teams Level in C. and S. Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 8

CITY and Suburban Cricket Association last night decided that the Lake Macquarie-Hume Pipe Works match in the A grade…

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Democratic Ideals Flouted Says Cricket Club On Maitland Ban

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 12

"We are alarmed by the Council's flouting of democratic ideals in not giving us an opportunity to put our views," a Maitland Cricket Club spokesman said today. He was commenting on the Mait-…

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C. & S. Cricket Umpires to Strike If No Apology

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 11

Teams in the C. and S. Cricket Competition may shortly be without umpires if that body carries into effect its threat to strike. The threat was brought about after the umpires had…

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Stoney Creek Swimming Club Improvements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 5

Crs. J. Kenny (President) and J. Chapman, of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council, met a deputation from the Stoney Creek Swimming Club, and were…

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Pennant Bowls Boolaroo to Hold Lead

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 8

Boolaroo should retain its lead in No. 1 bowls pennant on Saturday, but although Lambton has won only six matches this season, it may…

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Amateur Cycling Road Races

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 14

Newcastle amateurs will revert to their customary road races at Stockton on Saturday. Two further series of point scores for…

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Bicycle Races on Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 2

Greater Newcastle Health Committee approved last night an application for Newcastle Police Boys' Club for permission to hold bicycle races on…

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Tennis Final Drawn For

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 14

The knock-out final of the A grade mixed teams competition has been drawn for Saturday. The finalists are Vincers…

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McCabe Resting From Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 15

SYDNEY.—Test cricketer, Stan McCabe, reports that his feet which caused him to give up cricket, have improved…

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Cessnock May Get Sunday Cricket Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 8

It is possible that the cricket match between Jack Chegwyn's XI. and Maitland Cricket Club will be played at Cessnock…

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Athletic Sprint Champion To Essay Record

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 14

SYDNEY: Queensland sprint champion, Graham McLachlan, will attempt to break the 100 metres Australian record at the…

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Cessnock Golf

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 14

Cessnock Golf Club will conduct a 11-hole stableford par handicap on Saturday and a four-ball best ball stableford on Sunday. The club's official season will…

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