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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1949

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2000 Watched Tennis Stars

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 8

About 2000 attended the exhibition tennis last night at Dis[?] Park. Generally, the night's tennis…

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£2500 Purse For Golf Event

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—McWilliam's wines has donated a purse of £2500 for a professional golfing event to be played in Sydney from…

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High School Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 12

Newcastle Boys' High School's annual swimming carnival will be held at Ocean Baths on Feb. 28, commencing at 1 p.m., and March 1…

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Newcastle Races On Feb. 19

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 12

Entries for the Newcastle race meeting of Feb. 19 close at 4 p.m. tomorrow. The programme is: Novice…

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Want 40 Stars For World Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 8

LONDON, February 8. A.A.P. —Reuters correspondent at The Hague reports that approximately 40 leading lawn tennis players from…

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C. and S. Cricket Annual

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 8

Club secretaries who have not yet obtained, a copy of the City and Suburban Cricket Association annual may do so to-night from the…

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Waratah, N. Lambton To Meet In District Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 12

District cricket premiership leaders, Waratah-Mayfield, will meet the strong New Lambton team at New Lambton in the 10th series of matches which commence on…

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Robinson Shield Bowls Results

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 4

With 11 wins, L. Waight, H. Brown, F. Jones and R. Cox won the Robinson Shield night bowls competition conducted by…

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Wins Likely For Bowls Leaders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 8

There should not be any great alteration in the position of the leading teams as a result of the matches in the second round of the…

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Rugby Union Pennant For English Inn

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 11

Newcastle Rugby Union win send a pennant to England following a request received and read at the first…

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Maitland Tennis Assn's Good Year

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 4

Maitland District Lawn Tennis Association ended last year with a credit balance of £202/16/9, the treasurer (Mr. E. Collison) reported to the annual meeting last night…

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Barnes To Resume Grade Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Sid Barnes, Test batsman, said to-day he would continue to play cricket in Australia, and hoped to reach…

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New Golf Association In N.S.W.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A new organisation known as the N.S.W. Golf Association has been formed to control the game in this State…

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Reid Park Well Placed in Reserve Tennis

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 12

The result of the match between Reid Park and Carlton No. 1 in the A reserve division of the mixed teams tennis…

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Points Scoring Close In C. & S. Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 11

City and Suburban A grade major cricket competition is at such an interesting stage that it is possible that the four…

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Rugby Master Visits Armidale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 5

Mr. P. H. B. Lyon, a former headmaster of Rugby School, visited the Armidale School, Mr. Lyon is touring Australia as guest of the…

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Cessnock Racing Change

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 8

By reducing the number of races and increasing: prize-money, Cessnock Jockey Club expects to attract good fields…

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Baths Races Cancelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 10

Cook's Hill Club's baths races, which were to have been held tonight, have been cancelled to allow club members to meet North…

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Atom Bomb Only Size Of Golf Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Feb. 10. A.A.P.—The atomic bomb is the size of a golf ball and equal to 5,400,000 lb, of T.N.T., Lieut.-Colonel…

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Left Football Pool Win To Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 10. A.A.P.—Thomas Yeo Carpenter, who died in November, after having won £35,000 stg. in a football…

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