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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1950

2,172 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 109

696 Entries Set Record For Title Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday.—A record number of entries—696—has been received for the men's New South Wales swimming championships,…

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Tennis Players in Car Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Monday.—A car in which the tennis players W. Sidwell and J. Crawford were traveling to Sydney came into collision…

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Support for Country Cricket Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 6

Newcastle District Cricket Association agreed last night to cooperate in the formation of a country cricket federation…

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Schools' Cricket to Start Tomorow

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 12

Cricket competitions arranged br the Newcastle P.S.A.A.A. for secondary boys' schools will be commenced tomorrow…

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School Cricket Competitions Begin This Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 8

The secondary and primary schools' cricket competitions begin this week. The secondary competitions…

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Cricket Tourists to Play Hutt Valley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 8

WELLINGTON, Feb. 13. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Australian cricketer's will begin their New Zealand tour with a one-day match against Hutt…

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Football Training Starts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 10

Waratah-Mayfield Rugby League started training at Waratah Oval last night. Coach Herb. Narvo (far right) instructs (left to right)…

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Hamilton's Mid-week Bowls Lead

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 7

Hamilton's teams in the two grades of the Newcastle District Bowling Association's midweek pennant competition, in which another…

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Stop Press Gosford Races

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 12

Three-Year-Old Maiden Handicap.— OVER THE LINE 1, Bubby 2, Field Beau 3…

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Thefts From Golf Club At Stockton

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 5

Thieves broke into the tool shed of the Newcastle Golf Club, Stockton, and took wheels, tyres and tubes from a…

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Cricket Title Retained By Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 10

Hamilton second and third grade teams were prominent in the preliminary rounds of the Newcastle District Cricket Association…

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Australia Fields In N.Z. Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 12

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wed. (A.A.P.).—Winning the toss, Australia sent Hutt Valley in to bat here today. This is the…

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Clash Dates Of Important Athletic Championships

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 12

Two important athletic events will clash on Saturday. They are the second day of the Northern District t rack and field championships at Stewarts and Lloyd's Oval and the State championship eliminating heats at Henson Park, Sydney…

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Golf Club Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 6

Thieves broke into a tool shed at Newcastle Golf Club, Stockton, yesterday, and stole wheels, tyres and tubes from a motor mower…

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Schools' Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 18

Newcastle P.S.A.A.A. has arranged the following fixtures for the first series of the primary schools' cricket competition tomorrow—…

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Record Broken In Junior High Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 19

A record was broken twice in the early events when the Junior High School continued its annual swimming carnival…

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Australian Cricket Team Selected

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 20

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday (A.A.P.).—Australia's team to meet Griqualand West at Kimberley commencing tomorrow is…

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Saturday's Bowls May Decide Some Pennant semi-Finalists

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 18

Matches in Newcastle Bowling Association's pennant competitions on Saturday will be the second last of the series and with a further win some teams in the various sections of each of the five…

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Main Matches In Major Cricket At Sports Ground

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 18

For the three rounds of the District Cricket Association's major premierships, the officials have allocated the most attractive match of each round to the Newcastle Sports Ground…

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Transport Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 16

Newcastle Transport (Gordon Ave. Depot) Amateur Swimming Club continued its point score competition at the Ocean Baths yesterday,…

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