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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1954

2,185 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 110

Cricket In India

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

MADRAS, Fri. (A.A.P.)—The Commonwealth XI had lost one wicket for 22 at stumps yesterday in reply…

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Maitland's Hard Task In Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 8

Unbeaten Maitland is expected to have one of its hardest matches when it meets Bakers in the A grade…

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Cricket Win By Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 12

Newcastle schoolboys cricket team defeated a Canberra team by two wickets and 38 runs yesterday…

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Stop Press Testimonial Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 12

Morris's XI, 1st innings, 4/203 (R. Harvey, c Davidson, b I. Johnson, 69; Craig, n.o., 33; Carmody, n.o., 18; sundries 4) v Hassett's X[?]…

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N.Z.'s Boxing Hope Is Barry Brown

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 12

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter): Barry Brown, who meets Gerald Dreyer for the British…

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PERSONALITIES of the Cricket Field

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 11

The afternoon tea controversy has at last been settled and the tea break now is confined to the first grade. Newcastle club delegate and player, Bruce O'Sullivan, struck the right note…

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Short Priced Favorites In Seven Rosehill Races

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Prepost betting lists for Rosehill tomorrow show backers of favorites will have to take short prices in seven of the eight races. Early lists have the…

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Spell For Boats, Then Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 8

Speedboat races to be conducted on the Toronto course by the Newcastle branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club…

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Worthington Likely For Tennis Titles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 7

George Worthington, the New Zealand champion, is a likely entrant for the Newcastle Tennis Association's…

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Surf Snapshots Social Cricket Sunday Bowls

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 7

Weekend weather was perfect for swimming and sunbaking. 1. Valerie Kelso, Marie Gardner and Veronica Ayerst arriving at Newcastle Beach yesterday. 2. Louise Perrett enjoyed learning to swim at. Newcastle Ocean Baths. A brightly colored rubber float gave her confidence. 3. Merewether cricket team going out to field in their social match against Gordon at the weekend. 4. Mr. R. McLaren (Carrington) playing in the Noel Thomas Shield competition at Newcastle South at the weekend. 5. Mr. S. Ferris, a member of Lowlands Bowling Club who also took [?] in the [?] Thomas competition at Newcastle South Bowling Club…

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Pennant Bowls Surprises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 8

First round matches in the Newcastle Bowling 'Association's pennant competitions were completed on Saturday…

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Rugby Union Win For England

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 12

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).—A last-minute try gave England a lucky win over Wales in the International…

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Former Boxing Champion Now Publican

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 12

Former Australian boxer[?] Horace Andrew ("Hockey") Bennell was today a successful applicant at the…

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Maitland Beaten Is Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 5

Baker's A grade team continued its sequence of wins when it gave Maitland its first defeat in the A grade section…

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Strike Over Boxing Day Non-Payment

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

About 50 members of the F.I.A., Boilermakers' Society, A.E.U. and F.E.D.F.A. today staged a 24-hour…

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Cessnock Has Cricket Win

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 8

Cessnock had an outright win over the Hunter River in a John Bull Shield Cricket competition match at…

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More Big Hitting in Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Australia's former Test cricket captain, Lindsay Hassett, scored 126 in 107 minutes in…

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Tennis Job Ban Eased in U.s

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 17. A.A.P.—American amateur tennis players who have reached their 21st birthday will be permitted to work for sporting goods firms…

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Hamilton Retains Lead In District Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 11

Hamilton by convincingly defeating Lambton-New Lambton in the seventh series of matches in the District cricket competition on Saturday retained its grip on this season's premiership. Hamilton had won the…

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5 Athletic Titles To Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 8

Newcastle representatives won five of the nine senior titles at the women's country athletic championships at…

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