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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1954

2,185 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 110

Grazier Had £5000 Racing Win

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 27

BRISBANE.—A wealthy Queensland grazier, George Peskett, of Cunnamulla, won more than £5000 on…

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Gonzales Best In Tennis Tour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 12

TORONTO, Jan. 20. A.A.P. —Pancho Gonzales, leading moneywinner in Jack Kramer's professional tennis tour,…

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Newcastle Bowls Team Will Fly To Tasmania

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 26

Newcastle's flying bowlers' manager (Toby Sanderson) said today that arrangements had been completed for a week in Tasmania next month…

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Top Teams To Meet In Tennis

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 26

The last round of the A grade mixed teams tennis competition will be played on Saturday and main…

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PERSONALITIES of the Cricket Ficla

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 26

Secretary of the Newcastle District Cricket Association, Mr. Allan Dodds, has been associated with cricket for 44 years. A native of Maitland, Mr…

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Prizemoney Up For N.J.C. Dog Races

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 28

Future day greyhound meetings conducted by the Newcastle Jockey Club on the new Beaumont Park…

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New Lambton Bowls

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 12

New Lambton Bowling Club will hold a mixed gala on Sunday, Jan. 31. Entries close on Jan. [?]…

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Vital Game In Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 15

The match between Stockrail and Maitland could decide the premiership of A grade in the Newcastle Tennis…

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Close Match In City Bowls Fours

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 11

The big field in Newcastle City Bowling Club's annual electric light open fours tournament has now…

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Shield Cricket Points Score

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 12

BRISBANE.—An outright win by Victoria over Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match, which was…

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Stop Press Shield Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 12

Victoria, 1st innings, 5,212 (N. Harvey, c Raymer, b R. Archer, 97; R. Maddocks, c Smith, [?] R. Archer, 11; Carter, n.o., [?] L. Maddocks, n.o,, 0),…

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District Rivalry In Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 12

Keen interest is being taken in the inter-district cricket match between Newcastle and Illawarra associations, to be…

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Newcastle Heads School Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 16

Newcastle heads the schools' vacation cricket competition, under 14 years, with 56 points, followed by Wickham and…

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Nominations For N.J.C. Races

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 4

Nineteen nominations were received for the Anniversary Handicap, chief race at Newcastle on Monday week. Weights for the meetings…

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Swimming Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 7

The team to represent Cessnock Amateur Swimming Club at the country championships at Wagga is—…

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Cricket Change

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 16

The fourth grade District Cricket Association fixture between Lambton-New Lambton and West Lakes this afternoon…

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Cricket Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 15

Arrangements for a holiday match on the Anniversary Day holiday on February 1 will be discussed at a special…

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Tennis Group For Royal Visit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 16

Newcastle Tennis Association officials wish to arrange a group to take part in the procession to inaugurate the…

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Second Round In Bowls Starts To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 15

Newcastle District Bowling Association will begin the second round of pennant competitions to-day…

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Reverses In Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 4

Matches in the second round of the Newcastle Bowling Association's pennant competitions on Saturday, resulted…

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