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7 stories in Illawarra's papers
The grand trial of skill between the picked players of Victoria and New South Wales, came off in Sydney, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday last. The event had excited an universal interest in Sydney, which we are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This club played their first regular match on Wednesday last, on their ground, near the pound, Wollongong. The match was between the married and single members of the club, and resulted, as will be seen by the score, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday last the first match this season between the Illawarra and Dapto Cricket Clubs was played at Dapto, in the paddock adjoining the Illawarra Hotel. Considerable interest had been excited us to the result…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This event, "big with interest" to the cricketers, and many others of this district, came off, according to arrangement, on Monday last, in Wollongong, on the ground of the Illawarra Club. A more favourable day for both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first Dapto Regatta came off on Wednesday hist, at Cunnabooka, Brooks' Point, better known as Robertson's Point, on the Dapto side of the lllawarra Lake. During the forenoon there was every appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The races under the auspices of the Victoria Jockey Club commenced on the 7th and finished on the 9th instant. The New South Wales horses Veno and Black .Jack, both the property of G. T. Rowe,Esq., have again…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →These races came off on Saturday last, Boxing Day, on the Wollongong Course. The day was very favorable, and the number of persons present must have been something near four hundred, the great majority of whom…
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