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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1863

18 stories in Illawarra's papers

Randwick Races 1863

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 April 1863 · page 2

The following entrances for the Randwick Autumn Meeting were declared last evening at Tattersall's" TRIAL STAKES.—Once Round and a Distance. 1 Single's Ben Bolt, aged…

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Illawarra Cricket Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 April 1863 · page 2

A special Committee meeting of the above Club will be held at the Commercial Hotel, on Saturday (to-morrow) night, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of electing a Secretary for the ensuing year, vice Mr…

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Cricket. Berrima V. Illawarra

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1863 · page 2

Contrary to expectation, the Berrima Club arrived in Wollongong to test their strength with the first eleven of the Illawarra Club, and on Friday last, the match was played on the Green, near the Pound, the…

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MORUYA. Annual Races

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1863 · page 2

Those races came off on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday week. The Trial Stakes, of £15, for all two-year-olds, to carry 6st; one mile, one event…

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Annual Meeting of the Illawarra Cricket Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 July 1863 · page 2

The usual annual and monthly meeting of the above club, took place at this Club Rooms, Commercial Hotel, on Tuesday evening lost. There was a large attendance of members, and much interest…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent and Illawarra and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1863 · page 4

A season of extraordinary excitement and unprecedented interest; seems to be before us. Its grand feature undoubtedly will be the visit of an English Eleven—…

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Illawarra Cricket Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 September 1863 · page 2

A meeting of the members of this club was held on Tuesday evening, at the Commercial Hotel, when Charles Fairs, Esq., H. H. Osborne, Esq., and Mr. Thomas Walsh were enrolled as members. After…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent and Illawarra and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1863 · page 4

WHEN our troops were at Scutari, on route for the Crimea, we read with much amusement the remarks of the solemn Turks, who for the first time witnessed an…

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Wollongong Races

The Kiama Independent and Illawarra and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1863 · page 2

Few of our readers will require to be informed that this day,, Tuesday, is the first of the Wollongong race meeting for the present year. An aulthentic list of the entrances had…

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Ballarat Turf Club Races

The Kiama Independent and Illawarra and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1863 · page 3

THE CHAMPION RACE of 1000 sovereigns, with a sweepstakes of 100 sovereigns ; second to receive 800 sovereigns from the stake, and third 100 sovs. Weight for age. Distance…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1863 · page 2

On Thursday last, the day when the proposed match between the married and single was to have been played, the muster of cricketers, we are sorry to say,…

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Cricket Match. Illawarra V. Cambelltown

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 November 1863 · page 2

The first match of the season in which the local Club has engaged came off at Campbelltown on Wednesday. oN the previous day, the team of the Illawrra Club proceeded over land, to meet their…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1863 · page 4

Cricket transactions, which since the commencement of the season have been somewhat dull, now appear likely to become more active and interesting…

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Cricket Match. Illawarra 2Nd Eleven v. BULLI

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 December 1863 · page 2

On Wednesday a match came off between the above Clubs at Woonona. The day was fine, and the play on the whole was very good. The Illawarraites went first to the wickets, and scored 2[?], including 6…

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Local News. Illawarra Cricket Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 December 1863 · page 2

The above club held a special committee meeting on last Tuesday night for the purposes of making arrangements for the forthcoming match between the I.C.C. and the Sydney Warwick Club, which is to…

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Boxing Day Races

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1863 · page 2

The annual races which with more or less eclat, never fail to come off on Boxing-day, at Kiama, were run as usual on the Porter's Garden Beach, on Saturday, and excited…

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Horse Racing

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1863 · page 2

On Boxing Day a large gathering of the people of the town and district of Kiama Came together on the Porters' Garden Beach to see the races. The weather was favorable to the sport until far in the…

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Cricket Match. Illawarra's Sydney Warwicks

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1863 · page 2

An interacting and highly exciting match between the above clubs played on the Race Course. Unfortunately owing to the late hour at which the game commenced, the time at which it had been previously…

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