Cricket
On Wednesday afternoon a match was played on the Green, between eleven married and eleven single members of the Illawarra Club, the same resulting in favor of the former with four wickets…
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16 stories in Illawarra's papers
Telegraphic News. Intercolonial Cricket Match. SYDNEY. Monday, 6 p.m
THE game was finished this afternoon. The Sydney team won, with one wicket to spare. There was, great excitement, in…
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The winner of the Waterloo Cup is "Coomassie." The runner up was " Sea Seal." The winner of the Waterloo Purse is "Adelaide." The winner of the Waterloo…
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The most interesting boat race (says the Mercury) that has taken place in this district came off at the Illawarra Lake, on Wednesday…
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The annual demonstration connected with the Illawarra Cricket Club came off on the Racecourse, on Friday last (Queen's Birthday), and, as usual, was very fairly patronised by the public. The…
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THE Saturday Review says:—Ladies made their appearance in the cricket-field so long ago as 1797, when eleven married women beat, eleven unmarried women by 80…
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The Echo says:—On Saturday last another match between Mr. Johnson, a batsman of some note, and Mr. J. S. Littler; an English…
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We hear from New Zealand that the Canterbury Cricket Association (Christchurch) has decided upon sending challenges to cricket clubs in various places in Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kangaroo Valley Turf Club Races
THE annual races in connection with this club took place on Thursday and Friday last, the 12th and 13th instant. The attendance was good, and the racing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Turf Club Races. Spring Meeting. First Day
ON Wednesday last the first day's programme of the Spring Meeting of the Kiama Turf Club came off at the Eureka course, on the estate of Captain Charles, M.L.A., about…
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MR. RICHARD A. PROCTOR, the distinguished astronomer, is not above writing an article on "betting at horse races." The London Echo publishes an essay over his signature…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News Entrances for Wollongong Races
The following are the entrances for the ensuing Wollongong Races, as declared at the general entry on Monday last—FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY, 16TH OCTOBER…
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AN extraordinary match of cricket (says the (court Journal) was played on the Stone Bridge Ground, Dorking, on Tuesday, between an eleven styling themselves the…
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The annual meeting of the Wollongong Turf Club, which extended over Wednesday and yesterday, has passed off most successfully, and, we might add, satisfactory also, save to the losers…
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THESE races took place on Thursday and Friday last, the 7th and 8th instant. The arrangements of the stewards were complete; the day's were fine; a large concourse of…
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A great change has taken place in the Regatta Committee, not exactly a mutiny the same as that on board of the Municipal steamship at Wollongong, where the men stored all the cargo in the…
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