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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1880

16 stories in Illawarra's papers

Dapto Anniversary Regatta

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 2

The above Regatta came off at Kanahooka Point, Illawarra Lake, on Monday last, permission for holding the same at the above favorite place having been kindly granted by P. H. Osborne,…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 2

THE first match of the Australian eleven— who have been picked to once more cross the water to do battle for us on the friendly green of English cricket fields—played…

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St. Patrick's Day Races

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 March 1880 · page 2

A good day's racing took place on the Racecourse, on Wednesday last. The day was exceedingly tine, the attendance large, and everything passed off successfully, nothing occurring…

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Shellharbour Races

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1880 · page 2

THE races on Wednesday were not a success, Although the morning broke fine and fair, and those with racing proclivities were beginning to congratulate themselves upon…

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Early Races of Man in England

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 April 1880 · page 4

"The Man of the Caverns" was the subject of the last London Institution lecture, which was delivered the other evening in the theatre by Professor Boyd Dawkins,…

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Lord Harris on Colonial Cricket

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1880 · page 4

In Lillywhite's Annual for 1880 is a chatty paper by Lord Harris on the doings of his team in Australia. Concerning Evans he says:—"I my opinion he is certainly the best bowler…

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Cricket

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1880 · page 2
Also in The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser

A match was played at Kiama on Saturday last between the Illawarra and Kiama Clubs, and was decided by the first innings in favor of the former, they having scored 104 against 59 by the latter…

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Memory In Different Races and People

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1880 · page 4

M. DELAUNY has made a communication to the Societic do Biologie respecting memory an studied under various biological conditions The inferior races of mankind, as…

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Kiama Turf Club Races

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1880 · page 2

THE annual spring meeting of the Kiama Turf Club commenced on the Eureka course, Monkey Flat, on Wednesday last, 29th September, The continued inclemency of…

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Wollongong Animal Races

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 October 1880 · page 2

The annual Wollongong Turf Club Races commenced yesterday under favorable circumstances, the weather and course being pretty well all that could be desired. The field of horses was very…

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The Great Boat Racing

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 November 1880 · page 2

The aquatic contests that have taken place on the Thames of late have engaged intense inter est in this colony. And it is not surprising that such should be the case, seeing that two Sydney…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1880 · page 2

ON Saturday last a match was played on the Church point, Kiama, between an eleven selected from the Oddfellows lodges of this part of the district, and another…

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Broger's Creek. Cricket Match

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1880 · page 2

ON Saturday, 4th December, the return match between the Broger's Creek and Broughton Creek Cricket Clubs, took place at Broger's Creek on a flat piece of ground…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1880 · page 2

THE wholesome love of athletics, so far, at least, as it is involved in an attachment to the national game of Cricket, seems to have taken during the current summer what is…

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Cricket

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1880 · page 3

The 'European Mail' says:—"Considering the success which attended Mr. W. L. Murdoch's cricketing team it is not surprising to learn than another Colonial Eleven contemplate visiting…

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