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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1909

267 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 14

Rugby Football

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 9

The adjourned annual meeting of the Illawarra Rugby Union will be held on Wednesday night next, at O'Brien's Hotel, at 8 p.m. Several…

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Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 9

R. Hughes, of Keireville, has been matched with Armstrong, of Cobar, who lately defeated Barrett, in the Centennial Grounds. The match…

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Rugby[?]

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 9

The annual meeting of the Illawarra Rugby Union was held [?] Hotel on Wednesday nigh[?] Mr. W. Walker presiding. A large [?]…

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Football

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Kiama Football Club is advertised to be held at the Brighton Hotel on Monday night next, at 7.30 sharp…

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Cricket

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 9

To-day (Saturday) the semi-final matches continue. Bulli and Figtree resume on the Green, Wollongong; Dapto and Keira at Figtree…

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Sport. Woolongong Races

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 9

There was a splendid attendance at the above club's meeting on Tuesday last. The weather being perfect and racing good a very enjoyable day…

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Football

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 2

The annual meeting of the South Boast Rugby Football Union takes place at Berry this (Wednesday) afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clock…

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Sporting. Cricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 2

The Berry team were to have played Kiama on Church Point on Saturday after. noon, but they did not put in an appearance. A match was then arranged…

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Football Rugby

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 12

The Illawarra Rugby Union competition this season will be very interesting from a football view. In dealing with the clubs, it will be…

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Sport. Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 12

Never in the history of Wollongong has the boxing game received the attention it is receiving just now, possibly because we have never had a…

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Cricket

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 12

The competition cricket match, Dapto v. Keira A, was concluded at Figtree on Saturday last. The fortnight previous Dapto had scored 52…

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Rugby Football

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 9

The Wollongong Half-holiday team journeyed to Bulli on Wednesday to meet the local team. The game was very interesting from start to…

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Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 9

Jim Griffin, the New Zealand pugilist, whose training quarters has been at Bode's Hotel for the last few months, sailed for New Zealand…

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Sport. B.a. Football

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 9

The following have been selected to represent South Coast against Sydney at Bode's to-day, at 3.15:—J. Drain, J. Henry, W. Compton, W…

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Rugby Football

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 12

The Union secretary has the following teams asking for matches for the holiday:—Western Suburbs, 2nd grade; St. Paul's Newtown. All…

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Football

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 2

The football season begins in earnest this afternoon, when the first set of matches in connection with the first round of the South Coast Union's competition will be…

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Football

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 2

Kiama and Kangaroo Valley played their first match this season at Berry on Saturday, the latter winning by 11 points to 3. For the winners Wallace, Cotterd and…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 2

The Australian Eleven have won their first match in England. They commenced a match with Notts. County on Thursday last, which concluded on Saturday, the…

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Tennis

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 5

The first and second rounds of the Pryor Trophy Tournament are nearly completed. The second round will close on 29th inst…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 3

The Australian Eleven have won the second match of their tour in England. On Wednesday last they defeated the Northamptonshire County eleven by nine…

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