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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1913

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Boxing

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 2

The contest for next Saturday night at the Star Stadium between Billy McNabb (the crack Newcastle Welter-weight), and Jimmy Nixon, of…

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Tennis

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 11

A very interesting game of tennis was played at Woonona on Saturday afternoon tea by the ladies of the Woonona Presbyterian Club. These clubs have…

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Kembla Grange Races

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 4

The Kembla Grange Racing Club's meeting on the picturesque course on Tuesday was a huge success, both from a financial and racing point of…

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Sport Boxing. McNABB and Nixon

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 12

Billy McNabb (of Newcastle) and Jim my Nixon (of Helensburgh), in a twenty rounds contest will be the star attraction at the local Stadium to-morrow…

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SOCCER. S.C. FOOTBAlL ASSOCIATION

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 12

A special meeting of the above association was held in Tattersallis Hotel to hear the appeal of Corrimal against the decision of the protest committee in…

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Boxing

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 2

The contest at the Star Stadium on Saturday night last between Billy McNab, of Newcastle, and Jimmie Nixon, of Helensburgh , drew a fair…

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Illawarra Rugby League, Final Second Grade

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 2

The match, Unanderra II v Kembla, which has been causing very severe criticism amongst the district footballers, has been ordered by the…

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Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 9

A contest that is causing some interest locally is to be decided next Saturday night, November 22nd, at the Star Stadium, Wollongong, when Billy Yates…

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Cricket

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 5

The local cricketers will meet a team from Gerringong on Saturday next in a competition match, and as the game will be played on the local…

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Bowls. Kuring-gai V. Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

Saturday was almost, an ideal day for out-door sport of any kind, and for bowls par excellence. Five matches have recently been played, all at…

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Boxing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 9

The contest at the Star Stadium tomorrow night between Bert Barrett, our favourite champion light weight, and Billy Yates, of Tamworth, should…

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Rugby League

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 9

The final of the second grade, Unanderra v. Kembla, at Figtree, is expected to be a keen contest…

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Sport. Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 12

To-morrow night will decide whether Bert Barrett is capable of what he and his backers think he is, viz., defeating Billy Yates. They meet in a return…

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Football

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 9

The following team will represent the Life Savers against Tarrawanna to-morrow :—W. Irwin, J. Makin, McMahon, Johnson, Bennett, Sadler,…

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Woillongong Races

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 9

The next race meeting of the Wollongong Racing Club will be held on the Wollongong Course on Tuesday next, the first race being timed for 2.30 p.m…

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Sporting. Bowls

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 4

On Saturday there was no match that a visiting team, still there was two interesting club rinks [?] Many people imagine that…

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Boxing. Barrett Defeats Yates Easily

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 12

A good house witnessed the fight between Bert Barrett, 9.5½, and Billy Yates, 9.8, at the Star Stadium, Wollongong, on Saturday last, when Barrett…

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Kembla Grange Races

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 11

These eventuate on Tuesday. The entries are very numerous, twenty-six in the chief race and others in proportion. The usual arrangements for transit have…

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Wollongong Racing Club. Count Henry Wins Double

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 4

Fine weather favored the above Club's racing fixture on the seaside course on Tuesday afternoon. It was pleasing to note the attendance was a…

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Cricket

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 2

The Secretary of the Kiama Cricket Club (Mr. J. Loomes) is in receipt of a letter from a Miss West (Sec. of a ladies' club in Sydney) asking if arrangements could be made to play…

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