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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1914

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Abion Park Budget. Tennis

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 5

Now that the hot weather has almost passed by, local tennis players are looking forward to another start being made. Several ladies…

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Tennis Gents'-doubles Tournament Semi-finals and Final

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 12

The Presbyterian Court, Wollongong on Saturday, was the scene of some very fine struggles for the supremacy of the South Coast. The…

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Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 14

Bert Barrett will have the toughest proposition he has yet taken on when opposed to the sturdy Bondi lightweight, Freddie Dawes, at the…

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Bowls

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 14
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Wollongong Club played Beecroft here on Friday and Saturday last. Each side won a game. On Monday a home game was played, the B…

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Football

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 5

A meeting is to be held for the purpose of forming a football club at Albion Park. As there are plenty of sturdy young chaps about at present…

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Lawn Tennis

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 3

The Kiama Central park Club try conclusions with the Gerringong Tennis Club this Wednesday afternoon with a mixed team on the fine courts at…

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Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 14

Freddie Dawes, writing from Bondi, says he is in great condition for his contest with Bert Barrett at the Star on Saturday evening. He is…

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Football

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 5

A meeting was held on Thursday evening last for the purpose of forming a football club at Albion Park. There was a first class attendance, and in a…

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Sporting. Kembla Grange Races

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 7

The April meeting of the Kembla Grange Placing Club took place on the picturesque course yesterday afternoon when there was a large…

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Lawn Tennis Thomas Bros. Win Championship. Gentlemen's Doubles Final

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 14

The final of the above tournament was played off last Saturday on the Presbyterian Court, Wollongong; the participants were Thomas Bros. (of…

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Boxing Barrett V. Dawes

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 5

In the presence of a big crowd, at the Star Stadium on Saturday night, Bert Barrett, of Wollongong, got the verdict over Freddie Dawes, of Bondi…

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Football

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 3

The postponed annual meeting of the South Coast Rugby Football Union is fixed to be held at the Brighton Hotel to-night…

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Bowls

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 14

The Wollongong Green is better patronised on Wednesdays and Saturdays than ever before. Eight new garden seats have been secured for…

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Cricket

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 7

The final of the I.D.C.V. was resumed on Saturday last on the Green. Bulli, 7 For 160 on thE first day'B play added 49 for thE other three…

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League Football

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 7

The following team will represent the Buccaneer Seconds in a practice match against Dapto at Dapto on Saturday. Train leaves Wollongong…

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Sport. Boxing. Judges Disagree

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 14

Bert Barrett, of Balgownie, and Freddie Dawes, of Bondi, met at the Wollongong Stadium on Saturday night last and provided one of the…

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Wollongong Races

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 13

The entries received for Wollongong races on Tuesday number 92. The usual arrangements have been made for the convenience and…

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Tennis. Inter-club Competition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 7

The above competition commences on Saturday week, the 9th May. Nowra, Kiama, and Woonona Methodists failed to enter a team, which is…

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Lawn Tennis Inter Club Competition

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 14

The above competition commences on Saturday week. Nowra, Kiama, and Woonona Methodists failed to enter a team, which is a pity, as…

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