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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1915

222 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 12

Bowls

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 14

The Woonona Club have the assurance of a visit on Saturday from Merry, and hope that Wollongong and Corrimal will also be…

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Rugby League

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 14

The following are the fixtures for the Rugby League, to-morrow— First Grade.—Woonona v. Unaderra, Woonona; G. Emery, referee. The…

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Lawn Tennis Badge Matches

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 11

The fifth round of the inter-club matches were to have been played off last Saturday, 17th, but owing to teams forfeiting, the day passed…

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SPORT. The Turf Kembla Grange Races

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 14

For Thursday, 5th August a program as follows is announced: Flying Handicap, fifty sovs.; Maiden Handicap, forty sovs.; Newton (one…

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Kembla Grange Races

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1915 · page 1

The Australia Day pony and trotting meeting held at Kembla Grange on Friday in aid of the Australia Day Fund was not so well…

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Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 12

The Thirroul Stadium, which has been roofed, and is now under the management of Dan O'Connell, was re-opened on Saturday last, when…

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Sporting. Boxing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 7

A contest took place at the Stadium, Thirroul, on Saturday, between Young Sweeney and Tony Ross. Sweeney's seconds threw in the towel…

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Lawn Tennis Badge Matches

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 12

The sixth round, of the inter-club matches to have been played last Saturday was postponed owing to the inclemency of the weather, the…

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Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 14

Ned Chapman and Jim Daniels is the contest Th[?]rroul to-morrow. Johnny Banrett, who claims the featherweight championship of the…

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Sporting Bowls

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 3

Mr. H. N. Stumbles, to help along Australia Day, gave a beautiful pair of bowls for competition among the Wollongong bowlers, this brought in…

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Boxing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 7

At Thirroul Stadium on Saturday afternoon J. Daniels, of Kurri Kurri, and E. Chapman, of Corrimal, met in a 20 rounds contest. The opening…

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Sport. Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 14

Two promising middleweights, Brodie and Tony Ross (the winner of the welterweight tourney recently held at Scarborough, will face…

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Sporting. Boxing

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1915 · page 2

The new Wollongong Stadium will be opened on the 28th instant, when a 20-round middleweight contest take place between Billy Brodie and…

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Opposition to Stadium. Aldermen's Straight Talk. Boxing Classed As Disgraceful. They Should Got to the Front to Fight

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1915 · page 2

At the Council meeting on Friday pretty straight talk was indulged in regarding the erection of an enclosure in Keira-street, which…

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Patriotic Football Match

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 2

A match is to he played on the Kiama Showground next Saturday between teams selected from the 37th Illawarra Infantry and Jamberoo…

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Boxing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 7

Considerable interest in centred in the opening of the new Stadium in Keira-street, which takes place to-morrow (Saturday) night at 8.15 p.m.,…

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Sport. Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 14

So confident are the backers of Brodie and Ross that their man will be successful in to-morrow night's encounter at the Keira-st…

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Football

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 7

The following team will represent the Flinders against Corrimal Football Club at Bode's at 3 o'clock sharp:—J. Puckeridge, F. Puckeridge, L…

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Kembla Grange Races

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 7

The August race meeting of the above club took place yesterday, but the attendance was not up to the usual average. The fields were small…

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Sporting. Bowls

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 2

During the continuance of this terrible war Wollongong bowlers (who by the way are all doing their utmost for war friends) are not having many, if…

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