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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1917

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Sport. Golf

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 11

The Wollongong Golf Club has issued the following programme for Monday next. King's Birthday: Morning 18 holes v bogey; afternoon, choice score of…

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Sport & Play. Bowls

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 2

On Saturday Wollongong piny Woonona. This ought to be an interesting contest, as the teams are at present (on paper) about equal…

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League Football

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 2

A friendly match will be Played [?] Rodd's ground on Saturday afternoon between Mount Keira and Mount Kembla teams. Mr. G. Emery will act as…

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Sport. Bowls

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 14

On Monday Wollongong Club had a visit of three rinks from St. George. The result was a victory for the visitors by 13 points. In the afternoon a Red…

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Sport & Play. Bowls

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 9

The following players will represent wollongong at Woonona to-morrow: Mecoy, Allsep, H. Figtree, F. wiseman, Kiernan, J. Byron, T. Byron…

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League Football

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 6

On Saturday last Mount Kelra and Mount Kembla met in a friendly match at the ground opposite from eys Hotel. The game was full of…

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THIRROUL Lawn Tennis Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 14

On Thursday night, May 31st, in the School of Arts' Hall there was a good representative meeting of persons interested in the formation of a tennis…

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Football As Dubbo Plays It

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 2

Two games of football in Dubbo on Saturday were responsible for about a dozen casualties, some being serious Lieut. Reg. Rydon, son of the…

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Football. Rugby League

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 8

A large crowd gathered it ground opposite Furney's Hotel last Saturday to witness the match between Unanderra and Kara. The [?]…

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Sport. Bowls

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 14

In the bowls match, Corrimal versus Berry, on Saturday last, at Berry, the latter were the victors. Corrimal men speak highly of the Berry Club's…

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Sport & Play. Bowls

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 6

On Prince of Wales Birthday St. George invited Wollongong and Berry to a friendly came on their beautiful green at Kockdale. Their secret[?]y…

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Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 14

Tom Thomas, the Thirroul lightweight, was again outpointed by Fred Bone, at the Sydney Stadium on Monday night last, in a ten rounder…

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Sport. Coursing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 14

At last meetings of the P.P. Board at Kiama there was letter from Mr. G. A. Bode, Wollongong, stating that it was intended to hold rabbit coursing on the…

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Bowls

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 6

A few [?] here the [?] you by on wednesday and Sa[?]cays, and when our two or there [?] are on the [?] we have…

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Sport and Play. Boxing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 2

Billy Brodie, the local heavyweight champion, has been matched to box Jack Wilt at tho Sydney Stadium on August 6th, Wilt has a big…

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Sport. Bowls

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 14

The pairs championship final played on the City Green, on Saturday, was won by R, C. Williams and W. Young, of the Woonona Club. Draine, of Corrimal,…

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Sport and Play. Football

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 6

A football team, representing tho local High School, paid a visit to Sydney last Saturday to play the return match with Sydney Technical…

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Boxing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 16

Tom Thomas, the Thirroul lightweight, won another contest at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday by outpointing Lyndsay Read…

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Rugby League

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 16

The Port Kembla Juvenile Footballers (Rugby), defeated Unanderra representatives on Saturday by 8 points to 5. For the Port, Sid Warrington and Ben…

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Football

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

The Albion Park Juniors defeated the Dapto Juniors by 6 to nil on Saturday last. On Saturday last the Berry Cadets…

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