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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1927

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Rugby League. How Is This For A State Record?

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 12

Wollongong Glebe First Grade have played four games this season up to last Saturday, and the points scored by them amount to…

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District Football. Representative Match Saturday Next

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 24

Members of the Group Committee representing the Illawarra and South Coast Leagues met at Kiama on Thursday of last week…

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Tennis. Denning Cup Won by D. E. Sproule

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 14

The final for the Denning Cup singles championship was played at Corrimal at the week end. In the semi-final F. Taylor beat G. Doyle 7-5, 6-0…

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Cricket Premiers. Thirroul Receives Shield. a Memorable Evant

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 8

The handing over in official manner of a souvenir indicative of a successful season is very rightly an auspicious occasion with any sporting body, and…

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Sporting Football

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 2

Next Saturday Glebe, the premiers with 3 wins and a draw out of 4 games, meet Kiama on the Showground. There's no telling what may happen, but a good…

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Bowls Corrimal Wins S.c. Pennant

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 4

After many postponements the final of the South Coast B Pennant took place on the Kiama green on Saturday between Moss Vale and Corrimal. A very…

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Rugby League Second Grade

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 10

The interdistriet match at Kiama didn't interfere with the carrying on of another series of competition games between second and third…

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Football Flashes

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 10

Young King, who played full-back for Dapto, gave as nice a display in that position as has been seen amongst the second graders this…

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Wollongong Golf Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 23

Crows are again at their old game of picking in the balls from the links and taking them off. Several players have had the questionable…

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Golf. "Hollymount" Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 11

Were a vote taken on the most popular form of sport in Woonona the one with the lowest number of votes would probably be "Golf." The…

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Tennis at Austinmer

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 2

Several matches in the second round of a local tournament were played last Saturday, with the following results:— Young and Miss Ottaway v Garside…

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Boxing Woonona Meades V Petty

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 11

On Saturday night there was a large attendance at Woonona to see the clever welterweights Jack Meades and Pat Petty. Sam…

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Rugby League. South Coast Could Not Extend Illawarra

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 8

From a spectacular point the intergroup game between the reps of Illawarra and South Coast for the purpose of selecting a team for Country Week…

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Rugby League. Second Grade. Port Kembla v Thirroul

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 11

Thirroul kicked off and Port Kembla's first movement resulted in a most spectacular score by Owen, with the assistance of Harris and Ford…

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A Football Argument. (To the Editor)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 11

Sir,—A queer paragraph appeared in your football columns last issue. Your Rugby League writer states that a try scored by Ernie Larkin, in the…

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Boxing at Woonona Meades Knocks Petty. Contests Well Staged

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 1

Messrs. Meades and Davis were responsible for a series of boxing contests being successfully conducted at Princess Theatre, Woononn, last…

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CRICKET I.D.C.A. Dlegate Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 25

A delegate meeting will be held at the School of Arts, Wollongong, on Friday night, when the report of the special committee, which was…

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Cricket. I.D.C.A. Delegates Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 11

A delegate meeting will be held in the School of Arts, Wollongong, on Friday night, when the report of the Special Committee which was…

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Bowls

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 3

Mr. Noaks, the N.S.W. Bowling Association official bowls tester, will probably pay a visit to Kiama to-day. He will also be on the local green this…

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Sporting Bowls

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 2

Winter competition games were continued on the local green on Saturday afternoon, the weather not too conducive to high-class bowls. Some very…

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