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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1939

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Albion Park. Re-forming Football Club

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 2

There was a very large attendance at the annual meeting of the Albion Park Rugby League Football Club on Tuesday night last., Mr. Keith Grey…

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Tennis

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 4

The Catholic Tennis Club held a very successful mixed tournament on Sunday last, The prizes, two handsome silver cups, were won by Mrs. Dayman and…

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Catholic Tennis Club. Annual Meeting

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Catholic Tennis Club was held in the School of, Arts on Tuesday night of last week. The report disclosed that the club had…

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SPORTING Cricket Best Performances with Bat and Ball

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 1

Cricket BEST PERFORMANCES WITH BAT AND BALL. BATTING…

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Swimming Wollongong Amateur Swimming Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 5

Port Kembla Carnival on Sunday last, saw the Wollongong lads well to the fore, with Alan Fitzgerald, winning the South Coast…

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Diggers at Bowls

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 19

Thanks to the generosity of the members of Wollongong Bowling Club, both greens were thronged with returned soldiers on Saturday…

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Bowls Country Week

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 3

The finals of the Country Week singles championship was won by G. Barwick, of East Maitland. The sectional matches of the…

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Wollongong Amateur Swimming Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 1

Following his win on the previous, 50 yards handicap, Ron Middleton again maintained his excellent record, by being placed in the 100 yards…

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Boxing Jimmy McGOWAN

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 9

The widely-travelled bantamweight Jimmy McGowan, has just returned to Wollongong again and was a caller at this office yesterday. Jim, who…

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Big Donations By Illawarra Greyhound Racing Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 12

The Illawarra Greyhound Racing Club has made £500 available for distribution. Of this amount £250 will be handed to the…

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Cricket Inter-district Competition Kiama Wins Final

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 4

The defeat of Illawarra by Kiama in the inter-district competition final, played on the Wollongong Showground last Saturday, is hard to understand,…

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Tennis Thirroul Assn. B Grade: Championships W. White Reaches Finals

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 14

The outsanding performance over the week-end was credited to W. White who is at present excelling his championship form of last season,…

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Bowls

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 1

The final of the Pairs Championship for the Southern Section was played at Nowra green on Wednesday last. In the semi-final, Batty and Hindmarsh…

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Gerringong Golf Club. Annual Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Gerringong Golf Club was held in the Club House at Werri Beach on Friday night last, the president (Mr. C. T. Hindmarsh)…

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Gerringong Football Club. Annual Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Gerringong Football Club was held at Jubilee Park on Tuesday night, the president (Mr. H. Chlttick) in the chair and a fair at…

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Kiama-Bombo Football Club. Annual Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Kiama Bombo Football Club was held in the School of Arts on Monday night. CONDOLENCE…

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Golf Canadian Mixed Foursome

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 4

The Kiama Club held a Canadian Mixed Foursome Competition on Saturday last, resulting as follows:— G. J. Sullivan and Mrs. C. S. Boyd,…

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Wollongong Tennis

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 17

Owing to the inclement weather there was very little tennis over the week-end. Competitions this year promise to be the biggest in the his…

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Rugby League Mount Kembla Club

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 4

A general meeting of the Mount Kembla Club was held at Figtree last Sunday, a large number being present…

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Swimming Wollongong Amateur Club Annual Carnival

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 8

A large gathering of spectators were treated to a fine afternoon's swimming, on Sunday last, when the Wollongong Amateur Swimming…

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