Wollongong Greyhound Races 2 Meetings Next Week
Wollongong will race on Monday and Wednesday nights next week, the Wednesday meeting following the Kembla Grange…
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Cricket Leaders Great Position Rain Aids Keira
Although Keira was expected to beat Dapto outright in any case, the rain last week-end gave the competition leaders an even better chance of increasing their formidable lead…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Tennis Near South Coast Registrations
Secretaries of clubs in the Near South Coast Tennis Association are reminded that applications and registrations are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swimming Club Social
Wollongong amateur swimming club's social, held at the Band Hall on Thursday night, was a well attended and most…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cricket South Coast Association
As play in all first and second grade fixtures was abandoned last Saturday, these games to-day will resolve into one day fixtures. As…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Autumn Racing Begins Today at Caulfield
Victorian racegoers will witness today at Caulfield the first of the rich autumn classics—the Oakleigh Plate, which will be run over a distance of five and a half furlongs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harry Wort to Play with Wollongong Rugby League Team
Harry Wort, well known Rugby League hooker, has arrived in Wollongong to play the forthcoming football season with the Wollongong Rugby League Club…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swimming "Stars" Absence Disappoints Spectators at Kembla
Wollongong swimmers "Tassie" Barnett, John Vaughan, Neil and Max Stringer disappointed spectators when they failed to appear at the Southern Districts' Swimming Championship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Desperate Cricket Gamble Failed At Kemblawarra
Port Kembla and Corrimal gambled and lost at Kemblawarra. Needing an outright win, both teams declared their first innings at 0-1. However, time prevented a decision being reached when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spitfire Wins Rough Oakleigh Plate At Caulfield Races
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Interference caused all three favourites to lose whatever chance they had in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield on Saturday. The five-and-a-half-furlong dash was won by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →David Johnson Wins Three Athletic Titles
David Johnson added three titles to his record while competing in the N.S.W. Athletic championships at the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bowls Singles To Lance
SYDNEY, Monday. — Neville lance, of Boolaroo, today won the Country Week singles bowls title by defeating A. Andrews of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swimmers at Tennis
The Wollongong Amateur Swimming Club's tennis tournament held on Saturday afternoon proved club members…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australians 'Cash in' on Cricket
A team good enough to compete on level terms with an Indian or South African Test XI could be drawn from the ranks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boxing Talbert's Early T.K.O. Win Over Famechon
The weather man smiled more favourably last Saturday night for the Wollongong open air stadium promoters who, on two…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tennis Feature Success Depends On The Volley
(This is a further article in the series of hints to tennis players, written for the "Mercury" by Mr. John D. Leahey, who is a professional tennis coach, registered with the New South Wales Lawn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Allege Series Of Robberies, Including Wollongong Golf Club
Three men, two of whom allegedly took part in the robbery of the Wollongong Golf Club on February 13, were committed for trial at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on May 20 by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greyhound Racing Alter Idem and Oberon Lass Atone at Dapto
Two of the defeated favourites at Wollongong's meeting last week in Oberon Lass and Alter idem displayed an improvement in scoring at the Dapto meeting last Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →44 Years In Illawarra Cricket Presentation to Bill Mintorn
Forty guests—including many of the most prominent officials and personalities in country cricket—gathered at the Grand Hotel, Wollongong, last Friday night to do honour to the Grand Old Man of Illawarra cricket—Mr. W. V. Mintorn…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Camden Pair Win Country Bowls
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Camden bowlers G. Harrower, and R. Pinkerton won the final of the country bowls pairs title at…
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