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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1951

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Coast Bowls Titles at Week-end

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 14

The South Coast Bowling Association District Finals for Singles and Pairs will be played at Wollongong on Sunday…

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Albion Park Football Club Annual Meeting

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 3

A large attendance of footballers and supporters attended the annual meeting of the Albion Park Football Club on Monday night in the…

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Wollongong District Tennis

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 17

After such a fine display of tennis by the visiting professionals last Sunday, it is rather hard to settle back to local…

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Shoalhaven Cricket Vital Matches For Shoalhaven Teams

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 40

The four teams contesting the two matches commencing on Saturday will be vitally affected by the result. The main attraction will be…

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Eternal Triangle Looms in South Coast Cricket Comp

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 39

With two rounds remaining to be completed in the South Coast District 1st Grade cricket competition, a great battle is being waged for the first two positions on the competition table which will…

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Inter-District Cricket Shoalhaven and Coast Meet

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 40

Next Sunday, February 18, Shoaihaven and South Coast representative cricket teams, 1st Grade, Colts and Under 17 Years, will meet in the inter-district competition…

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Bus for S.D. Swimming Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 19

Wollongong Amateur Swimming Club members are reminded the bus for the Southern Districts swimming carnival…

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Tennis Interest Centred On Championships

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 18

Tennis interest will be revived within, the next two weeks when the Mid-week Women's and the South Coast Championships…

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Near S. Coast Tennis Union Confirmed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 18

The Near South Coast Tennis Association, which includes players from the Mt. Keira line to Clifton, with a registered list…

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Bowls

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

The Kiama Rink which won the Southern Section of the "Fours" namely—J. Love, N. Parker, C. Jones and J. O'Keefe—will be playing the…

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Football

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

The Annual Meeting of Group 7 will be held at Kiama on Wednesday next, 21st February. The Annual Meeting of the South…

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Final of South Coast Bowls Tomorrow

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 16

Hundreds of bowlers are expected to attend the Wollongong Bowling Club tomorrow afternoon for the final of the South Coast bowling championships, A singles and pairs match will be played. Players from Austinmer and…

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Greyhounds Racing At Dapto Tonight

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 12

Night greyhound racing will reopen in the Illawarra district to-night when Dapto will hold a 10-went programme. The first race vill start at 7.40. There has been no racing at…

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Cricket South Coast Association

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

South Coast will complete their inter—district competition matches for the 1950-51 season when they play Shoalhaven Association at…

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Trophy Events in W'gong Golf

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 16

Routine events are scheduled at Wollongong Golf Club this week-end. This afternoon players will…

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Today's Cricket Results Vitals In Wilton Shield

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 16

Results of three of the four first grade cricket matches scheduled to end today are vital to maintain interest in the Wilton Shield competition. Keira is already past the post in the premiership. Unless Port…

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Increased Rugby League Admission Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 4

At the Annual meeting held yesterday, the Illawarra Rugby League increased admission charges (one day membership) from 1/3 to 2/- for the forthcoming season. The increase will apply to all…

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S.C. Association Bowls Finals

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 17

While the Corrimal four had ah easy win over Kiama, Norm Willis (Singles) and Cec Poole and Hughie Smith (Pairs) both had to fight hard to secure their their titles…

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Increased Costs[?] Hit Tennis Club[?]

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 13

Although the Austinmer Tennis Club's expenditure during [?] 1950 exceeded its income by [?] it was reported by retiring…

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Keria Now Certain To Win 1951 Cricket Double

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 11

Keira, by defeating Wollongong outright on Saturday, shot to the front in the Wilton Shield Cricket Competition. It now seems certain to win the cricket double: The Illawarra premiership and the Wilton Shield. Keira defeated its near…

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