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Sport, 1952

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Rugby Union Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 16

A special management committee meeting of the Wollongong District Rugby Union Football dub has been called…

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Purnell Beats Skipper In Club Bowls

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 10

C. Purnell, a classified B grade player, defeated. A grade skipper H. Langenberg by seven shots in a round of…

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Ferrier in U.s. Golf

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 11

SAN DIEGO (California), Sunday (AAP).—Australian-born golfer Jim Ferrier returned a three under par 69 for the…

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Country Week Tennis Team "Best Ambassadors"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 9

As sporting ambassadors to Sydney, Wollongong could produce no better than members of the victorious Country Week team, Mr. G. Sellars said on Saturday night…

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Golf Trophy to McKAY and Bruce

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 9

Wollongong Golf Club champion, Rex McKay, with partner T. Applebaum, won the A. Bruce and R. Lindsay trophy…

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120 Football Fans Hurt in Bridge Collapse

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—One hundred and twenty football fans were injured yesterday evening, 50 of them…

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Seixas Ranked No. 1 U.s. Tennis Player

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 12

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.).—After a controversial debate, the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, at its annual meeting yesterday, named Vic Seixas the number one U.S. player…

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Jones Scores Century in S.c. Cricket

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 12

W. Jones (Jamberoo) waft the only batsman to score a century in Saturday's play in the South Coast cricket…

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Mrs. Guerin Wins Golf Associates Match

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 11

Mrs. Guerin, with 48 net, won the Wollongong Golf Associates 12 hole stroke, competition on Sunday…

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Easy Victories in S. A. National Tennis

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 12

ADELAIDE, Monday.—The standard of play was not high in the first round of the National Doubles…

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Sailing Regatta On Lake Illawarra

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 12

Forty 16-ft. skiffs will compete at the Illawarra Yacht Club's annual sailing regatta oh Lake Illawarra at the weekend. All skiff clubs in New South…

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Kiama Golf Club's Farewell Foursome

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 4

P. Dwyer and Mrs. A. Boyd with 12-37 were the winners of last Saturday's mixed foursome held to farewell Father Irish who is shortly…

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Trust's Rugby League Decision, Tomorrow

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 32

Application by the Illawarra Rugby League to hire die Wollongong No. 1 and No. 2 Show grounds during the coming season will be dealt with by a meeting of the Showground-Trust…

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Gruelling Tennis at Adelaide

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 15

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Recovering from being down 0-3 in the fifth set, title-holder Dick Savitt (U.S.A.)…

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Tennis Team for South Africa

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Don Candy (Vic), Ian Ayre (Qld.), Mrs. Nancye Bolton (Vic ), and Miss Beryl Penrose (N.S.W.),…

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Illawarra Biggest Entry Country Athletic Titles

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 10

Illawarra Athletic Club officials have been informed that its entry of 39 members for the Country Championships is the largest received from any country club…

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Illawarra-shoalhaven in District Cricket Finals

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 10

Illawarra District Cricket Association will meet the Shoalhaven Cricket Association in three grades for the group premiership tomorrow…

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Final Round Of Cricket Starts This Afternoon

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 10

Results of matches in the last round of the Illawarra cricket competition, which starts today, will be vital for teams which have chances in making the semi-finals…

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33 Beats Contest Anniversary Regatta

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 17

The Illawara Yacht Club's Anniversary Regatta during week-end attracted 28 boats from Sydney clubs…

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Swimming Records Broken By Port Kembla Swimmers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 15

Port Kembla swimmers, Joy Legge and Marjorie Owen, broke records in the country championships held at…

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