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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1954

1,341 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 13 of 68

World Tennis Stars in W'gong Exhibition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 12

Four of the world's top tennis players will compete in an exhibition at McCabe Park Courts next Wednesday night. The players are Mervyn…

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New And Old Cricket Stars Meet

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 12

Former district stars will meet Port Kembla first grade cricket team in a social match at…

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Athletic Champ'ships At Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 2

A Southern Districts Athletic Championship, will be conducted for the first time at Wollongong on…

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Gossip... On Golf

Kiama Independent · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 5

Back on the job after the summer recess to let you know that our golfing season definitely and officially starts…

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This Game Of Bowls

Kiama Independent · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 3

When he told Kiama Rotarians on Monday how patients in State mental hospitals were…

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Visit Of Swimming Champion Put Off

Kiama Independent · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 5

New South Wales lady champion swimmer, Joy Legge, will, be unable to visit the Kiama Swimming Club's events on Sunday and this has led to a…

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Corrimal Team for Cricket Semi

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 14

Corrimal third grade team to meet Dapto at McCabe Park in the Illawarra District Cricket Association's…

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Illawarra Cricket Semi-finals Start Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 14

Three of the teams in Illawarra First Grade Cricket semi finals today, reached the final four last year. The newcomer is Balgownie, playing only its third season in top grade. 1953 Premiers, Keira,…

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New Tote Method Granted For Country Races

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 13

SYDNEY, Fri.—Country race clubs will be permit-' ted to introduce a new method of totalisator…

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Tennis Fancies Beaten

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 12

Favoured teams were defeated in the semi-finals of the Wollongong District Tennis Association's E…

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Rugby Union— Norths Have Annual Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

The first annual meeting of the Northern Suburbs Rugby Union Club was conducted at the home of A. Darling…

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Tennis Exhibition On

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 3

[?] followers all along the Coast are anxiously awaiting the big tennis exhibition at MacCabe Park next Wednesday…

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Big Surprise in Tennis Semis

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 3

Surprises were the order of the day in the Wollongong District "B" Grade Mixed semi-finals. Civic, who finished third on the points table easily defeated…

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Motor Cycle Racing At Kembla Grange

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 3

On March 21 the Wollongong Motor Cycle Club will hold an Open T.T. Race Meeting at their new track at Kembla Grange Memorial Park. This meeting will realise a…

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British Football Results Soccer League One

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 8

Bolton wanderers v. Sunderland 3/1, Burnley v. Arsenal 2/1; Charlton Athletic v. Porthmouth 3/1, Liverpool…

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Rugby League Season Under Way; Six Teams in Unofficial Trials

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 11

Six Illawarra Rugby League clubs played unofficial trial matches yesterday. Western Suburbs met…

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Shoalhaven Cricket: Pyree Fails Against Nowra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

Pyree's failure against Nowra on Saturday in the Shoalhaven Cricket Association's first grade match wrecked that team's chance of qualifying for the final. To make the final now, Pyree…

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Lake Wins S.C. Cricket Championship

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 12

The South Coast Cricket Association competition proper was completed on Saturday and the finals in…

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South Coast Cricket Lake Illawarra Club Champions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

The competition proper in the South Coast Association ended on Saturday and finals in all grades will commence next Saturday. The venues of these matches…

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Wickets Crash In Cricket Semis; Worthington 9/22

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 12

Bowlers were on top in the Illawarra first grade cricket semi-finals played on Saturday. Keith Worthington bagged nine Balgownie wickets for 22, and Gordon Russell and Ted Green each accounted for five…

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