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South Coast · Sport

Sport, 1898

144 stories in South Coast's papers · page 7 of 8

Candelo Cricket Club

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 2

THE fancy dress cricket match, which was arranged at the last annual meeting of the club for the purpose of raising some funds, came off last Saturday, and created some…

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Public School Athletic Association. Annual Sports at Berry. a Great Gathering

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 2

The annual sports in connection with the Shoalhaven District Public Schools' Association were held on the Berry Show ground on Monday. It being Eight Hour Day and a public holiday…

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Public Schools' Athletic Association

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 2

The committee of the above met at Berry on Saturday morning last to make arrangements for awarding the prizes won at the recent sports' meeting…

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Cricket

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 5

All cricketers will be pleased to know that Conjola Club has decided to carry on One of their representatives (Mr. E. Connolly) was present at the Association…

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Cricket

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 October 1898 · page 3

At a meeting of the Shoalhaven Cricket Association hold last Saturday night it was decided to accept the offer of Mr Bowden to bring South Sydney Electorate to Nowra on…

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Cricket

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 3

A MEETING of the Shoalhaven Cricket Association was held in the School of Arts, Nowra, on Saturday evening last. Delegates were present representing Nowra,…

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Racing to Death

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 4

HARDLY a cycling meeting now passes off in Australia without some serious or fatal accident occurring. Talk about the danger to life and limb in…

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Presentation of Football Medals. Banquet at Yatteyattah

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 4

The medals won by the Yatteyattah footballers in the competition matches during the last season were handed over by the officers of the Milton District Football…

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Milton District Football Competition

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 3

Some time ago I wrote stating that the ladies of Yattayattah intended giving a picnic by way of celebrating their club's victory, but as picnics are so common nowadays the ladies…

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V.R.C. Races. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 2

Hurdles—Provost 1, Realgar 2. Sack 3. Railway Handicap—Symmetry 1. Sunflower 2. De[?] 3…

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Bemboka Races

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

ACCEPTANCE for the principal events of the Coloto[?] Jockey Club race meeting, to be held to-morrow, are as follows :— Opening Handicap—Silver King 9[?] 6lb,…

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Colombo Jockey Club Annual Races. November 9Th, 1898

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 2

OFFICIALS—President, Mr G. E Ward : Vice-president, Mr W. A. Wilson : Committee, Messrs H. N. Maunder, E. Poole, Thomas [?]ower, F. D. C[?]mpneys, H…

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A Successful Day's Sports the Beery Athletic Union's Debut

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 3

THE recently formed Berry Athletic Union made its initial how to public on Wednesday (Prince of Wales’ Birthday), when successful sport were held on the Agricultural Ground…

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Dapto Regatta Club

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 2

A general meeting of the Dapto Regatta Club was held in the Brownsville Hall inst Saturday evening. The chair was occupied by the president (Mr W. Bench), and the…

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Cricket

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 1

A MEETING of delegates from the several cricket associations of the South Coast took place at the Brighton Hotel, Kiama, on Friday evening, 11th instant, when it was…

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The Arming of Native Races

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 4

The coloured races of the world are proving their capacity to use modern weapons of war as well as the white races. sir Herbert Kitchener recently testified to…

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Greenwell Point Racing Club

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

Mr E. Kennedy, the secretary to the above club, recently applied to the A. J.C. to have the club registered. In replay he received the following:—…

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Cricket. AlLDERMANIC MATCH

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 3

CONSIDERABLE interest centred in the aldermanic cricket match played on the Berry show ground on Thursday afternoon, between the Berry and Gerringong Municipal Councils. An…

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Aldermen on the Cricket Field. BERRY v. Gerringong Councils. Gerringong Victorious

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 2

The members of the Gorringong Municipal Council animated with the laudable desire to raise funds for the Kiama Hospital, have for some time past been wishful to engage in…

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Cricket

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 8

Ulladulla cricketers do not consider the Waratahs wicket a fast scoring one. The Milton—Conjola match did not eventuate on Saturday last as was…

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