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Sport, 1901

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CAMBEWARRA. Cricket Club Sports

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 10

Sports were held at Cambewarra on Boxing Day, in aid of the local cricket club. The day was warm, and there was a moderate attendance — about 150 all told. The sports…

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Cricket. Comerong V. Cambewarra

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 1

A return match between the comerong and Cambewarra clubs was played on the latter's wicket or the 22nd, resulting in a exciting win for Cambowarra by 5 runs, due…

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Cricket

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 11

Maclaren's 424 stands as a record in first class cricket, Hill 365 not out ranking next, Three members of the 1878 Australian…

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A cricket Story

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 6

At a match between [?] ran high the butcher of the village came in [?] and before taking [?] who [?] to the umpire…

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Inter-state Cricket

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 3

A COUPLE of weeks ago South Australia defeated N.S. Wales in an innings with a substantial balance of runs to spare. Then it was that Hill put up…

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Association Cricket. Dignams v. Dry River

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

ON Saturday Dignams and Dry River cricket teams played an Association senior grade match on the former ground, the visitors gaining a decisive…

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Cricket

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 2

“Run-out” mentions in rhyme the Nowra. Comerong junior match of Wednesday last. —On the Comerong ground the. Nowra boys on Wednesday last with the Comerong team…

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Cricket. Cambewarra V. Half-holiday

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 1

The above teams met on Wednesday last on the Nowra Recreation Reserve, in a return match, which resulted in a decisive victory for the home club. A. Hunt played faultless…

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Cricket

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 2

"Run-out" mentions in rhyme the Nowra Comerong junior match of Wednesday last: —On the Comerong ground the Nowra boys on Wednesday last with the Comerong t[?]…

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A Chastly Holocaust. Football Spectators Plunged Into [?] GLASS

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 4

[?] thousand [?] [?] were watching a football match [?] and [?] [?] at San Francisco on…

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Bong Picnic Races. MR. M. F. Morton's "Worry" Wins a Double

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 2

At the Bong Bong Picnic Race Club's meeting (near Moss Vale) on Thursday two of the six events (Hack Race, mile and Wiagecarribee Plate,…

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Cambewarra. Concert in Aid of Cricket Club

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 12

A very successful concert in aid of the Cambewarra Cricket Club was given in the local School of Arts on Friday evening last. The fine little hall, which…

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Association Cricket. Tilba v. Dry River

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 3

CONSIDERABLE interest was taken in the above fixture, which came off on Saturday on the Dry River ground. Both clubs were represented by their…

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Cricket

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 2

Mr. Archi. Beatson, of Wollongong, has has received an invitation to represent the Southern districts in the cricket field, in a match against a strong…

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Swimming

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 2

The annual swimming carnival, under the superintendence, of Messrs. H. Packer, E. Wright and J. T. Cox, was held at the Junction last Saturday, and as usual was a complete…

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Talhra Pony Races

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 3

THESE events were run off on Saturday in the presence of something like 500 people, many of whom, in picnicing groups, dotted the picturesque course. Picnic parties…

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Cricket. Pyree V. Comerong

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 4

The cricket prospects of Pyree are looking up a bit. Those veterans of a few seasons past, feeling anxious for a game, began to look around for a soft thing, and…

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Cricket. Pyree v. COMERONG

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 4

The cricket prospects of Pyree are looking up a bit. Those veterans of a few seasons past, feeling anxious for a game, began to look around for a soft thing, and…

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Coila Races

Moruya Examiner · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 2

These races eventuated on Monday last under exceptionally favorable conditions. The refreshing showers that fell on the previous evening had the effect of cooling,…

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Coila Annual Races

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

THIS fixture, which is always looked forward to with pleasure by the sportloving public, came off on Anniversary Day, and was in every way a marked…

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