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Sport, 1911

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Shoalhaven District Cricket Association. Annual Ball

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 3

The annual ball in connection with the Shoalhaven Cricket Association was held at the School of Arts Hall on Wednesday night last and proved a great…

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St. John’s Cricket Club

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 4

There was an attendance [?] over [?]rty at the meeting on Thursday night called for the purpose of farming a cricket club in congestion with the…

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Football. a Dashing Game for the Cup

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 2

Bemboka leading by 7 to nil and only ten minutes to go—such was the state of the game on Saturday which had the crowd in a frenzy of…

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Football

Southern Star · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2
Also in The Shoalhaven Telegraph

Bemboka wet the Bega Gymnasium team for the second time this season on the Sports Ground last Saturday. The visitors had been…

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Pyree Cricket Club

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 11

The annual meeting of members of the Pyree Cricket Club was held in the Pyree School of Arts on Friday evening last, the President, Mr Joseph Watts…

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Football

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 5

Nowra and Gerringong played off the final for the premiership of 1911. The game resulted in a scoreless draw. Gerringong won the toss. Mison set…

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In Golf. What's in a Name?

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 3

The secretary of a certain golf club lately told me a very funny little story. What perhaps enhances its merit and its humor is that it is, true. He had…

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Football

Southern Star · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 2

A LARGE crowd gathered on the Sports Ground on Saturday afternoon to witness the second match between Candelo and the Gymasium…

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Football. the Gyms. Defeat Candelo

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 4

Candelo footballers came to Bega on Saturday after the Rodd and Cheg cup, this being their second effort to capture it. But they…

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Football. Candelo Again Beaten

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 1

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Boxing Potatoes. Practical Instructions

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 3

Lately potato growers in the United Kingdom have adopted what is described as the "boxing" system of dealing with seed potatoes—a system which…

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Challenging the Channel. Some Wonderful Swimming Feats

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 7

More than 30 years have elapsed since Captain Webb accomplished the unique feat of swimming the Channel. It was on August 24th, 1877 that this bold…

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Football

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 4

"By cripes, he's over!" The Bird's shrill falsetto could be heard all over the Kiama football ground. Ned Selman found his gymnastic training handy, and…

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Football. GYMS, v BEMBOKA

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 1

The Bembokaites must be admired for their pluck in returning for the third attack on the Rodd and Cheg cup. In the previous…

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Football

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 6

Thus the Kiama "Independent" on the final:- "The final match of the South Coast Rugby Football Union's competition was…

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The Fighting Parson. Queensland's Boxing Idol

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 6

A parson with a black eye is a rare sight, but such a spectacle was witnessed at the last championships conducted by the North Queensland…

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Challenging the Channel. Some Wonderful Swimming Feats

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 3

More than 30 years have elapsed since Captain Webb accomplished the unique feat of swimming the Channel. It was on August 24th, 1877 that this bold…

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Football. Bemboka’s Third Defeat

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 1

On Saturday [?] Bemboka made their third [?] the cup, and [?] local [?] did not show but [?] as [?] as on…

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Boxing. Lester, a Physical Freak. Insensible to Pain

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 6

Despite that Jack Lester does not make any cliam to being the possessor of an iron jaw, such as was owned by Joe Grimm, or imagines that there is…

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