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Sport, 1921

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Football. Seniors

The Nowra Leader · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4

"Phil Garlick" in the Kiama "Reporter" says: -- "Bluey" Jones, Pyree's centre three-quarter, is as full of tricks as a hen herring is of eggs…

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Football

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 2

Cobargo Junior Blues visit Bega to play Shining Stars a cup match to day. Bega Gv[?]s on Saturday defeated the Rovers by 6 to 3 and won the…

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Cricket in England. Armstrong's Usual Day

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 3

11 a.m.: The captains inspected the wickets. It was decided that there would be no play for an hour. 12 noon: Armstrong and Fender…

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Football

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 6

Nowra juniors, who are tipped as being the ultimate winners of the second grade competition, met Bomaderry on the showground on…

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Nowra Races Postponed

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 3

Nowra races, which were to have been held on Saturday, have been postponed till June 4th. This has been found necessary owing to the…

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Football

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 4

Shellharbour defeated Gerringong, 6 to 3. Kiama and Jamberoo met on Saturday last, the latter winning by 3 to nil…

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The Athletic Girl. Condemned by Doctors. Muscle Instead of Sons

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 7

A conference of physical culturists and doctors has unanimously decided that girls must not be allowed to develop muscles. The doctors agreed…

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Football

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 2

On Saturday Cobargo Junior Blues started for Bega in a lorry. The roads were so slippy and muddy with the continuous light…

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Football

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 May 1921 · page 3

Nowra and Jamberoo met on the showground on Saturday, and provided one of the best games of the season. The Warriors were unlucky…

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Football. Nowra v. JAMBEROO

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 6

The above teams, in the senior competition, played on Nowra showground on Saturday. The visitor's were tipped as winners by most followers of the…

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Football And A Dance. the Girl and the Tragedy

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 3

Just now its " bristles up" with the local footballers, and the talk is of Nowra and Pyree. They tell of wigs on the green, but this old guy prohesies…

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Football

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 3

Yourie footballers, on their way to Bodalla on Saturday, ware hospitably met by host. Hyland, of Narooma Hotel, where the…

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Football

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 2

The football match between the Gymn Juniors and the Rovers, last Saturday, resulted in a draw—3 all, so the Rovers still retain the…

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Football

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 June 1921 · page 6

Nowra juniors proved their superiority over Berry on the Nowra showground on Saturday. Although Berry were defeated, they played a…

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Football

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 4

Geringong played Jamberoo at Gerringong last Saturday and defeated them by 7 to nil. On the day's play Gerringong deserved their win…

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Football

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 2

There is a prospect of Union football being played in Cobargo this season. A meeting was held at Gourlay's Hotel on Saturday…

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Football. Nowra V. PYREE. Junior

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 8

The mating of Nowra and Pyree teams—junior and senior—in which great interest has been taken, drew a good gate on Saturday last, £10…

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Nowra Races

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 6

Postponed events are seldom as successful as they would have been had they eventuated in the first place, and so it proved with Nowra races on…

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Football. Nowra v. Pyree. Ten to Nit., the Tale It Told

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 4

Ten to nil was the victory of Pyree, that had a three-quarter line for possibly twenty minutes over Nowra Warriors who had no three-quacter line at all ;…

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Cambewarra Races. Sixth Success Successively for the Camar[?]a -- COLVEEN -- Colmahon Party. Four at Nowra and Two at Cambewarra

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 1

Cambewarra races took place on King's Birthday (Monday last) and proved a success, notwithstanding the fact that not more than half the at…

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