Dictionary Of String - After Filling Readout Always Empty

I need to do some comparing and shuffling of fields, (I come from a more PHP background and working with arrays is completely different, as suggested after reading many things here I know VB.NET uses list and Dictionary easier. I have a dictionary (of string, dictionary (of string, string)) which is filled well, but after I try to read it out, it's always empty....

Below I fill a few things. The var I am talking about it
fillDictionary inside the matcheswholename VALUES part.
I fill up the fillDictionary and add it to the matchesWholename
After which I clear it, because it is in a loop and more is to come.

Dim matchesTotal As New List(Of String)
Dim fillDictionary As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
Dim matchesWholename As New Dictionary(Of String, Dictionary(Of String, String))
Try
If ds.Tables("matchesWholename").Rows.Count > 0 Then
For Each dr As DataRow In ds.Tables("matchesWholename").Rows
[Code] .....

When later I try to readout like this, it returns nothing....I am actually sending a copy of the filldictionary into it or not? or does my clear() method clear what's inside it?
Dim pair As KeyValuePair(Of String, Dictionary(Of String, String))
Dim subpair As KeyValuePair(Of String, String)
For Each pair In matchesWholename
' Display Key and Value.
For Each subpair In pair.Value
Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}, {2}", pair.Key, subpair.Key, subpair.Value)
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