South Australia - Sport

Lacrosse

The formation of a lacrosse club is reported in the Observer,
14 April 1883, page 18b.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
July 1876,
August 1885, page 140,
Express,
7 April 1886, page 3g,
28 June 1887, page 4a,
30 May 1888, page 7g,
1 September 1894, page 6f;
a photograph of the first Adelaide team is in the Chronicle,
10 August 1907, page 31,
of a State team in the Observer,
29 August 1908, page 32,
of the East Torrens team on
4 September 1909, page 30,
of interstate teams on
9 July 1910, page 29,
11 September 1920, page 23.

A meeting called to form a La Crosse (sic) Club is reported in the Register,
26 June 1885, page 5d; also see
29 June 1885, page 5c,
3 and 10 July 1885, pages 5b,
Express,
18 August 1885, page 3e,
Register,
23 March 1886, page 6e,
7 April 1886, page 3f,
30 April 1887, page 7f,
Express,
7 May 1889, page 2d,
25 June 1889, page 4c,
23 August 1889, page 2e,
Chronicle,
11 May 1889, page 15f,
24 August 1889, page 15e,
Express,
14 April 1893, page 3f,
6 May 1895, page 4c,
2 and 9 May 1896, pages 4c and 4f,
26 March 1897, page 4e,
3 July 1897, page 4e,
1 and 15 April 1898, pages 3e and 4e,
10 September 1898, page 4a,
14 April 1899, page 4c,
2 May 1902, page 3c,
Register,
9 May 1896, page 4g,
10 April 1897, page 4i,
30 July 1898, page 4f,
13 June 1901, page 7h.

"Lacrosse in 1885" is reminisced upon in the Advertiser,
2 August 1935, page 23a.

"Retrospect of the Season" is in the Register,
6 September 1894, page 6d.

"Intercolonial Lacrosse" is in the Advertiser,
8 August 1896, page 4h.

"The Lacrosse Season of 1896" is in the Register,
19 September 1896, page 12c.

A photograph of members of the Iroquois Lacrosse Club is in The Critic,
16 September 1899, page 26,
3 November 1900, page 22,
of the Sturt Lacrosse Club on 27 September 1905, page 14.

"The Growth of Lacrosse" is in the Register,
14 April 1899, page 5a.

A photograph of a State team is in The Critic,
9 August 1902, page 8, 4 June 1903,
of a University team on 15 August 1906, page 8.

"Golf and Lacrosse" is in the Register on
27 June 1903, page 4e,
"Lacrosse - Some Memories" on
23 June 1903, page 6d,
Advertiser,
27 March 1907, page 6e.
See Place Names - Noarlunga for details of the first match played in SA.

Photographs of a match at Medindie are in the Chronicle,
30 May 1903, page 42 and
of an interstate match on
4 July 1903, page 43,
13 July 1907, page 32,
of members of the East Torrens club in the Observer,
22 June 1907, page 29.

"Lacrosse Retrospect" is in the Observer,
15 August 1903, page 37b; also see
Express,
9 March 1904, page 2c,
22 August 1904, page 4c.

A photograph of the visiting Canadian team is in the Chronicle,
27 July 1907, page 30; also see
Observer,
27 July 1907, page 29,
10 August 1907, pages 29-30.

A photograph of State teams is in The Critic,
10 July 1907, page 13.

"The History of Lacrosse" is in the Register,
2 and 3 August 1907, pages 5c and 6d,
"Lacrosse - History Here and Abroad" on
2 July 1910, page 6b.

A photograph of the State captain, L. Humphris, is in the Express,
1 July 1910, page 4g,
of teams on
25 July 1912, page 8,
12 September 1912, page 8,
of a University team on
19 June 1913, page 8.
of a SA committee in The Critic,
13 May 1914, page 19.

An obituary of A.J. Rudd is in the Observer,
1 June 1912, page 20b.

Photographs of players are in The Critic,
24 and 31 July 1912, pages 13 and 13,
13 and 20 August 1913, pages 13, 17 and 14 and 21.

"Lacrosse in the Schools" is in the Register,
12 April 1918, page 6e.

A meeting of the association is reported in the Observer,
12 April 1919, page 16d.

"Lacrosse and Baseball" is in the Advertiser,
12 May 1923, page 12g.

A photograph of a South Australian team is in the Observer,
21 July 1923, page 30.

"Lacrosse for Women" is in The News,
25 and 29 July 1931, pages 6e and 8g.

"Dave Fowler and Lacrosse" is in the Advertiser,
20 May 1932, page 20i,
"Early Lacrosse" on
16 May 1933, page 10i.

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