South Australia - Sport
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Shinty
The Register of
3 July 1882 at page 6d announces "the formal inauguration of a new outdoor pastime for adults in SA, shinty, a Scotch game..."; also see
Observer,
24 June 1882, page 8b,
8 July 1882, page 20a,
Express,
3 and 31 July 1882, pages 3e and 2c,
11 September 1882, page 3e,
Register,
11 September 1882, page 6d and
1 December 1882, page 6b,
9 July 1883, page 7c,
10 September 1883, page 6e,
15 October 1883, page 7e,
9 June 1884, page 6h,
Express,
22 April 1884, page 2e,
Observer,
14 June 1884, page 18f,
Advertiser,
19 July 1884, page 7d.
"Shinty Now Hockey" is in the Register,
29 September 1930, page 6e.
Soccer
"Growth and Progress in South Australia" is in The Mail,
25 July 1925, page 13e.
The Advertiser of 20 March 1878, page 7f has a letter which says,inter alia:
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About 30 or 35 years ago it was a fair, healthy and exciting game, when the ball was not allowed to be held except when carried out to play off, so that all was free racing and kicking and brutal scrimmages, sneaking back-throws and cowardly blows were unknown.
Photographs are in the Observer,
22 June 1907, page 32,
27 July 1907, page 32,
15 June 1912, page 30,
of an Adelaide and North Adelaide team in the Chronicle,
1 August 1914, page 30.
"Soccer Football" and a photograph of a player, J. Stewart, are in the Express,
8 July 1910, pages 2h-6e.
A visit by a Chinese team is reported in the Advertiser,
30 August 1923, page 13g,
4 and 12 October 1923, pages 12b and 18d.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
13 October 1923, page 34,
Observer,
13 October 1923, page 29.
"Progress of Soccer Football" is in the Register,
25 February 1924, page 3h.
The game is discussed in the Advertiser,
29 March 1923, page 14a,
Register,
25 and 30 April 1925, pages 8f and 12c,
1 and 15 May 1925, pages 12c and 8f.
"Soccer Activities" appears on
16 April 1926, page 6g.
A photograph of the executive committee of the SA Soccer Football Association is in the Observer,
19 January 1924, page 33,
of an SA schoolboy team on
5 July 1924, page 34,
of the first SA team on
13 September 1924, page 34; also see
Express,
12 July 1923, page 10.
"Soccer on Adelaide Oval" is in the Register,
30 April 1925, page 5c,
1 May 1925, page 10c.
"Soccer in 1926" is in the Register,
26 March 1926, page 5f.
"Football on Motor Cycles" is in the Advertiser,
4 October 1926, page 16d.
An editorial on the game is in the Advertiser,
14 May 1927, page 13a.
"International Soccer - Czechoslovakia Beat Australia" is in the Register,
16 May 1927, page 10h.
A photograph of a SA Schoolboys' team is in the Register,
9 September 1927, page 5.
"History of Soccer Clubs" is in The Mail,
2 May 1931, page 5f (West Torrens),
9 May 1931, page 5c (Northumberland and Durham),
16 May 1931, page 5a (Kingswood); also see
4 May 1935, page 4.
A photograph of a State junior team is in the Chronicle,
13 August 1936, page 33.
