Womens Football WW1

Western Mail 26-Oct-1917 p3s - Crop

Notes

A good article on Women's football during WW1 is Rob Hess's, 'Playing with 'Patriotic Fire': Women and Football in the Antipodes during the Great War.' The International Journal of the History of Sport 28, no. 10 (2011)

Date	Venue Crowd	Team 1	Team 2	Comments	Notes
1915-16	Perth WA			Games played between Women's teams representing Perth Stores
¹
29-Sep-1917 Saturday	Perth Subiaco Oval WAl	Maroons 3 Western Mail 5-Oct-1917 p21 Charity Match	Golds 2	Fancy Dress Boan Bros Popular Girl Umpire:Ivo Crapp	²
21-Oct-1917 Sunday	Perth Claremont Showgrounds WA			Girls Football Contest as part of Labour Day Carnival Western Mail 26-Oct-1917 p3s	³⁴
31-Oct-1917 Wednesday	Boulder Trotting Ground WA	Montgomery Bros Boulder (Winners) 4.3	Montgomery Bros Kalgoorlie 1.3	Goldfields Patriotic Fund Umpire:Mr Harry Bromley	⁵⁶
07-Nov-1917 Wednesday	Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie Oval WA	Montgomery Bros Boulder	Montgomery Bros Kalgoorlie	Local Patriotic Funds Umpire:Mr Harry Bromley	⁷⁸
28-Nov-1917 Wednesday	Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie Oval WA	Montgomery Bros Boulder 1.1	Kalgoorlie 'Belgiums' 0	Patriotic Fund	⁹
30-Nov-1917 Friday	Boulder Trotting Ground WA Large crowd	Montgomery Bros Boulder 0-1	Kalgoorlie 'Belgiums' 3-5	Patriotic Funds Umpire:Mr W. Regan Illuminated	¹⁰
01-Dec-1917 Saturday	Fremantle Fremantle Oval WA	Fremantle Telephone Exchange	Economic Ltd.		¹¹
c Jun 1918		Women from Bon Marche Stores Western Mail 5-Jul-1918 p5s Bon Marche v Men	Men from Nedlands	Red Triangle Appeal Western Mail 5-Jul-1918 p5s Bon Marche v Men
c Aug 1918	SA	Fosters 1.1	Mathews 0.1		¹²
10-Aug-1918 Saturday	Jubilee Oval WA Hundreds of Spectators	J.Marshall&Co 1.6	C.Moore&Co. 0.2	Prospect Australia Day Match was filmed	¹³¹⁴¹⁵
31-Aug-1918 Saturday	Castlemaine Camp Reserve Vic			At the Conclusion of the High School Gorls' match, between a combined Castlemaine Team and a combined Junior Team of 20	¹⁶
07-Sep-1918 Saturday	Adelaide Adelaide Oval SA about 3,000	J.Marshall&Co 2-1	C.Moore&Co. 1.3	Red Cross Society Umpire:Mr Black	¹⁷¹⁸¹⁹
21-Sep-1918 Saturday	Jubilee Oval WA large crowd	North 0.3	South 4.13	Reception for Home Coming Anzacs Umpire:Mr F.C. Carnow	²⁰²¹
26-Sep-1918 Thursday	Bordertown SA	Blues 15 Points	Browns 6 Points	Australia Day Events	²²
12-Oct-1918 Saturday	Adelaide Hindmarsh Oval SA			Girls match Scheduled	²³²⁴
26-Oct-1918 Saturday	Ballarat City Oval Vic Lining the fence 3-4 deep	Commonwealth Clothing Factory	E. Lucas and Co (winners) Ballarat Star 11 Dec 1918 P44 Lucas Girls 600thumb	Fund For Arch for Avenue of Honour Leader Melbourne 26-Oct-1918 p47 Commonwealth Clothing Ballarat	²⁵
1918	Wallaroo SA			Lists income from Girls Football Match	²⁶

End Notes

1. Rob Hess, 'Playing with 'Patriotic Fire': Women and Football in the Antipodes during the Great War.' The International Journal of the History of Sport 28, no. 10 (2011) p1394

2. The fair Sex at Football. (1917, September 30). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 2 Section: First Section. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57986890

3. THE SPORTS. (1917, October 23). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 2. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81811672

4. LABOUR'S FETE DAY. (1917, October 26). Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), p. 34. Retrieved February 14, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37441359

5. GIRLS' FOOTBALL MATCH. (1917, November 2). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950), p. 5. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92181776

6. GIRLS' FOOTBALL MATCH. (1917, October 30). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950), p. 6. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92179503

7. GIRLS' FOOTBALL MATCH. (1917, November 7). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950), p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92172000

8. GIRLS' FOOTBALL MATCH. (1917, November 6). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950), p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92178359

9. POPULAR LADY COMPETITION. (1917, November 29). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950), p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92182083

10. GIRLS' FOOTBALL MATCH. (1917, December 3). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950), p. 6. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92181087

11. FOOTBALL. (1917, December 1). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved February 12, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27462137

12. MISCELLANEOUS. (1918, August 26). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 6. Retrieved February 12, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60375756

13. FEMININE FOOTBALL. (1918, August 12). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 7. Retrieved February 11, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60367577

14. WOMEN FOOTBALLERS. (1918, August 10). Port Pirie Recorder (SA : 1918 - 1919), p. 4. Retrieved February 12, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95419693

15. WOMEN FOOTBALLERS. (1918, August 10). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 6. Retrieved February 12, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60371457

16. A TRY-OUT MATCH. (1918, August 23). Castlemaine Mail (Vic. : 1917 - 1918), p. 1. Retrieved February 14, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121066089

17. FOOTBALL. (1918, September 9). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), p. 11. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5588555

18. GIRLS' FOOTBALL. (1918, September 9). Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924), p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106510136

19. FOOTBALL. (1918, September 9). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), p. 11. Retrieved February 12, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5588555

20. GIRLS AT FOOTBALL. (1918, September 23). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57543838

21. FOOTBALL. (1918, September 23). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), p. 10. Retrieved February 12, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5592830

22. THE COUNTRY. (1918, September 28). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 10. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57549304

23. THE LABOR PARTY COMMITTEE RETORTS. (1918, September 17). Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924), p. 3. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106511436

24. ROSE FETE. (1918, September 28). The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63757128

25. EQUAL PRIZE.—A GRADE. (1918, October 26). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 47 Edition: TOWN EDITION.. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89074426

26. RED CROSS SOCIETY. (1918, November 23). The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109169994

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