Each day examples of sports news from exactly 100 years ago will be reproduced in blog posts below. Most of the posts will mostly relate to soccer (or British Association football as it was sometimes know in the pre-war period) but other sports will get a look in, especially during the Australian summer.

The material will be extracted from the National Library of Australia's digital archive and other sources.

Sunday 22 April 2012

22 April 1912, Brisbane Courier

ASSOCIATION GAME.  

Pineapple Rovers v. Milton Rangers, -This was a drawn game, 1 all.

Pineapple Rovers Soccer Club excursion on the river, ca. 1918

 

FOOTBALL AND LACROSSE [TOOWOOMBA]

Most of the Rugby and Association teams were doing some preliminary training to-day. The lacrosse and Association game will have a bigger following here this season than In any previous year. 
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