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.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

1 May 1912, Adelaide Advertiser

BRITISH ASSOCIATION  

On Saturday the "Soccer" season begins. The Jubilee Oval has been secured for a number of dates and the premiership and Cambridge Cup will be contested there during the season. In view of the expected visit of an English team the game is making rapid strides throughout the Commonwealth, and in South Australia there are eighteen teams preparing for the fray. Of these eight are of A grade and good football is anticipated. Hindmarsh and Tandanya open on Saturday with carefully chosen teams and an interesting game is expected. Rules of the game, with other  particulars will be distributed to patrons, so that the uninitiated will soon comprehend the various points of interest in the play. On the holiday (Monday) what is known as a six-a-side tournament commences at 11 o clock and will be continued through the day. Sixteen separate sixes will compete in matches of 20 minutes, 10  minutes each way. This provides opportunity for individual powers and display, and the games are sure to be fast and exciting. Each week our advertising column will contain names of contesting teams at  the oval and further particulars are provided in the sports Edition of "The Express" on Thursdays.   

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