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.

Wednesday 30 May 2012

30 May 1912, Sydney Morning Herald

BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

The following players have been chosen to represent the Metropolis against the South Coast in the inter district1 match at Wentworth Park Oval on Monday. June 3 - Storey (Glebe), goal, Woodvine (H.M.S. Drake) and Harrigan (Balmain), backs; Oliphant (Glebe), Milner (Newtown), and Howie (Balmain), halves; Teasel (Glebe), Vandenreiche (Northern Suburbs), Killian (Garden Island), W Carroll (Glebe), and Dawson (Garden Island), forwards. Reserves: R. G. White (Garden Island), back; Mobbs (H.M.S. Drake), forward.

A metropolitan team will also be sent to Granville on June 3 to play an eleven representing the Granville and District Association. The following have been selected - Geering (Canterbury), goal; A. Latta (Balmain) and Dennis (Newtown) backs; Law (Balmain) Sandy (Glebe), and J Haigh (Canterbury), halves; Holcombe (Newtown), Adams (Balmain), Milton (Newtown) Hilton (Canterbury), and Blake (Newtown), forwards. Reserves: Ferner (Balmain), back; Lane (Canterbury), forward. Players will leave by the 1.25 p m. train for Granville.

The teams have been chosen with a view to allowing the selectors to see as many players as possible, in order to guide them when choosing the New South Wales eleven against Queensland. Players who are taking part in competition matches on June 3 were not considered.
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