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.

Monday 7 May 2012

7 May 1912, Sydney Morning Herald

BRITISH ASSOCIATION.


The weekly meeting of the management committee of the New South Wales Football Association was held at the Sports Club last night. It was decided that, despite counter attractions, the original programme in connection with the visit of the Queensland team would be adhered to. Matches will be played by the visitors on June 22, June 24 (against New South Wales), and June 29. The committee will meet on Thursday, May 10, to arrange all details regarding the trip. The return visit by a New South Wales team will be made about the beginning of August.

Inter-district matches will probably be played on June 3, and the Granville and District Association will be considered when the fixtures are being arranged. Hitherto these matches have been restricted to teams representing the metropolitan, northern, and south coast associations.

The following entries have been received for the Gardiner Cup competition -Auburn, Balmain A, Balmain B, Balmain C, Burns Anniversary, Canterbury, Cessnock, Glebe, Granville, Northern Suburbs, Portland, South Sydney Methodist, Sydney A, Sydney B, The Navy (H M S Drake), The Navy (Garden Island), West Wallsend, Y M C A

Mr W Lincoln, president of the Referees' Association, has arranged to deliver afternoon lectures on the laws of the game at the Public schools where "soccer'' is being played.

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