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 8 May 2012

8 May 1912, The Hobart Mercury

BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

The first meeting of this season's executive committee of the T.B.F.A. was held on Monday evening, there being a good attendance of delegates. Mr. C. Falkinder was unanimously elected chairman for the year. The chairman welcomed the delegates of the newly-formed Y.M.C.A. Club (Messrs. T. Lovett. Davies, and E. Bond). The following subcommittees were appointed: - Roster and permit committee, Messrs. T. Lovett, W. Jones, A. Jephson and J. H. Honeysett; grounds committee, Messrs. E. Bond, E. Mortimer, H. Gould, and J. H. Honeysett; selection committee for North v. South matches, the captains of the four senior clubs.

It was resolved to inaugurate the North v. South matches at Launceston on June 15, subject to the approval of the Northern Association, and a return match in Hobart in July, the exact date to be decided later. It was resolved to accept the invitation of the New South Wales Football Association with reference to a tour in New South Wales at the beginning of August, under the terms provided by the New South Wales Association. It was resolved that applications be invited to clubs desirous of joining a "B" grade competition. The roster committee afterwards met and drew the first round of Cup matches as follows:

May 11. Y.M.C.A. v. St. George, at Lindisfarne. South Hobart v. Hobart, at Cornelian Bay.

May l8. South Hobart v. St. George, at Cornelian Bay. Y.M.C.A. v. Hobart, at Lindisfarne.

May 25. St. George v. Hobart, at Cornelian Bay. Y.M.C.A. v. South Hobart, at Lindisfarne.

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