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.
2 July 1912, Townsville Daily Bulletin
BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
The Idalia Rovers v. Railways match was perhaps one of the best played this season. The Rovers kicked off and play was fairly even for a. time, when Foley, for the Railways, took the ball down the left wing and had a splendid long shot, the ball just touching the bar and rebounding into play. The Rovers, however, were the first to score. Dunn being responsible for the goal. The Railways never lost heart, and after some good play, Morris scored, making each team one goal. The game then became very exciting. The Railways had the misfortune to be penalised inside the penalty area, and Dunn took the penalty kick, again being successful in placing the ball through the posts. The scores were unaltered at half time - Rovers 2 : Railways 1. In the next half the Railways had the best of the play and Whitson was successful in scoring twice. The Rovers were unable to add to their score, and had to be contented with their first defeat this season, the Railways winning by 3 foals to 2.
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