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 25 July 2012

25 July 1912, The Mercury

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

TASMANIAN TEAM'S TOUR.

SYDNEY, July 24.

The Tasmanian team of British Asso- ciation footballers played the third match of their tour in New South Wales today against the Combined Navy team. The weather was dull, and the turf slippery in places, but the game proved interesting. The Navy played much the better football in the first half, but subsequently the Tnsmaninns put more zest into their play, and the forwards, with the exception of Jones, who was slightly lame, made a very good showing in several attacks. Jones (Tasmania) left the field about ten minutes before halftime owing to his injury. The Navy led by 3 to 1 at halftime, and the final score was 3 all.

The Tasmanians will leave Sydney by train to-morrow for Newcastle, where they will play a team representing that district on Saturday.
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