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.

Saturday 7 July 2012

7 July 1912, Sunday Times (Perth)

A footy game between East Fremantle and West Perth. The report contains an early use of the word 'soccer' as a verb meaning to kick the ball off the ground.

A shower during the interval made the ball more elusive than ever, and "soccer" was the only possible means of propelling it. Two free kicks, to Riley and Robinson, gave East a further lead of 12 points, each finding the opening. B. Jones managed a sixer for West, and Riley, marking close up, made no error at the other end. At the penultimate change the board showed : East 7.7, West 1.7.

There was little interest in the last quarter, and the old heads played the boundary at the slightest provocation. Trotter got a fluky goal off the ground in the twilight, and the game ended : -

East Fremantle, 8.8 (56pts.).

West Perth, 1.9 (21pts.).
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