South Australia - Sport

Greyhound Racing

"Doping Greyhounds" is in the Register,
16 June 1925, page 11a.

"Whippet Racing - A New Sport" is in the Register,
10 September 1926, page 12d.

The proposed sport of tin-hare racing is discussed in the Register,
2 and 3 September 1927, pages 12c and 8e,
27 October 1927, page 8c,
10, 18, 22, 23 and 28 November 1927, pages 15d, 11c, 3b, 7d and 11e,
2, 6, 9 and 17 December 1927, pages 11e, 13g, 12c and 10e,
19 March 1928, page 12f,
10 August 1928, page 11b.

Also see under South Australia - Sport - Coursing

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Hockey

A hockey match between Two Wells and Port Gawler is reported in the Express,
20 July 1880, page 2c; also see
Observer,
30 July 1881, page 19b.

"Hockey on Sunday" is in the Express,
15 June 1886, page 3c.

Information on women's hockey is in the Advertiser,
23 February 1901, page 6g,
Observer,
22 July 1905, page 19d; also see
Express,
29 June 1907, page 3e.

"Ladies at Hockey" is in the Advertiser,
23 August 1901, page 8a,
"Ladies at Play" in the Register,
17 July 1905, page 6f; also see
13 August 1906, page 4f;
photographs are in the Chronicle,
6 June 1903, page 44,
15 August 1908, page 30.

Photographs of members of the Bankville and St John's Hockey Clubs are in The Critic,
6 September 1902, page 11, 9 August 1905, page 12.

Photographs of matches on the Park Lands are in the Chronicle,
20 June 1903, page 42 and
of ladies' teams on
13 August 1904, page 44,
27 May 1905, page 26,
Observer,
22 July 1905, page 25.

A hockey match on an ice skating rink is reported in the Advertiser,
14 August 1905, page 6e.

"Inter 'Varsity Ladies Hockey" is in the Register,
11 August 1908, page 5a;
also see 18 July 1921, page 5c.

A photograph of the State Ladies' team is in the Chronicle,
15 August 1908, page 30,
1 July 1911, page 32,
13 July 1912, page 32,
of a men's team on
16 October 1915, page 40,
of the Coxonia ladies' team on
11 June 1931, page 21; also see
5 July 1934, page 33,
20 September 1934, page 35.

A photograph of the Aroha ladies' team is in the Observer,
4 October 1919, page 26,
of the State team on
11 August 1923, page 28,
of State and Indian teams on
14 August 1926, page 33.

"When [Women's] Hockey First Started" is in the Advertiser,
20 March 1931, page 7a,
"Hockey, the Sport for Women" in The News,
3 August 1933, page 8e.

"Hockey Grounds at Birkalla" is in The News,
15 March 1934, page 15b.

A history of women's hockey is in the Advertiser,
21 May 1954, page 16.

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