Journal article
Women’s association football (soccer) in Brisbane, Queensland 1921–1933: new perspectives on early competition
Sport in History, Vol.39(2), pp.187-206
2019
Abstract
In September 1921, two representative women's teams played association football (soccer) on the Brisbane Cricket Ground in Queensland, Australia. The crowd size, approximately 10,000, was not commensurate with those attending matches featuring Dick, Kerr Ladies in England during the same period, but it was nonetheless a significant crowd at a match now widely acknowledged as Australia's first public game of women's association football. New evidence suggests it may have been the first between representative female association football sides, with players selected from local teams. Contemporary accounts note the match as a single event. Regular organised competition did not occur until the early 1970s, but led to the formation of a national association in 1974. An overview of current literature and new archival research highlights the emergence of a strong culture around woman's association football that begins before the Brisbane Cricket Ground match. The evidence presents a possible imbalance between what occurred and what has been recorded, and suggests a much more prolonged, if somewhat fragmented, engagement with association football between 1921 and 1933 in southern Queensland. The emergence of competition in Brisbane in the 1920s foregrounds the city's - and, with it, Queensland's - contribution to the history and development of Australian women's football.
Details
- Title
- Women’s association football (soccer) in Brisbane, Queensland 1921–1933: new perspectives on early competition
- Authors
- Lee McGowan (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Sport in History, Vol.39(2), pp.187-206
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.1080/17460263.2019.1602075
- ISSN
- 1746-0263
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450944602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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