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Now, any sized person can kick,
But football, you must learn the trick;
With marking the ball
It's good to be tall,
And running, it ought to be quick
But football, you must learn the trick;
With marking the ball
It's good to be tall,
And running, it ought to be quick
AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALl
The Very First Games
Part 3
Part 3
1. 1862
2. 1863-67 First Published Rules
3. Colonial Forces & Football, Moari Wars
4. 1868-72, Knickerbockers introduced
5. All Sorts of Teams
6. Football by Electric Light
2. 1863-67 First Published Rules
3. Colonial Forces & Football, Moari Wars
4. 1868-72, Knickerbockers introduced
5. All Sorts of Teams
6. Football by Electric Light
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1862
Argus (Melbourne, Vic), Tuesday 6 May 1862
No new teams for a while, then suddenly in 1862, The Fitzroy Football club joins in
Age (Melbourne, Vic), Friday
9 May 1862 Then Essendon & Flemington, adopting the Melbourne football club rules
Argus (Melbourne, Vic), Friday 9 May 1862
Collingwood advertises for players
Argus (Melbourne, Vic), Friday 9 May 1862
Age (Melbourne, Vic), Saturday 17 May 1862
The University club & the Melbourne club, try to play off for the Caledonian Society Cup offered for a prize by the Caleonians, in December 1861
Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle (Melbourne, Vic), Saturday 17 May 1862
Argus (Melbourne, Vic), Monday 19 May 1862
Still no winner for the Caledonian
Society Cup Age (Melbourne, Vic), Monday 2 June 1862
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Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic), Monday 28 July 1884
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Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle (Melbourne, Vic), Saturday 30 August 1862
William Innell Clement
(1779/80 - 24 Jan 1852) English newspaper proprietor https://en.wikipedia.org/w |
Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle
Bell's Life... was a group of newspapers produced in Australia in the mid nineteenth century based upon the English publication Bell's Life in London
Most publications lasted a short duration. The sub titles were usually sporting chronicle. The Sydney and Melbourne papers were precursors of the Australasian Post. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%27s_Life Bell’s Life in London & Sporting Chronicle was founded in London in 1822 by printer Robert Bell as Life in London. A weekly 4-page broadsheet priced at 7d, it contained general news and sports, but gravitated mainly to sports in later years, publishing up to date information on schedules and results. William Innell Clement, owner of the Observer, bought the paper from Bell in 1824 and in 1845 the size was increased from 4 to 8 pages. Under the 30 year editorship of Vincent George Dowling, Bell’s increased its circulation substantially to a high of 30,000 a week by the mid 1850’s. However, increasing competition from other sporting papers such as TheField (1853), Sporting Life (1859) and The Sportsman (1865) meant that Bell’s was struggling when it was sold in 1883 to racing reporters Henry Buck and Charles Greenwood, who then sold it to E.O.Bleackley (wealthy cotton broker) and Edward Hulton (owner of the Sporting Chronicle, Athletic News and the Sunday Chronicle). The paper was changed to a daily, but the name was sold to and absorbed by Sporting Life in 1886.
This newspaper was digitised and made available on the British Newspaper Archive site (pay per view) https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/bells-life-in-london Bell published a lot of Dickens' first works Charles Dickens and Bell’s Life in London http://thecircumlocutionoffice.com/periodicals/bells-life-in-london/ |
1863
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic), Sat 13 June 1863
New Sandhurst F.C
Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 20 July 1863
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1864
The Value of the Game, its Present Position & the Discussion Concerning the Rules Chapters 1-8
Bell's Life in Vic and Sporting Chron (Melb Vic), Sat 9 April 1864
In the early days of football, the rules were- Whichever team kicked two goals first, won the match
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Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle (Melbourne, Vic), Saturday 11 June 1864
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Carlton verses Melbourne
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W. Lockett, St. Kilda
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The Colonial forces that were stationed in Victoria, formed their own Football team
& joined in with the fun
& joined in with the fun
Until Australia became a Federation in 1901 each of the six colonial governments were responsible for the defence of their own colony. From 1788 until 1870 this was done with British regular forces. In all, 24 British infantry regiments served in the Australian colonies. Each of the Australian colonies gained
responsible government between 1855 and 1890, the Colonial Office in London retaining control of some affairs, with Governors of the Australian colonies still required to raise their own colonial militia. British military support for the colonies ended in 1870, and the colonies assumed their own defence. The separate colonies maintained control over their respective militia forces and navies until 1 March 1901, when the colonial forces were all amalgamated into the Commonwealth Forces on the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia. Colonial forces, saw action in many of the conflicts of the British Empire during the 19th century. Members from British regiments stationed in Australia saw action in India, Afghanistan, the Maori Wars of N. Z., the Sudan conflict, and the Boer War in South Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_forces 73rd (Royal Highlanders) 1810-1814 N.S.W. & Tas
46th (South Devonshire) 1814-1818 N.S.W. & Tas 48th (Northamptonshire) 1817-1824 N.S.W. & Tas 3rd (East Kent) – The Buffs 1823-1827 N.S,W., Victoria, Tasmania and Northern Territory. 40th (2nd Somerset) 1824-1829 & 1852-1860, N.S,W., Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland. Reputed to have "seen more action in Australia than any other regiment", taking part in the Black War 1824. later helping to put down the Eureka Rebellion in 1854. 57th (West Middlesex) 1825-1832 N.S.W., W.A., Tasmania, Northern Territory, Victoria & Queensland 39th (Dorsetshire) 1827-1832 N.S.W., W.A. & Tas 63rd (West Suffolk) 1829-1833 N.S.W., W.A. & Tas 17th (Leicestershire)1830-1836 N.S.W., Tas & Qld. 4th (King's Own) 1832-1837 N.S.W., W.A., Vic & Tas 50th (West Kent) 1833-1841 & 1866-1869 N.S.W., Tasmania, Western Australia, and South Australia. 21st (Royal North British Fusilers) 1833-1839 N.S.W., Western Australia and Tasmania. 28th (North Gloucestershire) 1835-1842 N.S.W., Victoria & Qld. India after the First Anglo-Afghan War 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) 1837-1844 N.S.W., Victoria and South Australia. 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) 1838-1846 N.S.W., Western Australia and Tasmania. 96th (Manchester) 1841-1848 N.S.W., Tas & S.A. 99th (Wiltshire) 1843-1856 N.S.W., Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and W.A. The longest serving regiment. 58th (Rutlandshire) 1844-1846 N.S.W. Sent to fight in New Zealand 1845 before returning to Australia 1846, remaining a further year until being sent back to N.Z. 11th (North Devonshire) 1845-1857 New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) 1846-1849 N.S.W. 12th (East Suffolk) 1854-1861 N.S.W., Victoria & Tas. Involved in putting down the Eureka Rebellion. 77th (East Middlesex) 1857-1858 N.S.W. Dispatched to fight in India during the Indian Mutiny. 14th (Buckinghamshire) 1867-1869 New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. 18th (Royal Irish) 1870-1870 N.S.W., Vic. & Tasmania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Army The Royal Marines remained in Australia until 1913, when the Royal Australian Navy was strong enough to take full responsibility for Australian waters. (wiki)
2nd / 14th 2nd Battalion Buckinghamshire
Regiment of Foot 1867 - 1870 http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Australian colonial forces and family history http://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/colonialforces/imperial Colonial Secretary's Papers https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections History of the Moari Wars
Argus (Melbourne, Vic), Sat 31 August 1946 Moari Wars
Argus (Melbourne, Vic), Sat 31 August 1946 About 100,000 Maoris were in the North island when the British, settled in New Zealand. The English word taboo
derives from this later meaning and dates from Captain James Cook's visit to Tonga in 1777 |
1868
Age (Melb, Vic), Saturday 18 April 1868
Australasian (Melb, Vic), Saturday 12 Sept 1868
Last game of the season ended in a draw between Melbourne & Geelong Australasian (Melb, Vic), Saturday 26 Sept 1868
Geelong hadn't lost a game since 1865 1869
Record (Emerald Hill, Vic), Thu 17 June 1869
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South Melbourne changed their name to the
Albert Park Football Club Age (Melb,Vic), Mon 5 July 1869
Melbourne Football Club v Metro Police Force Described as the best 'Rough & tumble' game in the Colony Australasian (Melb, Vic), Saturday 7 August 1869
The Lyons Challenge Cup was offered to School teams Leader (Melb, Vic), Sat 21 August 1869
Melbourne v
Geelong 1880 |
Leader (Melb, Vic), Saturday 18 Sept 1869
Summary of the 1869 season
Australasian (Melb,Vic), Sat 16 Oct 1869
Continued Sat 16 Oct 1869
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1870
Australasian (Melb, Vic), Saturday 10 Sept 1870
Continued Sat 24 Sept 1870
1871
Some matches, only one goal is kicked
Age (Melb, Vic), Monday 2 Oct 1871
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Australasian (Melbourne, Vic), Saturday 14 Oct 1871
Continued Sat 21 Oct 1871
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Continued Sat 28 Oct 1871
1872
Australasian (Melbourne, Vic), Saturday 21 Sept 1872
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1868-
The principal clubs in 1872, were Albert Park, Carlton, Melbourne and South Yarra, followed by Carlton United, Collingwood, Richmond, East Melbourne and Southern.
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In 1873, the introduction of the 'knickerbocker costume', which had been attempted at the end of the previous year with but partial success.
Victorian Football Association Constitution
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1873
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All sorts of teams- Crown Lands Office, Customs Dept, Law Clerks, Telegraph Dept
& more with names mentioned Age (Melb, Vic. 1854 - 1954), Saturday 3 July 1875
Age (Melbourne, Vic. 1854 - 1954), Friday 4 July 1879
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Moonlight Towers installed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, for a Football Match in 1879
Illustrated Australian News (Melb, Vic), Sat 30 August 1879
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic), Saturday 16 August 1879
"No matter how brilliant the light produced by Electricity, if it cannot be supplied at a moderate cost, it will fail to meet with acceptance".
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Bendigo Advertiser (Vic), Thursday 14 August 1879
It wasn't until the invention of electric generators (dynamos) at the end of the 1870's, that the arc lamp took off & was demonstrated in all it's glory at the Paris 1878 Exposition, thanks to the genius of Russian inventor, Pavel Yablochkov. Every Country wanted Arc Street Lighting, which were being installed on top of structures, later dubbed as 'Moonlight Towers' .The lamps were too strong for indoor use and the carbon rods had to be replaced every one or two hours.
Argus (Melbourne, Vic), Wed 6 August 1879
Night games are successfully 'illuminated' today. Electricity has come a long way since 1879, but still unfortunately, can't be produced at an affordable cost. Gas one day, will be found to be an 'invisible killer', so despite the cost, we have to accept the miracle of electricity as the safer & more effective choice for lighting.
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