FEMININE FOOTBALL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 830, 27 July 1881, Page 2

FEMININE FOOTBALL

' An: i|hletio hovelty wml presented to the noon; inpaform.football . matc)!, which y in'' Hibernian Park, Easter were tw§ ; iity.-two young wamen-one-half, we believe; being Scotch and the other half 'E into an association for the purpose of popularising football "aa a foiiiinine pas-,ther,aame-:;time;:perliapß,; pecuniarily-beuefitiiigr thooiselvesi, This they by playingjluyio^matches in different parts of the country, and haying previously obtained some initiation in the laws and practices of the game, he ?- on. Saturday rpade, their debut in what was termed an international match, •the Scotch and English members of the association being divided into opposing teams;

The team appeared in a costume essentially similar io thatfworn' by maleffootv ball players,. consisting'ofbockers, Blockings,'-boots,' and "cowl," with a sash depending from the waisW the Scotch team wearing blue jerseys and red sashes, and the-English red jereeys 'and blue sashes.' Most of the players were well-built, athletic-looking girls, and the teams looked exceedingly picturesque in- their bright and tastefully arranged costumes. Some retained such feminine ornaments as frilling, bracelets, but others with arms bare to the shoulders, entered into the game with all the enthusiasm of boys. The match was played according to; Association; rules,-\At;first it" ap-~ peared as if the English team were to liave the best of it, but, after half an hour's brisk play, Miss Lilly St Clare kicked the first goal for Scotland, and thenceforward the Scotch had it nearly all their own way. The match ended iu favor of the Scotch by three goals to nothing.' The play occasionally partook of the roughness which; characterises the game as usually pUyed ;'. there were frequent scrimmages, and now and then a tumble or two, which seemed to be greatly enjoyed by the spectators.