Story: Rural recreation

Women basketballers

Women basketballers

Women’s basketball, or netball as it was later called, became popular from the 1940s in rural areas. This team from Kaponga won the South Taranaki first-grade championship in 1943. They played 13 games and won them all.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, S. T. Allen Collection
Reference: 1/2-125770; F
Photograph by Murray Thompson

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How to cite this page:

Jock Phillips, 'Rural recreation - Small-town sports, 1890–1960', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17685/women-basketballers (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 24 Nov 2008