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Auckland ladies versus the navy, 1922

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Auckland ladies versus the navy, 1922

Hockey skirts were shorter and women occasionally played against men by 1922, when this game took place between the Auckland ladies' team and the navy. This photo shows the 'close play at midfield'.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: AWNS-19220803-40-5

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Geoff Watson, Hockey – Origins of New Zealand hockey, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38918/auckland-ladies-versus-the-navy-1922 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Geoff Watson, published 3 December 2012, updated 1 January 2015.