Story: Football

Aotea Ladies' Club playing football, 1921

In 1921 women's football clubs were formed in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Here the A and B teams of the Aotea Ladies' Club play each other at the Basin Reserve in Wellington as a curtain-raiser to a men's provincial contest between Auckland and Wellington.

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New Zealand Herald, Sir George Grey Special Collections
Reference: Auckland Weekly News, 15 September 1921, p. 42

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Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, 'Football - Women’s club and provincial football', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/zoomify/40942/aotea-ladies-club-playing-football-1921 (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, published 5 Sep 2013, reviewed & revised 7 Jun 2023 with assistance from Alida Shanks