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Hockey 'suitable for girls'?, 1914

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Hockey 'suitable for girls'?, 1914

The vigorous nature of hockey caused many early observers to question whether it should be played by girls on the same terms as boys. This 1914 article from Wellington newspaper the Evening Postsuggests that girls' games should be postponed 'when the weather is unpropitious'.

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National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past

Reference: Evening Post, 30 March 1914, p. 11

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Geoff Watson, Hockey – Participation in hockey, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/38919/hockey-suitable-for-girls-1914 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Watson, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012, updated 1 January 2015.