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Kōrero: Children and sport

Cricket in the Domain, 1901

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Cricket in the Domain, 1901

Boys play an informal game of cricket in Auckland's Domain in 1901. Informal sport was often as much, or more, a part of children's lives as formal (organised) sporting events. Boys and girls would often initiate an after-school game of basketball, football or cricket in a local street or park. In summer months this could extend into the evening.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: 1-W152

by Henry Winkelmann

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

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ben Schrader, Children and sport – Growth of children’s sport, 1920 to 1969, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41514/cricket-in-the-domain-1901 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 1 May 2013.