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Football crowd at Adelaide Oval [PRG 280/1/15/425] • Photograph

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Summary

A section of the crowd attending a football match between Sturt and North held at Adelaide Oval. With scoreboard showing - Sturt 1 behind and North 3 behinds. A researcher has provided the following information: 'I presume the year would be 1919 not 1918. The SA Football League cancelled matches during the war years 1916-1918. A Patriotic Football Association was formed but Sturt did not enter a team and games were not played at Adelaide Oval. In 1919 Sturt and North played in the Grand Final on 28 September at Adelaide Oval attended by 30,000 spectators. It was a draw and was then replayed on Wed 8 October (8 Hour Day holiday) with 35000 spectators.' A further researcher provided the following information: 'Going by the match description North were 3 behinds to 1 behind, until late in the first quarter when Sturt scored another behind to leave scores at 0-3 to 0-2 at quarter time. The match started at 3.00pm so the clock on the scoreboard showing 3.20pm makes sense.'

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Physical description

photograph; 14.5 x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

1919

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Adelaide Oval -- Pictorial works
Football fans -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Australian football

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Digitisation information

Date

10/09/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,021 x 2,203 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

6.66 MB

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