Footballer setting for a place kick |
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| Title : | Footballer setting for a place kick |
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| Date of creation : | ca. 1926 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 65 x 87 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
An unidentified footballer sets the ball for a place kick. Photo believed to have been taken in the Clare region. In the very early years of Australian football the game was started by a place kick, in the same way as a rugby match. Starting by a ball-up was not introduced until 1887. (Pascoe p. 11) The place kick was mostly used as a set shot for goal but had effectively died out by the advent of World War Two. However in 1956, during a match against Glenelg, West Torrens player Mick Clingly became the last player to execute the kick in the SANFL. |
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| Further reading : | Pascoe, Rob. The winter game : the complete history of Australian football, Port Melbourne, Vic. : The Text Pub. Co. 1995 Whimpress, Bernard. The South Australian football story, West Lakes, S. Aust. : South Australian National Football League, 1983. |
| Internet links : | South Clare Sports Club webpage : with a brief history of football in Clare North Eastern Football League website |
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