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Bezig met laden... The Game of Their Livesdoor Nick Richardson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. During the first World War, in 1916, two teams of Australian soldiers played an Australian Rules football match in London. It was the first time the Australian game of football had been played outside of Australia. In this book the author explores the origin of this match, its symbolism and its role as a military recruiting exercise. Reviewed in: History News: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Issue no.333, November 2017, p.14. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
As the Great War raged in 1916, two teams of Australian soldiers played an Australian Rules football match in London. It was the first time the world had seen our national game. But this was more than an exhibition match. It symbolised sport's role in driving young athletes to enlist and fight. The players came from every corner of the country - some of them stars in the VFL or champions in their city or state leagues. For all of them it was a chance to forget blood and battle and simply play, a final kick of the footy before the Western Front, from where some would never return. Now, 100 years on, Nick Richardson rekindles an incredible moment in our history and pays tribute to the men who played The Game of Their Lives. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The Game of their lives covers this match but spends much more time covering the lives (and deaths) of some of the key players in this match, such as South Melbourne’s Bruce Sloss, Norwood’s Charles Perry and Carl Willis of University and South Melbourne fame, and the War itself, specifically Gallipoli and the Western Front.
It seems that the identities of all the players that participated in the Pioneer Exhibition Game will remain forever unknown but The Game of their lives is a fine epitaph for them. ( )