Adelaide University Lacrosse Club
The Adelaide University Lacrosse Club (AULC) is an Australian-based lacrosse club founded in 1889 by Nobel Prize winning Professor William Henry Bragg.[1] It is one of the oldest lacrosse clubs in Australia and is a founding member of the Adelaide University Sports Association.[2] The AULC takes part in an annual competition against the Melbourne University Lacrosse Club that was first contested in 1905[3] and competes locally in the Lacrosse South Australia competition.[1] Club membership is focused on University of Adelaide students and graduates. Other non-students are also members. The AULC trains on the University of Adelaide's Park 10 sports fields in the park lands between the University campus and North Adelaide.
| Adelaide University Lacrosse Club Inc. | |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Home ground | Park 10 North Adelaide |
| Colours | Black |
| President | Bridget Coffey |
| Men's Coach | Oliver Lovat |
| Women's Coach | Peterson Jacob Coates |
| Affiliations | Lacrosse SA, Adelaide Uni Sports Assoc |
Rhodes Scholars
Seven Rhodes Scholars have been members of AULC:[4]
- 1909 Henry Fry, anthropologist and medical practitioner.[5]
- 1917 Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns, neurosurgeon.[6]
- 1925 Myles Landseer Formby, World War II surgeon.[7][8]
- 1939 Duncan Campbell Menzies, army officer. Died after being tortured by the Japanese in Burma whilst on patrol with the Chindits during World War II.[9][10]
- 1955 Ian Wilson, politician and lawyer.[10]
- 1976 Mark Rogers Mussared, engineer.[4][10]
- 1983 David Alexander C Robertson[4]
Other Players of Note
- Arthur Blackburn, recipient of the Victoria Cross awarded for Gallantry at the Battle of Pozières
University Blues
An Adelaide University Blue is awarded for excellence in a particular sport. The awarding of a Blue is usually for competing in a state or national team. The AULC has 134 full Blues awarded to members since 1908. Many more half blues and club letters have also been awarded.[11]
A Grade Premierships
The AULC has won 11 men's and 1 women's A grade premierships since 1890.
Notes
- Adelaide University Lacrosse Club, theblacks.com.au
- The Blacks, Adelaide University Sports Association.
- "LACROSSE". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 August 1905. p. 19. Retrieved 4 October 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- List of South Australian Rhodes Scholars Archived 13 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, www.adelaide.edu.au
- Philip Jones, 'Fry, Henry Kenneth (1886–1959)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp. 230–231.
- E. T. Williams, 'Cairns, Sir Hugh William Bell (1896–1952)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp. 524–525.
- Obituaries Archived 27 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine, 17 March 1994, Oxford Gazette.
- Brigadier Myles Landseer Formby, www.generals.dk
- Alasdair Sutherland, A Highland Chindit, BBC – WW2 People's War
- Rhodes Scholars, The Blacks – University of Adelaide Sports Association
- Blues, The Blacks – University of Adelaide Sports Association.
