North Adelaide Lacrosse Club
The North Adelaide Lacrosse Club was founded on 22 March 1887,[1] and is the oldest continually existing lacrosse club in South Australia. Nobel Laureate Sir William Henry Bragg, previously a member of the Adelaide Lacrosse Club, was a founding member of North Adelaide as well as the Adelaide University Lacrosse Club later in 1889. NALC are currently located in the suburb of Gepps Cross.
Premierships
[edit]North Adelaide had early success in the South Australian Lacrosse Association, but have not won an A Grade premiership since 1960.
A Grade Premierships:
- 1888, 1889, 1897, 1909, 1910, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1960[2]
North Adelaide also unofficially won the premiership in 1887 before the South Australian Lacrosse Association was formally constituted.[3]
See also
[edit]- Lacrosse in Australia
- List of South Australian Lacrosse Premiers
- Adelaide University Lacrosse Club
- List of the oldest lacrosse teams
Notes
[edit]- ^ "LACROSSE". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide. 23 March 1887. p. 7. Retrieved 4 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ List of South Australian Lacrosse Premiers
- ^ "LACROSSE NOTES". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 10 September 1887. p. 7. Retrieved 26 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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