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July 16

Australian Rules Football Netball

I'm really confused about Eastern Football Netball League. What is meant by "netball" here? That article rather unhelpfully says they added "Netball" to the name "recognising netball as a key part of the league structure", but says nothing else at all about netball. Does "netball" just mean netball (the throwing-based court sport), or is "netball" a name for some variant of Australian rules football (that article says nothing about nets or netball)? If it's the former, I guess this means that the sports clubs operate both an aussie-rules team and a netball team (in a manner like a multi-sports club)? -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 10:52, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is referring to the game of netball, very similar to basketball. On the EFNL website, you will find teams and schedules for football games and, separately, netball games. You will also find the current rulebooks for each. 12.116.29.106 (talk) 13:14, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What has Australian football got to do with netball? It's like if the NFL and the WNBA were to merge. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:42, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's long confused me, and I live where this crazy thing exists. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 14:42, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the netball promoters couldn't afford to create their own league? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:05, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A similar dichotomy exists in the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, the two sports being only connected by a requirement for some level grass. Alansplodge (talk) 17:54, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The other connection being with the "idle rich". Speaking of dichotomies, I'm reminded of the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:35, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The really rich had the space and staff for their own croquet lawns, the club was for well-to-do suburbanites. Alansplodge (talk) 10:43, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's a "Miscellaneous Sporting Club" in Botswana. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 15:55, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was an accident. -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 21:48, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the 19th century, amateur Multi-sport clubs became popular in Britain, and thence spread to other countries, such as France. Some well-known professional single-sport teams began as part of such clubs, one example being the (currently-named) Racing 92 Rugby club, originally part of the still extant Racing Club de France, which also gestated Racing Club de France Football. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.2.67.235 (talk) 10:26, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Football Netball cubs exist in a lot of country towns in the parts of Australia where Australian football is popular. They are a pooling of resources to support both sports. The men play football. The ladies play netball. Lots of juniors play both sports too .it's a social club for the whole family. The final sentence of the OP's question has it pretty right. HiLo48 (talk) 11:47, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]