Sydney University Sport 1852-2007: More than a Club offers a fascinating and highly informative overview of the development of sport at the University of Sydney over the past century and a half.
Geoff Sherington is a professor in history of education at the University of Sydney.
Steve Georgakis is a senior lecturer in health education and primary education at the University of Sydney.
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Gavin Brown
Abbreviations
Landmarks of sport at the University of Sydney
Introduction
Part 1: the foundation years 1852–1890
1. The amateur ideal and the institutionalisation of sport
2. The cricket club
3. The football club
4. The boat, athletic and lawn tennis clubs
Part 2: in union is strength 1890–1919
5. The establishment of the Sydney University Sports Union
6. The dominant five
7. The establishment and decline of other clubs
8. Intercollegiate and interfaculty traditions
9. The great war
10. Women’s sporting traditions 1882–1919
Part 3: lost opportunities 1919–1945
11. The union in trouble
12. Amateur rugby league club
13. The old club culture
14. The creation of new clubs
15. The men’s colleges
16. The rise of interfaculty
17. The inter-war years for women
18. AUSA and the standardisation of intervarsity
Part 4: the consolidation of sport at the University 1946–1989
19. The emerging dilemma of sport within the University
20. The expansion of physical facilities
21. The traditional clubs
22. The post-World War Two women’s sports association
23. The end of the road
Part 5: the contemporary era 1990–2007
24. The new institutionalisation of sport at the University
25. From SU Sport to VSU
26. The way of the future
References
Index
Format:
paperback
Size: 260 x 210 mm
Pages: 390
Illustrations: 41 b&w ill., 32 col. ill., 16 tables
Copyright: 2008
ISBN: 9781920898915
Publication: 10 Jun 2008
Size: 260 x 210 mm
Pages: 390
Illustrations: 41 b&w ill., 32 col. ill., 16 tables
Copyright: 2008
ISBN: 9781920898915
Publication: 10 Jun 2008