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Book SynopsisSydney 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. The story is set in the wider context of the history of the University and the history of Australian sport. The University of Sydney, with the oldest rugby football club and some of the oldest cricket, boating, tennis and athletic clubs, played a decisive, pioneering and previously undocumented role in the development of these and other sports in Australia. Apart from highlighting the contribution that the University has made to the development of sport within the wider Australian community, this study illuminates the new understandings of the role that sport has played in the life of the University and its students, and more generally of the importance of sport within Australian cultural institutions. It shows how universities have both adapted and influenced the development of the values and administration of sport within Australia. Sydney University Sport 1852-2007: More than a Club is recommended reading for anyone involved in sport and education - from sport administrators and coaches, to historians, students, researchers and policy-makers. It will provide valuable understanding of the place and meaning of sport in the context of Australian schools and universities.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 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
