The Adelaide University Lacrosse Club (AULC) is an Australian-based
lacrosse club founded in 1889 by
Nobel Prize winning Professor
William Henry Bragg.
[Adelaide University Lacrosse Club]
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oldest lacrosse clubs in Australia and is a founding member of the
Adelaide University Sports Association
Sport at the University of Adelaide is primarily organised by the Adelaide University Sports Association. Other bodies affiliated to the University of Adelaide providing sport include the various sports clubs forming part of the residential colleg ...
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Adelaide University Sports Association. The AULC takes part in an annual competition against the
Melbourne University Lacrosse Club
The Melbourne University Lacrosse Club (MULC) was founded in 1883 and is the oldest extant lacrosse club in Australia and oldest continually existing lacrosse club in the world.
Premierships
Melbourne University won their first men's A Grade p ...
that was first contested in 1905 and competes locally in the Lacrosse South Australia competition.
[ 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 sports fields in the park lands between the University campus and North Adelaide.
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Rhodes Scholars
Seven Rhodes Scholars
The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom.
Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...
have been members of AULC:[
*1909 Henry Fry, anthropologist and medical practitioner.
*1917 Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns, neurosurgeon.
*1925 Myles Landseer Formby, World War II surgeon.
*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.][Rhodes Scholars]
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*1955 Ian Wilson, politician and lawyer.[
*1976 Mark Rogers Mussared, engineer.][List of South Australian Rhodes Scholars]
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*1983 David Alexander C Robertson][
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Other Players of Note
* Arthur Blackburn, recipient of the Victoria Cross awarded for Gallantry at the Battle of Pozières
The Battle of Pozières (23 July – 3 September 1916) took place in northern France around the village of Pozières, during the Battle of the Somme. The costly fighting ended with the British in possession of the plateau north and east of the v ...
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.Blues
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A Grade Premierships
The AULC has won 11 men's and 1 women's A grade premierships since 1890.
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External links
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Lacrosse teams in Australia
Sporting clubs in Adelaide
1889 establishments in Australia
Lacrosse clubs established in 1889
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University and college sports clubs in Australia