Adelaide University Lacrosse Club Inc. Founded 1889 Home ground Park 10 North Adelaide Colours Black President Bridget Coffey Men's Coach Oliver Lovat Women's Coach Peterson Jacob Coates Affiliations Lacrosse SA, Adelaide Uni Sports Assoc
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, theblacks.com.au It is one of the oldest lacrosse clubs in Australia and is a founding member of the Adelaide University Sports Association.The Blacks, Adelaide University Sports Association. The AULC takes part in an annual competition against the Melbourne University Lacrosse Club 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 Park 10 sports fields in the park lands between the University campus and North Adelaide.
Rhodes Scholars
Seven Rhodes Scholars have been members of AULC: 1909 Henry Fry, anthropologist and medical practitioner.Philip Jones, 'Fry, Henry Kenneth (1886–1959)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp. 230–231. 1917 Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns, neurosurgeon.E. T. Williams, 'Cairns, Sir Hugh William Bell (1896–1952)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp. 524–525. 1925 Myles Landseer Formby, World War II surgeon.Obituaries , 17 March 1994, Oxford Gazette.Brigadier Myles Landseer Formby, www.generals.dk 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.Alasdair Sutherland, , BBC – WW2 People's WarRhodes Scholars, The Blacks – University of Adelaide Sports Association 1955 Ian Wilson, politician and lawyer. 1976 Mark Rogers Mussared, engineer.List of South Australian Rhodes Scholars , www.adelaide.edu.au 1983 David Alexander C Robertson
Other Players of Note Arthur Blackburn, recipient of the Victoria Cross awarded for Gallantry at the Battle of Pozières
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, The Blacks – University of Adelaide Sports Association.
A Grade Premierships
The AULC has won 11 men's and 1 women's A grade premierships since 1890.
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