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A netball game at an unidentified school, ca. 1910. The exact circumstances of netball's introduction into New Zealand are unclear. Reverend J. C. Jamieson, Travelling Secretary of the Presbyterian Bible Class Union, is often credited with organising the first games in 1906, but records indicate that some form of the game was being played at Wanganui High School in 1897. [3]
Netball is the most popular women's team participation sport in Australia. [2] In 1985, there were 347,000 players, [3] and in 1995, there were over 360,000 Australian netball players. [4]
Despite this, netball is popular in Oceania, with its growth partly because of New Zealand encouraging the game and providing money for the training of coaches, umpires and other netball development needs. [2] In New Zealand and in neighbouring Australia, [3] netball is one of the most popular sports played by women. [4] [5] [6]
In Australia [2] and New Zealand, netball is the most popular sport played by women. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] [ 68 ] Women's sport in Oceania has traditionally had a very low profile. [ 69 ] Despite this, netball is popular in Oceania, with its growth partly because of New Zealand encouraging the game and providing money for the training of coaches ...
Netball New Zealand is the national body which oversees, ... since 1998. New Zealand and Australia have contested all four gold medal matches: Australia won the gold ...
Sport in Oceania varies from country to country. The most popular playing sport for men in Australia is Australian rules football, [1] while for women is netball. Australian rules football is the most popular sport in terms of spectatorship and television ratings.
It was contested among ten teams from Australia and New Zealand. It began in April 2008, succeeding Australia's Commonwealth Bank Trophy and New Zealand's National Bank Cup as the pre-eminent netball league in those countries. [102] The competition was held annually between April and July, consisting of 69 matches played over 17 weeks.
Australia and New Zealand are the top two ranked teams in international netball. On 20 August 1938, at Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia defeated New Zealand 40–11. This was the first netball Test between Australia and New Zealand. It was also the world's first international netball match.