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DetailsOriginal Format: 35mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 45 secs Credits: Pathe Gazette
Subject: Sport
Summary Pathe Gazette newsreel item
Description Pathe Gazette newsreel item
Issue No. 757 (24/3/1921)
"Carpentier kicks off in match between Dick Kerrs' and Yorkshire ladies. Note: lady 'cameraman'"
Match played at Hull, 19th March 1921. Georges Carpentier was a French former boxing champion and flying ace of the First World War.
Context
Pathe Gazette newsreel item, Carpentier kicks off Dick Kerrs' (Dick, Kerr and Co. in Preston, rolling stock, manufacture of shells during WW1) and Yorkshire ladies. Note: lady 'cameraman . Match played at Hull, 19th March 1921, Northern Union ground (Rugby). Georges Carpentier was a French former boxing champion and flying ace of the First World War. World Champions from 1917-1925,winners of 7 silver cups and 3 sets of golden medals, raising £70,000 for ex-servicemen, hospitals...
Pathe Gazette newsreel item, Carpentier kicks off Dick Kerrs' (Dick, Kerr and Co. in Preston, rolling stock, manufacture of shells during WW1) and Yorkshire ladies. Note: lady 'cameraman . Match played at Hull, 19th March 1921, Northern Union ground (Rugby). Georges Carpentier was a French former boxing champion and flying ace of the First World War. World Champions from 1917-1925,winners of 7 silver cups and 3 sets of golden medals, raising £70,000 for ex-servicemen, hospitals and poor children (around £4m) Played at the Hull Northern Union ground before 21,000 spectators, raising £1,160 for the Hull Unemployed Fund. Boxer Georges Carpentier formally kicked off. scorers: Redford (2), Harris, Woods
Following the FA ban on women's teams on 5 December 1921, the English Ladies' Football Association was formed
