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        International Lacrosse

        Newsreel cameras are on hand to capture a spirited English ladies' victory over Wales

        Non-Fiction 1914 1 mins Silent

        Overview

        International sporting triumph for England was as newsworthy in the 1910s as it is today - no matter what the event - and the newsreels were sure to capitalise when they could. England comprehensively defeated Wales in this 1914 fixture, and Topical Budget shrewdly placed its camera close to the away goal - to the chagrin of the unfortunate Welsh goalkeeper...

        Dubbed 'the fastest sport on two feet', lacrosse is a traditional Native American game adopted by French Jesuit missionaries in the 1630s and commonly played in British independent schools from the Victorian era. The first women's lacrosse game was held in 1890, at St Leonards School in Scotland. Men's and women's lacrosse were played under virtually the same rules, with no protective equipment, until the mid-1930s.