[Ads-l] Antedating of "Rugby League"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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rugby league (OED, 2., 1923)

1912 Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) 1 Aug. 9/8 (Newspapers.com)

(headline)  AMATEURS MAY PLAY RUGBY LEAGUE.

Fred Shapiro

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