Mount A Libraries: Three Cheers: Timeline

Timeline

1840s

Handball is played on court in Academy playground.
Hurley is played.

1850s

1855: Ladies' College Gymnasium is built.

1860s

1861: Male Academy gymnasium is built.
1864: Ladies' College receives its first instructor in calisthenics, Julia A. Goodhue
1869: Mary E. Pickard, second Ladies' College calisthenics instructor, departs. No calisthenics instructor again until 1887
1869 (October): Mount Allison plays first recorded sports match: Academy vs. Sackville cricket team (the "Star Club")

1870s

1876: First University gymnasium is built
1876 (April): The first recorded football match happens on campus (University vs. Academy).
1876 (October): The first mention of audience attending a Mount Allison sports match, in cricket.
1876 (November): Sackville's first indoor skating rink, the Tantramar Skating Rink, is built.
1878 (April): The first recorded baseball game (Academy vs. affiliated Commercial College)

1880s

1880 (October): The Argosy gives first modern-day sports report, on a cricket match.
1882: Dr. William L. Goodwin introduces rugby football to Mount Allison.
1883 (January): The first University gymnasium burns down.
1884 (March): Skating carnivals are held.
1884 (September): University plays baseball.
1884 (October): Mount Allison Athletic Club is formed.
1885 (November): Mount Allison cricket team defeats "Tantramar" and "Mechanics" local teams.
1886: "Cardinal and Old Gold" are chosen as the school colours.
1886 (October): Lacrosse is introduced at Mount Allison.
1887: The Second University gymnasium is built, on northwest corner of York and Salem Streets.
1887: The first University men's gymnastics exhibition.
1887: The first prizes awarded for athletic excellence at Mount Allison, in University men's gymnastics.
1887 (September 27): The first intercollegiate game in any sport: a baseball game (Mount Allison vs. St. Joseph).
1888 (February 18): Ladies' College students give first calisthenics demonstration.
1888 (May): Ladies' College baseball club is formed.
1888: Penny farthing bicycle at Male Academy is captured in photograph.
1889: Lacrosse is no longer played.
1889 (January): The Mount Allison Rink Association is formed.

1890s

1890: varsity rugby football team plays first match against an outside team, in Saint John
1891: tennis rackets are captured in photograph of Academy and University students and faculty
1892: cheers and yells for home team are established
1892: physical culture is introduced to Ladies' College by elocution instructor L. Jean Landers
1892: first annual physical culture drill is held by Ladies' College during Closing Week ceremonies
1893: Tantramar Skating Rink is destroyed by fire in autumn
1894 (May): baseball game between University and town (the "Gang")
1895 (May 24): first Field Day interclass track & field competition is held
1896 (January 6): Sackville's second skating rink, Copp's Rink on Weldon Street, opens
1896 (February 4): University holds first hockey match against an outside team, vs. Sackville town team
1896: Annual Ladies' Culture physical culture drill (lawn drill) is moved outside for first time
1896 (December): rugby team travels to Nova Scotia for first time
1897 (February): University plays first intercollegiate hockey game, vs. Dalhousie
1897 (May): University men give final gymnastics exhibition during Closing Week ceremonies
1897 (September): 25 bicycles at Ladies' College
1897 (October): tennis courts used by male students
1898 (October 20): construction of University Athletic Field begins
1899 (February 10): first skating party, hosted by Male Academy

1900s

1900 (October): University Athletic Field is completed.
1900 (November 3): Frank Parker Day scores Mount Allison's first intercollegiate rugby football points on new Athletic Field.
1901 (April): Mount Allison Athletic Club revises by-laws and constitution and becomes known as the Mount Allison Amateur Athletic Association.
1901 (October 23): Beethoven Hall is officially dedicated and doubles as second Ladies' College gymnasium.
1901 (November): Women begin playing basketball.
1901 (November 22): Ladies' College Pond (present-day Swan Pond) is filled up with water for first time.
1901 (December): Women's basketball match between University and Ladies' College.
1901 (December): Skating on Ladies' College Pond.
1901 (December): Mount Allison women form hockey team.
1902 (February 7): Mount Allison women play first hockey match against town.
1902 (May): Ladies' College students stage lawn tennis tournament as part of Closing Week ceremonies.
1902-03: Levi J. Mattall drawings of females engaged in athletics appear in The Argosy.
1903 (March): University hockey team travels to Nova Scotia and plays four games. University President David Allison declares school holiday following victory over Acadia University.
1903 (May 29): Mount Allison participates in first intercollegiate track and field meet.
1903: Ladies' College students form tennis club in autumn.
1903: Mount Allison joins intercollegiate rugby football league.
1904 (February 9): Ladies' College basketball match in Saint John. First athletic trip in any sport for women.
1904: Mount Allison wins first King-Richardson intercollegiate rugby football trophy.
1905 (March 17): Ladies' College hockey team plays first public match, against Saint John.
1905: Annual Ladies' College physical culture drill (lawn drill) moves to lawn next to Ladies College Pond.
1905: Mount Allison wins King-Richardson intercollegiate rugby football trophy for a second time.
1905 (December): Mount Allison joins first intercollegiate hockey league and competes for Hewson Cup.
1906 (January): Third town rink opens, on Lorne Street.
1906 (February): Sackville Tribune editorials on violence in hockey, and unruly fans.
1906 (November): Herbert C. Atkinson wins Saint John marathon road race.
1907: Herbert F.S. Paisley debuts as first coach of varsity rugby football team.
1907 (November): Ladies' College and University women play first basketball match against each other.
1908: Mount Allison's first songbook, Mount Allison Songs, is published.
1909 (April): Male Academy students begin playing basketball.

1910s

1910 (February): Sumner Cup is donated to new intercollegiate hockey league.
1910 (March): men's interclass basketball league is formed.
1910 (March): Third Ladies' College gymnasium opens, in basement of Hart Hall.
1910 (March 19): University and Ladies' College women compete for basketball cup. It is the first trophy for women's sports at Mount Allison.
1910 (October): Students playing practice soccer games.
1910 (November 2): First intercollegiate women's basketball game, possibly first in Canada, vs. University of New Brunswick.
1910 (November): Machum cup donated for men's interclass basketball.
1910 (November): Mount Allison interclass rugby football teams begin competing for Gass Shield.
1910 (November 23): varsity rugby football team wins King-Richardson Cup for third and final time.
1911 (April): First men's varsity basketball team is formed.
1911 (April): Mount Allison plays first soccer game with an outside team, vs. Amherst.
1911 (May): Male Academy gives final gymnastics exhibition during Closing Week ceremonies.
1911 (May): tennis tournament between town and Mount Allison institutions for Closing Week.
1911 (November): Rugby football team travels for first time to Prince Edward Island.
1911 (December 12): Intercollegiate hockey is banned.
1912 (March 28): second University gymnasium burns down.
1912: Lingley Hall is reconstructed as new University gymnasium in spring.
1912 (September): Mount Allison varsity track team wins first Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition, and wins again the following year
1912: eight tennis courts on Mount Allison campus by autumn.
1912 (December): Intercollegiate hockey ban is lifted.
1913 (November 14): Largest crowd ever at Mount Allison watches home team lose intercollegiate rugby football title to Acadia.
1913 (December): University hockey team employs first coach, Jack Twaddle.
1914 (February): Mount Allison plays intercollegiate hockey game in three periods, rather than two halves.
1914: Varsity hockey team, captained by Bill Godfrey, wins intercollegiate (Sumner Cup) and Maritime amateur (Brown Trophy) championships.
1914 (May): University and Academy form tennis clubs and interclass tennis tournament is held.
1914 (September-October): Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition track meet not held, and no further track events for duration of WWI.
1914 (November): Final intercollegiate women's basketball match before end of WWI.
1915 (March): Mount Allison claims second Sumner Cup intercollegiate hockey trophy.
1915 (October): Intercollegiate football cancelled for duration of WWI.
1916 (January): Intercollegiate hockey cancelled for duration of WWI.
1916 (March): Mount Allison adopts intercollegiate hockey rule change and skates six players instead of seven.
1916 (October): University men compete for interclass tennis cup.
1916 (October): Department of Physical Education and Training is formed at Ladies' College; field hockey and volleyball are introduced to female students.
1918 (October): Women's baseball game held on campus.
1918 (November 14): Third town rink (Copp's Rink), located on Lorne Street, destroyed by snow storm.
1919 (December): Mount Allison's first institutional skating rink is built, on Lansdowne Street.