Famous Australian Sports

A field hockey match is made up of two halves, typically 35 minutes per event, and begins with a pass back (a non-defended pass from one teammate to another at mid-field). There are 11 players to a side, among whom is a goalkeeper. The goal of the game is to score more goals than the opposition. Goals are scored when the ball made of solid vinyl, weighing between 5 ½ ounces and 5 ¾ ounces with a circumference of 8 13/16 inches to 9 ¼ inches crosses the goal line between the goal posts after being touched by the stick of an attacker inside the circle. Each goal is worth one point. The ball may only be touched with the horizontal side of the curved, hardwood stick. Extra Time/Overtime In international play, in classification rounds or games that require a winner to advance to the next round, if the score is tied after regulation, extra time of two, 7 ½ minute periods are played. The game is ended when one team scores a goal. If the score remains tied after overtime, penalty strokes ...

Basketball is a sport played both indoors and outdoors in Australia. Basketball is the number two sport globally with over 200 countries participating and over 450 million players. According to research by Sweeney Sports, one in three Australians has an interest in basketball. Furthermore, basketball is played by approximately one million men, women, boys, and girls throughout Australia. According to Basketball Australia, as of March 2014, basketball is the second highest team participation sport in Australia. The Golden Age of  Basketball Australia Basketball in Australia experienced a golden age in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, during which the National Basketball League saw its halcyon days. However, its popularity, media attention, attendance, and corporate support deteriorated during the 2000s. Despite this, figures released by the Australian Sports Commission's Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey in 2010 showed that basketball was the most popular sport played in ...

Netball is the most popular women's team participation sport in Australia. There have been 347,000 players. In 1995, there were over 360,000 Australian players. Throughout most of Australia's netball history, the sport has been a participation game; it has not managed to become a spectator sport. In 2005 and 2006, 56,100 Australians attended one to 2 netball matches. Of them, 41,600 were women. 46,200 attended five netball matches, with 34,400 of those spectators being girls.86,400 attended six or more netball matches, with 54,800 spectators being female. Overall, 188,800 people attended netball matches, with 130,800 being female.In 2005 and 2006, netball was the 10th most popular spectator sport for girls with Australian rules football (1,011,300), horse racing (912,200), rugby league (542,600), motorsports (462,100), rugby union (232,400), football (212,200), harness racing (190,500), cricket (183,200) and golfing (163,500) being more popular.The country set an attendance rec...

Cricket is one of the most popular sports in Australia at national, international and local levels. The peak administrative body for both amateur and professional cricket is Cricket Australia. International Cricket The Australian national team is one of the most successful teams in international cricket. Along with England, Australia was recognized as one of the founder nations of the Imperial Cricket Conference, later the International Cricket Council. Australia generally plays a test series against a visiting team, and a one-day series between two other teams at home each summer, and tours overseas for the remainder of the year. Australian Cricket Culture In 2007, The Age reported that a poll by Sweeney Sports had discovered that 69 percent of the public has an interest in cricket, second to none. Cricket is known as Australia's national game because of its popularity in most parts of the country. Cricket is also a participation sport in Australia: a census conducted ...

Professional football is played in Australia for a number of those codes, with the leagues involved including the Australian Football League (Aussie rules), the National Rugby League (Rugby League), Super Rugby (rugby union), along with the A-League (soccer). Professional soccer has been televised for many years, together with rugby league and Australian rules soccer becoming the codes on television. Australia has a number of national soccer teams encompassing soccer codes such as Australian rules, rugby league, rugby union, football, Gaelic and gridiron. Australian football has become the most popular sport in Australia, followed by cricket, association football, and rugby league. History Of Football Throughout Years Some form of football was first played in Australia in 1829. By the 1860s, rugby union clubs and Australian rules have been created in Melbourne and Sydney . Football or"British Association Football" as it was referred to would arrive in the colony by 187...