Scottish origins
Interestingly, the first game of women's Lacrosse was played on the 17th May 1890, at St Leonards School in Scotland. This is thanks to Louisa Lumsden, a Scottish lady who traveled to Canada and watched a Lacrosse game between the "Canghuwaya Indians" and the "Montreal Club". She brought this beautiful sport back to Scotland where the sport encountered great success.
Rosabelle Sinclaire attended St Leonards in Scotland in the early 1900s and then went to establish the first women's Lacrosse team in the United State of America at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore (MA) in 1926.
Much credit is given to Rosabelle Sinclaire for the growth of women's Lacrosse in the USA, as she also helped to establish the Women's Lacrosse Association, and is now part of US Lacrosse. In 1992, Rosabelle was the first woman to be enter into the US Lacrosse "Hall of fame".
"Lacrosse, as girls play it, is an orderly pastime that has little in common with the men's tribal warfare version except the long-handled racket or crosse that gives the sport its name, It's true that the object in both the men's and women's lacrosse is to send a ball through a goal by means of the racket, but whereas men resort to brute strength the women depend solely on skill." - Rosabelle Sinclaire
Amusingly, women's and men's Lacrosse shared the same rules until the mid-1930s with no protective equipment.
Rosabelle Sinclaire attended St Leonards in Scotland in the early 1900s and then went to establish the first women's Lacrosse team in the United State of America at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore (MA) in 1926.
Much credit is given to Rosabelle Sinclaire for the growth of women's Lacrosse in the USA, as she also helped to establish the Women's Lacrosse Association, and is now part of US Lacrosse. In 1992, Rosabelle was the first woman to be enter into the US Lacrosse "Hall of fame".
"Lacrosse, as girls play it, is an orderly pastime that has little in common with the men's tribal warfare version except the long-handled racket or crosse that gives the sport its name, It's true that the object in both the men's and women's lacrosse is to send a ball through a goal by means of the racket, but whereas men resort to brute strength the women depend solely on skill." - Rosabelle Sinclaire
Amusingly, women's and men's Lacrosse shared the same rules until the mid-1930s with no protective equipment.
Louisa Lumsden (1840-1935) - "It is a wonderful game, beautiful and graceful. I was so charmed with it that I introduced it at St Leonards."
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Rosabelle Sinclaire playing for the Scottish Women's team in 1913.
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The Scottish Women’s Lacrosse Team in 1913
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The book - "Women Play Lacrosse" by Jim Calder & Ron Fletcher
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