A Place at the Table

Match #2 South Lancashire Tramways vs Vulcan Factory

Year: 1918

Location: Wigan

Description: The South Lancashire Tramways played Vulcan Factory of Newton le Willows, raising money for a field ambulance for the army in France. Reports from both teams describe funds being raised for the vehicle. This was a common trait in early games with ticket receipts supporting many charitable causes.

Women's Football:

• 1920: Worlds first international women’s football game held.

Women's Rights:

• 1906: The word "suffragette" was first used to describe women campaigning for the right to vote.
• 1911: The first International Women’s Day was marked on the 8th March.
• 1913: Emily Wilding Davison throws herself under the King's horse at the Epsom Derby and is killed.
• 1918: Representation of the people bill, doubles the electorate, giving the parliamentary vote to about six million women.