ed ▁a ▁large ▁crowd ▁and ▁interest . ▁ ▁The ▁u mp ire ▁wore ▁a ▁dress . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁an ▁annual ▁char ity ▁day , ▁a ▁ 3 0 ▁minute ▁match ▁was ▁played ▁on ▁Ad ela ide ▁O val ▁between ▁workers ▁of ▁the ▁Charles ▁Moore ▁& ▁Co . ▁factory ▁and ▁the ▁Mir ror ▁Sh irt ▁and ▁Py j ama ▁Factory . ▁Although ▁the ▁match ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁stand alone ▁event ▁newsp apers ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁did ▁refer ▁to ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁main ▁att raction ▁of ▁the ▁day . ▁A ▁moth ▁bi plane ▁dropped ▁the ▁game ▁ball ▁to ▁start ▁the ▁match . ▁ ▁Archives ▁also ▁show ▁a ▁char ity ▁women ' s ▁match ▁occurred ▁on ▁Bass ende an ▁O val ▁in ▁Per th , ▁Western ▁Australia , ▁ 2 7 ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁unknown ▁whether ▁the ▁game ▁had ▁been ▁played ▁continu ously ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁Bey ond ▁this ▁and ▁occas ional ▁matches ▁over ▁the ▁years , ▁women ' s ▁football ▁was ▁rarely ▁organ ised , ▁until ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁Victor ian ▁Women ' s ▁Football ▁League ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁with ▁four ▁teams ▁compet ing ▁at ▁open ▁level . ▁ ▁Women ' s ▁Australian ▁rules ▁football ▁began ▁to ▁rapidly ▁grow ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁with ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁registered ▁teams ▁increasing ▁by ▁a ▁phenomen al ▁ 4 5 0 %. ▁ ▁In ▁women ' s ▁Australian ▁rules ▁football ▁in ▁ 2