korfballn.

1915 J. Feith Sport in Netherlands 27 ‘Korfbal’, a game not known in England... The ball, which is as big as that used for football, is thrown.., and the place of the goal is taken by a bottomless basket fastened to a pole.

1960 Sunday Times 5 June 40/6 Holland beat England 10–8 in a korfball international at Mitcham, Surrey, yesterday, after leading 7–3 at half-time.

1965 J. B. Pick Phoenix Dict. Games (rev. ed.) 89 Korfball (24 players)..is a netball-basketball game of Dutch origin..usually played by teams of six ladies and six gentlemen. Starting humbly in 1902..in the Netherlands.., the game was introduced into Britain..in 1946.

1965 J. B. Pick Phoenix Dict. Games (rev. ed.) 90 There are now ten British korfball clubs.

1969 D. C. Joynson Guide for Games (ed. 2) vi. 157 Korfball Netball. The court is marked as for Netball. Team—5 players.

1969 D. C. Joynson Guide for Games (ed. 2) viii. 211 Indoor Korfball. Two teams of 6 players. The pitch may be (a) a basketball court; (b) a netball court; (c) a rectangular court 60 to 80 ft. by 30 to 40 ft.

1973 Observer 7 Oct. 26/1 There is only one mixed team sport in the world: korfball, and the first of its summarised rules is that you can only hinder someone of the same sex.