TRUGO, the game everybody loves but few play, is dying.

Invented by workers at the Newport rail yards in the 1920s, it is played competitively only in Victoria and is disappearing as quickly as its members age.

Club President Andrew McMillan (front) with members Emmanuel Nagahesi, Bryce Bennett, Bell, Keith Haines and Joe Smith outside their clubhouse on the corner of Buckley and Windsor streets. Credit:Michael Copp

The game is played on a green similar to that used for lawn bowls. Players use a mallet to hit a rubber ring between their legs, aiming for goals at the other end of the green.

The second-oldest trugo club in the state, Footscray, whose clubhouse was built in the late 1930s, will field a team for the last time tomorrow.