On the following Friday the Eton eleven came down. They played hard for more than [an] hour without any success on either side, till a length just as they were going to finish, one of the Eton men (Lyttleton) was thrown heavily. He fell with his arm twisted under him and was helped up with…
The “Elizabethans” took down to Charlton (Mr Woolwich) a team, to play football. The weather was wretched & we play in a dripping rain. The result was two games all. Sat 15hou. 1862. E.R. Dowdeswell
This term a new match at football was played for the first time, between Rigauds (Revd B. F. James) and Grant’s (Rev. Marshall). This year the Rigaudites won, getting one game to none. I hope this match will be kept up annually, as it stimulates the little fellows to play and thus prepares them for…
At the beginning of this half we played the Town Boy & Q.S. match at football up fields. We began on the Wednesday and played a most determined game for two hours, without either side getting a game: though I think the T.Bs had the best of it. We went on with it on the…
The annual match at football between the TBs and QS came off on Wednesday afternoon October 20th in which the QS were victorious, the game standing at the end TBs 4 and QS 6. The players on each side were: TBs Malorie P Shipworth J Fellows Hon E Bourke G Onslow Markham Barrow Eden Barton…
A match at football was played this moth (Nov) between 15 of the sixth form & 21 of the rest of the school; These unusual numbers were arranged for the satisfaction of both sides. The following are the names (Sixth) Armitstead (Capt) Edwards, W. Fellows, Gilbert, Lacy, Madan, Merton, Murray, Somerville, Twiss, Upperton, Vincent, Waterfield,…
I am glad to say that football has met with many supporters this half. A match was played between TBs & QSS wh terminated in favour of the latter by three games, rather contrary to expectations. The following were the sides – T.B. Berens, S. Fellows, Francis, Hamond, Henty, Hunt, Morton, Murray (capt), Southey, Waterfield,…
Some of the choristers who were in the school having been hit & kicked by some of the QS for not stopping the ball well in green and the organist J. Turle having shown up to Dr Williamson he expressed his wish to me that they should not be obliged to go into the green…
On Octr 31st 1844 during the time usually occupied in playing at Football the Ball having bounded repeatedly over the railings of the Green, was at last detained by the assembled ‘scis without; nor was until some sharp blows had been given & received that the Ball was again forcibly restored. After the game was…
In consequence of a fellow of the name of H.H. Davis head boy of the T.B. but a Home-boarder, have mal-appropriated if not the whole, certainly a part of both the Cricket and Football Money, neglecting to pay both Bentley and Foote and this bringing obloquy on the TB, it was deemed expedient by the…