I received a challenge from Charterhouse the other day in which Parish, the Captain of the Charterhouse Eleven said that they were anxious to gain their lost laurels, which I answered to the following effect, that as the Old Westminsters were for the most part averse to the match it was not possible to continue…
We had an early play for the Old Westminster dinner. C.G. Lane Prin. Opp.
The fast-ball has been revived this half with great vigour, & a match has got up by J Steward & A Miliman which came off on Wednesday afternoon October 13th which terminated in favour of the Present Westminsters, the game standing when we left off Present Westminsters 9 & Old Westminsters 3, The players on…
On Monday (July 8th/51) we had a race with an old Westminster crew, from Battersea bridge, to Putney. It was a splendid race our crew being beaten by half a boat’s length. We had originally arranged to row on the Thursday previous, but the old Westr crew not being able to get together on that…
Some enterprising sculling matches (in f[??]ies) were set a foot by Steward an old Westminster who generously gave various prizes to the winners of the different heats. The prizes were cups with the winners name & Westminster arms engraved upon them. W.C. Macready Prin. Opp.
A cricket match took place up fields between our eleven and an eleven got up by Williams our last Captain Q.S. among whom were mostly Oxford men including R.W. Davies and J. Chitty the brother of the wicket keeper. Our eleven one the day by a considerable number of runs. W.C. Macready Prin. Opp.
A match was played at the fields between the present Westminsters and an eleven composed of Old Westminsters some of the Carshalton Club &c. The present Westminsters were beat in one innings. V. Cricket Ledger Somerton H.B.
A match was played in Tothill Fields on Thursday August 9th 1836 between the present Westminsters and the Old Westminsters, the present Westminster won with wickets to go down. Old Westminsters Honble Col. Lowther Hodgson C. Page Page Mayne Woolcombe Bailey *Ld Paget Present Westminsters Howard Vialls Balston Fielde Merewether Whittaker Ld. Somerton Coxe Lowther…
On Wednesday June 25th 1834 the Annual Match between the Present Westminsters and the Old Westminster Club, took place in Tothill Fields, in which the latter were beaten with five wickets to go down. Old Westrs Col. Lowther Alfrey Dasent Ellison Hodgson Smale May Dunlop Tattersal Carrow Troward Young Westrs *Fisher Barnett Sen *Murray Barnett…
On Thursday August 1st 1833 the annual match between the present Westminsters and the old Westminsters Club was played in Tothill Fields, in which the latter were beaten with eight wickets to go down. Old Westminsters Col Lowther Hodgson Senr Allfrey Hodgson Junr Lee Tattersall Mure *Monckton *Barnes Senr *Sutherland Milman Junr Young Westminsters Warren…