Green seems to afford a constant source of occupation to Workmen without anything to do. In the Easter term it presented the appearance of a Barley field. This term at the beginning it appeared like a bad crop of grass, & now the grass has been destroyed & they have raked the surface afresh. Some…
Westminster V. Royal Engineers In this match, which was this year revived after the lapse of three years, the result was a draw. The playing was very good on each side. Westminster V. Upton Park This match rather unexpectedly for us, who had hoped to score an easy victory, resulted in a draw – both…
Westminster V. South Norwood (return) We won in this match by one goal to none. Our goal was kicked by Alington. And we should have gained a more signal victory had not our prudent adversaries played four backs. Westminster V. Wanderers We were successful in this match for the first time since 1823, by…
The Charterhouse match took place on Feb. 19th. The match was this year, played in our ground. And after a hard fought battle we were successful by one goal to 0. A.H. Giffe and A.A. Jackson officiated as umpires and K.V. Le Bas as referee. The sides were: Westminster Charterhouse E.H. Alington (Capt) E.M. Shot…
Westminster V. Crystal Palace This matched [sic] was played on Nov 17th on an abominable day, and resulted in a draw. Westminster V. Clapham Rovers After an exciting match we were left victors by one goal to nothing. Westminster V. Gitanos, resulting in a victory to us of two goals to none.
Football Westminster v. Upton Park In this match we were successful, obtaining one goal to their none. They were not at all a strong team, and had very vague ideas of dribbling. Westminster v. S. Norwood In this match we were also successful and succeeded in obtaining two goals to our opponent’s none. The…
Charterhouse v. Westminster. This match was played on St. David’s day, & resulted in a victory for Charterhouse by 2 goals. Our team consisted of P.G.L. Webb (Capt.), E.H Alington, C. Fox (T.B), Gamble (T.B), Rawson (T.B), Williams, Waddington, Crowdy, Whitehead, Aston, C.S. Dawson. QSS v. TBB. We were beaten by two goals. M.M. Rodocanachi
Rigaud’s v. H.B.’s (2) resulted in a victory for Rigaud’s 6 to one. Sixth v. School was a victory for School by one goal which was however disputed.
Rigaud’s and Home Boarders. C.Fox, Rogers, Rodocanachi, Abernathy, Abernathy (II), Fox J, Horne, Gamble, Barber, Cuppage, Tayloe. H.B. Rumball. T Secretan, C. Secretan, A.B. Cartwright, Ellis, Frere, Frere (II), Noyes, Borradaile, Leggatt, Hollis. This match resulted in a victory for Rigaud’s by 3 goals to two. For Rigauds Fox, Rogers, Gamble were very conspicuous.
The football season has been rather successful out of 6 matches 3 were won, 2 drawn & 1 lost. F Noyes team won 4-2 The twenty two won 2-0 Civil Service lost 0-1 Harrow Chequers drawn 2-2 Crystal Palace won 3-1 Clapham Rovers drawn 2-2 The eleven is composed of P.G.L Webb, A.H. Alington,…