The T. B. & QS. match- Came off in the Play Half this year & resulted after an exciting game in favour of the QS. Harrison having taken a long shot, was aided by a tremendous wind and managed to send the ball just below the string. J F Lucas Prin. Opp.
The Charterhouse Football Match was decided in favour of Westminster two goals to one. Westminster had the strongest team by far: but Charterhouse having placed 3 men in goals it was almost impossible to obtain one. J F Lucas Prin. Opp.
The Townboy & Queens Scholar football match was played at Fields on Wednesday and was decided in favour of the T. B. one game being obtained for them by Preston. F. P. Tomlinson Prin. Opp.
Friday December 11th On this day the Eton Eleven made its appearance and a remarkably strong eleven it was. The match soon became a very exciting one but the Etonians seemed to have a great advantage in running as there were very few of our men from whom they could not very soon get clear…
Tuesday the eighth of December was the day appointed for the Harrow match, but as Harrow had broken up they were unable to bring the whole of their own eleven and filled up with some old Harovians from Oxford and Cambridge, and it was said that an Etonian was present also. However that was the…
On Wednesday 2nd December the Charterhouse Eleven made their appearance Up Fields for the 1st time. It was a miserable day – pouring with rain and so windy that the ball was “out” every minute in spite however of these difficulties the match was a very spirited on. The result of about an hour’s play…
The Town boy & Queen’s scholars football match was played on Tuesday the … of February. We unluckily had a very weak eleven & were beaten easily by 3 games to one. The elevens were as follows. T.B. Giles Preston Whittaker Dowdeswell ii Dowdeswell iii Vidal Lucas Bovill Wylde Hurley Short Q.S. Chepmell Yates…
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…