The Elevens have been made up as follows: – I II III H.R. Blaker (capt.) T.B G. E. Millo T.B D. Winckworth T.B J. D. Gifford T.B F. J. Maclean W. F. D’Arcy T.B J. O. J. Powell T.B P. Williamson Q.S P. Waterfield T.B J. A. Willett T.B A. W. F. Guy T.B R.…
The Eleven is now filled up and stands as follows: H.C. Benbow (Capt.); W.F.G. Sandwith; H.N. Robson; W.A. Burridge; R.T. Squire; A.A. Sikes; F.G. Clarke; C.W.R. Tepper; G. Stephenson; F.W. Bain; R.C. Batley.
On the 15th of April 1875, the following rules about the Captains of the Elevens and the Head of the Water were passed by a meeting consisting of the Sixth Elevens and Eight. The Senior or Town Boy in the Sixth or Shell, over sixteen, who has been longest in either Eleven on the Eight…
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,…
Another room has this term been added to the house “up fields” to be for a dressing room for the Eleven; that the only room in the house, which they could otherwise use, might be left for the keeper of the place. W. Winters Prin. Opp.
The Eleven has begun to improve this year and has at last won 2 matches. The first against the Guards and the 2nd against the I Zingari. The following was the Westminster Eleven – xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1st 2nd…
The other day “Dickson”, the present Captain of the QS, took it into his head to go and annoy the first eleven game at Fields, and on the ball hitting him by chance, after he had been warned, he threw it away, at the same time stopping where he was before; wherefore one of the…
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…
This year the Eleven engaged the services of James Lilly to train them, he having bought them on so much two years before, we gave him gave him 3 pounds a week; he was not able to stay with us more than a month, so we were obliged to have Bentley to make up the…