1864–65 Barnes F.C. season
| 1864-65 season | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Ebenezer Morley |
| Secretary | Robert Willis |
| Rules | Laws of the Game (1863) |
| Season opened | 5 October 1864[1] |
This was the third season of Barnes Football Club. Significant developments included the club's first known "athletic sports" event, a day on which club members and members of the public were invited to take part in athletic competitions.
| 22 October 1864 | Officers of the Club | 0-2 | Nineteen of the Club | |
| Note: Officers of the club had eleven players.[1] | ||||
| 29 October 1864 | Captain's Eleven | 2-0 | All-Comers | |
| Note: 3 of the "captain's eleven" did not play, leaving that team with only eight players. All-comers "mustered nineteen".[2] | ||||
| 5 November 1864 | Captain's Eleven | v | All-Comers | |
| Note: Match scheduled, but no report of the result was found.[2] | ||||
| 3 December 1864 | Barnes | 0-0 | Crystal Palace | Barnes |
| Note: Match lasted 90 minutes,[3] and "was ended by darkness". Crystal Palace scored a touch-down, but missed the resulting free-kick. Barnes: M. Roberts, Whittaker, et al. Crystal Palace: R. Abraham, L. Irons, H. Lloyd, et al.[4] |
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| 4 February 1865 | Crystal Palace | 0-0 | Barnes | Penge |
| 15:00 | ||||
| Note: 15-a-side. Match ended at 16:45. Ground was "in a dreadful state, being almost under water".[3] | ||||
| 4 March 1865 | Barnes | 1-2 | Crystal Palace | Barnes |
| Grosvenor (60) | J. Sharland, Unknown | |||
| Note: Barnes (15 players): E. C. Morley (capt.), Conout, Courtney, Elton, Graham, Greenhill, Grosvenor, Nettleship, O'Leary, Price, Sheppard, Stevens, Sutherland, Tebbs, Willis. Crystal Palace (15 players): T. Turner (capt.), E. Abraham, D. Allport, F. Allport, W. Allport, F. Collins, E. Cutbill, W. Cutbill, F. Morris, Grose, Irons, H. Lloyd, T. Lloyd, Rohde, Sharland.[5][6] |
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Athletic Sports
[edit]- Date: 25 March 1865[7]
- Venue: The Limes, Mortlake. (Field lent by Marsh Nelson adjacent to the White Hart public house)
- Stewards: Ebenezer Morley, M. Dewsnap, Robert Graham, C. H. Tubbs
- Secretary: Robert Willis
- Events: 100 yards race, half mile race, one mile race, 150 yard hurdle race, long jump, high jump, putting the shell, kicking the football.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Football". Sporting Life: 4. 26 October 1864.
- ^ a b "Barnes". Sporting Life: 4. 5 November 1864.
- ^ a b "Football: Barnes v Crystal Palace". Sporting Life: 4. 8 February 1865.
- ^ "Football: Barnes v Crystal Palace". Sporting Life: 4. 10 December 1864.
- ^ "Barnes v Crystal Palace". Sporting Life: 4. 15 March 1865.
- ^ "Barnes v. Crystal Palace". Field: 6. 11 March 1865.
- ^ "Barnes Football Club Athletic Sports". Bell's Life in London: 10. 1 April 1865.