... eceitury-evcii ueh of us as have hbd our schooling at Rugby-can sciircely picture to ourselves What a well-contested rsinc of football must husve been two, three, or foun' centuries ago. tn the north of ELigland, coiinitv svould be pitted against county, Aaa ...

... Were competed for; after the shooting 'lall adjourned to dinner, provided by the host. of the Mount PlCasant Inn, After ?? football and other gasneo wer indulged in till sif o'clook; when the Compa3ay marrced to Staeroro, o ein Most Ball, of the Courtnny ...

... INTERXATIONAI FOOTBALL MATCH. This important annual match ?? England and Scot- to land, as played eccording to the Rugby rules, came off on rg Monday afternoon at the Kennington Oval. The first o, match was played at Edinburgh in the Spring of 1871, sg ...

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... e &o. The workhouses are fall, and the Boards of Guardians rare employing sble-bodied men to break stones. B The annual football match between the Universities . of Oxford and Cambridge, under Rugby Union rules,took it place on Wednesday afternoon at ...

... the Old Inn, Malborough-at 10.45. TiEs STRATTON HOUNDS will meet on Thursday. January 17, at Weekstone, Pancras Week-at 11. FOOTBALL. THE PRESS ?? THE WANDERERS.-This match was played on Saturday, on the grounds of the former, in the Mount Pleasant-road ...

... particulars. Another I game at Cotswold was a belloon, a kind of handball played with | a large leather ball like the modern football, driven through the air from person to person, struek by a bracer of wood fastened round the hand and wrist for proteetion ...

... from the Exeter Training College, one from the Exeter Rovers, one 'rom the Exeter Amateur Rowing Club, and ooe frotm the Football Club. One of the College teamsa was first matched againot that from the Foot- ball Club. There was a tight tussle between ...

... GRAND FOOTBALL MATCH. DEVON v. UNITED HOSPITALS' (LONDON). A capital contest between tbese Clubs was witnessed by a large number of spectators, yesterday ifternoon, on the field of the Exeter Cricket Club. The ground was in good condition, and the pl4y ...

... Russell, meta 88; Charles Trelawney, .84; A. Mohun- ad Harris, 82. in FOOTBALL. se, An exciting football match took place yesterday between ald Clepham Rovers and the Devon County Football Clab. ?? match was played on the grounds of the Exeter Club, As situate ...

... FOOTBALL. vere ISCA V. CEnrEDON.-A match between the above clubs Teat played on the ground of the former on Saturday, the the 20th instant, and resulted in an easy victery for the haome itu-team by three goals, fear tries, and sundry eaves to one ~tics ...

... FOOTBALL. IscA v. TiVERTON.-A very enjoyable and exciting match took place on Bank Holiday between the above teams on the Tiverton ground, which was in fine condition. Tiverton having won the toes, elected to play with the wind for the first half, and ...