1864–65 Barnes F.C. season explained
Season: | 1864-65 |
Chrtitle: | Captain |
Mgrtitle: | Secretary |
League2: | Season opened |
League2 Result: | 5 October 1864 |
League: | Rules |
League Result: | Laws of the Game (1863) |
Nextseason: | 1865-66 |
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.
Athletic Sports
- Date: 25 March 1865[1]
- 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 and References
- Bell's Life in London . 1865-04-01 . 10 . Barnes Football Club Athletic Sports.