1864–65 Barnes F.C. season

April 2022 Barnes 1864-65 Ebenezer Morley Captain Robert Willis Secretary Season opened 5 October 1864 Rules Laws of the Game (1863) 1863-64 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. 22 October 1864 Officers of the Club 0-2 Nineteen of the Club L Officers of the club had eleven players.Sporting Life 1864-10-26 4 Football 29 October 1864 Captain's Eleven 2-0 All-Comers W 3 of the "captain's eleven" did not play, leaving that team with only eight players. All-comers "mustered nineteen".Sporting Life 1864-11-05 4 Barnes 5 November 1864 Captain's Eleven All-Comers V Match scheduled, but no report of the result was found. 3 December 1864 Barnes 0-0 Crystal Palace Barnes D Match lasted 90 minutes, 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.Sporting Life 1864-12-10 4 Football: Barnes v Crystal Palace 4 February 1865 15:00 Crystal Palace 0-0 Barnes Penge D 15-a-side. Match ended at 16:45. Ground was "in a dreadful state, being almost under water".Sporting Life 1865-02-08 4 Football: Barnes v Crystal Palace 4 March 1865 Barnes 1-2 Crystal Palace Grosvenor (60) J. Sharland, Unknown Barnes L 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.Sporting Life 1865-03-15 4 Barnes v Crystal PalaceField 1865-03-11 6 Barnes v. Crystal Palace Athletic Sports Date: 25 March 1865Bell's Life in London 1865-04-01 10 Barnes Football Club Athletic Sports 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 Category:Barnes F.C. seasons Barnes