The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-02 00:00:00

FOOTBALL.

GREAT FOOTBALL MATCH—ETON AND HAR-
RO W v. THE WORLD.
On Tuesday, at Westminster, the two great rival schools.-
' of Eton and Harrow attempted the somewhat arduous feat
of competing against a team selected from all the other
• various schools and football clubs, and, as the result proved,
rather unsuccessfully. The Schools were placed under a
great disadvantage, whilst their opponents mustered thir-
teen liege men and true. At 2.45 a movement was made
from the Lodge, and at about 2.50 the bill was thrown up
in the air by the captain. of the World, who, having lost
the toss, was compelled to play up from the Lodge goal,
with a slight breeze blowing straight in the face of his
fellow-players. Immediately at the start a united rush of
the men of the World forced the ball down in close proxi-
mity to the schools' goal, but without any decisive suc-
cess. A forcible kick from the toe of the Schools' captain
once more launched the ball into the centre of the ground;
where it was bandied to and tro by the legs of the 2
players, now borne along by the superior weight of the
one party, only to be sent speedily flying back by the ex-
cellent long kicking of the goal keepers of the other team.
At length C. M. Tehbutt, guiding the ball well down the
side of the ground, cleverly passed it on to M. Muir Mac-
kenzie, who, after a short and unmolested ono, bore it
safely into the space between the posts. No goal, how-
ever, for the claim of the "off side" was at once acceded to
by their opponents, and the game wns recommenced. The
little baud of the rival schools worked hard to wrest some
advantage from their more numerous opponents, but the
odds were too great, and the ball but rarely travelled into
the innermost lines of the World. Several times the fight
was carried up almost into the centre of the Schools, but
each time the good play of the goal-keepers had proved
equal to the emergAncy. -A long kick by C. M. Tebbutt,
badly fielded by a celebrated back player, at last secured
the desired result, and the goal for the World caused the
two teams to change sides. Until four o'clock the game
was kept up with unabated vigour, but neither party
proved successful in securing any further scorn, and thus
the victory rested with the World. Throughout the
match W. J. Dixon played most energetically for the
World, well backed up by E. Daseut and J. E. Tayloe ;
whilst A. F. Kinnaird, J. B. Martin, and Q. Hogg did
wonders for the Schools.
The following is a list of the players :
Eton and Harrow.—A. F. Kinnaird (captain), Eton;
J. R. Sturgis, Eton ; C. Tait, Eton ; Q. Hogg, Eton ; C. W.
Alcock, Harrow ; J. B. Martin, Harrow ; V. K. Shaw,
Harrow; A. Taber, Harrow; and R. N. Ferguson (E.
Whittaker).
The World.—W. J. Dixon (captain) Westminster; J.
P. Nicholls, Westminster ; E. W. Wylde, Westminster ;
S. 11. West, Westminster ; J. E. Tayloe, Westminster ;
N. P. Eastwick, Westminster ; C. Dasent, Westminster ;
M. Muir Mackenzie, Charterhouso ; C. M. Tebbutt, Wan-
derers; A. Baker, Wanderers ; J. M. Hartung, C.C.C.
and J. Clote, C.C.C.

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