An Apparatus for Recording Progress and Results of Football Matches and other Games.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 30th Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Recording Progress and Results of Football
Matches and other Games.
THOMAS EDWIN HALLEWELL, 237, Hyde Road, Manchester, Picture Frame
Maker, and WALTER TOM EGGLESTON, 10, Bootle Street, Manchester, Show Card
Maker, both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
First get a cardboard, glass, or any other screen, in which we make holes or
openings, or if glass, or other transparent material is used, instead of holes or
openings, we paint or back up leaving transparent parts. And at the back of such
screens, we place revolving rollers', wheels', or discs', on which names and numbers
are fixed on the face of discs', or on the peripheries of rollers or wheels, which
correspond with the openings or transparent parts in the screen, thus shewing
progress or result of match or game &c., through opening's or transparent parts in
screen. The discs, wheels, or rollers can be caused to revolve either by hand,
mechanical, electric, or pneumatic power. The apparatus can be made to shew
the result of one match or game, or a number of matches or games.
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THOMAS EDWIN HALLEWELL.
WALTER TOM EGGLESTON.
An Apparatus for Recording Progress and Results of Football
Matches and other Games.
THOMAS EDWIN HALLEWELL, 237, Hyde Road, Manchester, Picture Frame
Maker, and WALTER TOM EGGLESTON, 10, Bootle Street, Manchester, Show Card
Maker, both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to shew the results of football and other similar
games, on fixture cards or screens. In the accompanying sheets of drawings,
we illustrate several methods.
Fig. 1 shews a front view and Fig. 2 a side view, of a fixture and result
card, shewing result of Association football game.
To the back of the card or screen, we place revolving discs, AA on these discs
are figures, and on another disc, B, the name of clubs. In the card or screen, we
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page_text: make openings C. C. which allow the number of goals scored to be seen, and
through the openng D, the name of the club, opposing the home team marked E
on card or screen. Fig. 3 is a front view and Fig. 4 a side view, of a similar
card or screen, for the Rugby game of football.
The card or screen having a opening K, which allows the name of the oppos-
ing club to be seen from the revolving disc, L at the back of the card or screen.
In the card or screen are two other openings M which allow figures, on the
rollers N at the back of the card or screen to be seen, thus shewing the progress
or result of the game, at front of card or screen.
On Sheet 2, Fig. 5 is a front view, and Fig. 6, a section of an apparatus for
shewing the results of a number of football games. Behind the screen 0 are
a number of rollers or wheels P, on which are figures and names of clubs, so
that the result of a number of games can be seen at one time. We may state
that we have not shown any particular method of moving the discs, rollers, or
wheels, they can be operated by hand, mechanical, electric, pneumatic, or other
power.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;-
1st. The novelty of shewing the progress and results of football and other
similar games, on fixture cards or screens.
2nd. The general arrangement of the method shewn and described or any mere
modification thereof.
THOMAS EDWIN HALLEWELL.
WALTER TOM EGGLESTON.