A New or Improved Game, and Means or Apparatus for Playing such.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Game, and Means or Apparatus for Playing
such.
I, HARRY PROCTER, of 82 Bayswater Crescent, Harehills Road, in the City of
Leeds, Colour Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:-
My invention refers to a new or improved game chiefly for parlour amusement.
The object of my invention is to provide means for playing a parlour game in
imitation of football, either "Rugby" or "Association," the game being played in
accordance with the rules of such associations.
According to my invention I employ a frame mounted upon supports or legs.
The said frame is open inside, so forming a "field" which is divided, so forming
the "half way line," by two series of laths, partitions, or division pieces, open
spaces being left between them. At the ends of the said frame are the goal posts
and goal line and around the sides are a series of projections forming spaces between
them, which are for "touch."
An india-rubber or other ball is provided and two sets of dolls or players made
of india-rubber or other suitable material mounted on bases and having shoulders or
ridges so that the dolls or players can move on the edges of the said laths, partitions,
or division pieces. The bases of the said dolls or players are manipulated from
under the field by the hands of the players, the bases of the said dolls or players
moving in the said spaces between the laths, partitions, or division pieces and to any
part of the field the player desires, the players being thrown in "touch" and the
game played similar to Rugby or Association football, by slight modification in the
players and the field.
Dated th: 00-13
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Game, and. Means or Apparatus for Playing
such.
I, HARRY PROCTER, of 82 Bayswater Crescent, Harehills Road, in the City of
Leeds, Colour Maker, 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 :-
My invention refers to a new or improved game chiefly for parlour amusement.
The object of my invention is to provide means for playing a parlour game in
imitation of football either "Rugby" or "Association," the game being played in
accordance with the rules of such associations.

page_text: According to my invention I employ a frame A, mounted upon supports or
legs B.
The said frame is open inside so forming a "field," which is divided, so forming
the "half way line" C by two series of laths, partitions, or division pieces D, open
spaces E being left between them.
At the ends of the said frame are the goal posts F, and goal line G, and around
the sides are a series of projections H forming spaces between them which are for
"touch."
An india-rubber or other ball J is provided, and two sets of dolls or players K,
made of india-rubber or other suitable material, mounted on bases L, and having
shoulders or ridges N so that the dolls or players can move on the edges of the
said laths, partitions, or division pieces D. The bases L of the said dolls or
players are manipulated from under the field by the hands of the players, the
necks O of the bases L, upon which the said dolls or players are mounted, moving
in the spaces E between the laths, partitions, or division pieces D, and to any part
of the field the player desires, the players being thrown in touch and the game
played similar to "Rugby" or "Association" football by slight modification in the
players and the field.
The dolls or players K are made with their legs thrown outward, as in dribbling,
and for the game of "Rugby," with their arms put upwards so as to catch the
ball.
In the drawings annexed the game is shown as played according to "Rugby”
rules but with only seven players arrayed on each side.
For "Association" a round ball is used instead of an oval one.
The points of the game or the score is calculated according to the rules prescribed
by the said associations.
The goal posts F are fixed by means of hook P engaging in eyelet R.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Means or apparatus, for playing a parlour game of football, such as shown and
described.
2. Means or apparatus for playing a parlour game of football, consisting of a
frame A, mounted on legs or supports B, the said frame being open inside so forming
a field, which is divided by two series of laths, partitions, or division pieces D, open
spaces E being left between them, and two series of dolls or players K moving in
the said spaces by manipulation from the hands of the players, such as shown and
described.
3. The improved game and means or apparatus for playing such, as shown and
described.
Dated thin 9th Jan of Tamu 1904