This was the seventh season of Barnes Football Club.
| 1868-69 season | ||
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| Captain | Robert Willis | |
| Secretary | Robert Graham / Lewis Karslake[1] | |
| Stadium | Field near White Hart Inn, Mortlake[1] | |
| Rules | Laws of the Game (1867) Laws of the Game (1869) (after 26 February 1869) | |
| Season opened | 10 October 1868[2] | |
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| 31 October 1868 | Barnes | 1-0 | Crystal Palace | Barnes |
| Adams/Routh[3] | ||||
| Note: Game ended at 16:45. Barnes (12 players): R. W. Willis (capt.), Adams, W. C. Butler, C. Butler Collins, S. Lee, P. Rhodes, D. M. Roberts, C. Routh, B. Smith, P. Weston, C. H. Warren, E. Weston. Crystal Palace (12 players): D. Allport (capt.), H. Butterfield, A. C. Chamberlain, A. Cutbill, R. Cutbill, H. Daukes, C. Farquhar, D. Huggins, A. L. Lloyd, A. Morten, G. Parr, E. M. Stone.[4] |
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| 21 November 1868 | Barnes | 0-1 | Civil Service | Barnes |
| Note: Barnes (9 players, becoming 11 by the end of the match): Rhodes, Weston, Willis, et al. Civil Service: Lee, Lindsay, Thesiger, et al.[5] |
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| 28 November 1868 | Barnes | 0-0 | Royal Engineers | Barnes |
| Attendance: "Large assemblage of spectators, several ladies among their number"[6] | ||||
| Note: Game lasted 90 minutes.[6] Barnes (12 players): R. W. Willis (capt.), Adams, H. Collins, W. R. Collins, R. G. Graham, F. W. Gulstone, P. Rhodes, D. M. Roberts, C. Routh, Lord F. Stephenson, C. H. Warren, P. Weston. Royal Engineers (13 players): Denison (capt.), Chambers, Danbury, Day, Dorward, Fellows, Fuller, Harrison, Johnston, Lambert, Macgregor, Morris, Preston.[7] |
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| 23 January 1869 | Crystal Palace | 0-0 | Barnes | Crystal Palace |
| 15:30 | ||||
| Note: Barnes (12 players): R. G. Graham (capt.), Collins, H. Hackblock, Holt, W. Nettleship, P. Rhodes, C. Routh, Stone, C. Warren, E. Weston, P. Weston. Crystal Palace (12 players): D. Allport (capt.), F. Abel, A. C. Chamberlin, R. Cutbill, S. W. Daukes, W. G. F. Ellis, C. Farquhar, A. Lloyd, A. Morten, G. Parr, C. Eastlake Smith.[9] |
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| 13 February 1869 | Barnes | v | Civil Service | Barnes |
| Note: Match scheduled, but no report was found.[10] | ||||
| 20 February 1869 | Royal Engineers | v | Barnes | Chatham |
| Note: Match scheduled, but no report was found.[11] | ||||
Athletic Sports edit
- Date: 20 March 1869[13]
- Venue: Field belonging to J. Johnstone, White Hart, Mortlake.
- Committee: A. D. Houseman (starter), F. W. Bryant, R. W. Willis (judges), J. Westell, H. F. Wilkinson, F. W. Bryant, J. G. Webster[14]
- Events: 100 yards race, 400 yards race handicap, one and a half mile walking handicap, 150 yards hurdles, one mile handicap steeplechase, high jump, high jump with pole, vaulting.
Notes edit
- ^ a b Alcock, Charles W., ed. (1868). John Lillywhite's Football Annual. London: John Lillywhite.
- ^ "Barnes Football Club". Sportsman: 3. 3 October 1868.. The opening was postponed from the 3rd "in consequence of an eight-oared race amongst the members of the London Rowing Club" on that date.
- ^ The two players obtained the goal "jointly", according to the newspaper report
- ^ "Barnes v Crystal Palace". Sportsman: 3. 3 November 1868.
- ^ "Civil Service v Barnes". Sportsman: 4. 21 November 1868.
- ^ a b "Royal Engineers v. Barnes". Sporting Life: 4. 5 December 1868.
- ^ "Royal Engineers v Barnes". Bell's Life in London: 9. 5 December 1868.
- ^ "Fixtures already Arranged: December". Sportsman: 6. 5 December 1868.
- ^ "Barnes v Crystal Palace". Bell's Life in London: 7. 30 January 1869.
- ^ "Fixtures already Arranged". Sportsman: 4. 23 December 1868.
- ^ "Fixtures already Arranged". Sportsman: 4. 7 January 1869.
- ^ "Fixtures already Arranged: December". Sportsman: 7. 26 December 1868.
- ^ "Barnes Football Club". Sportsman: 8. 20 March 1868.
- ^ "Barnes Football Club Sports". Sportsman: 3. 23 March 1868.