1866–67 Barnes F.C. season

This was the fifth season of Barnes Football Club.

10 November 1866 Barnes 3 (2) - 0 (0)[2] Rev. G. Frost's Pupils Barnes
Note: [3]
21 November 1866 Barnes 2 (4) - 0 (1) Rev. G. Frost's Pupils Barnes
Goals: C. Boyle, Unknown;
Touches Down: Unknown
Note:
Barnes (11 players): C. Boyle, R. Courtenay, A. Dunnage, J. Graham, F. Gulston, E. B. Pocklington, R. Shephard, S. Le B. Smith, A. Ward, Warren, R. W. Willis
Pupils: Archibald, Martin, Robinson, et al.[4]
8 December 1866 Barnes 0 (0) - 0 (3) Civil Service Barnes
Note: [5]
23 February 1867 Barnes 0 (2) - 0 (2) Rev. T. J. Batey's Pupils Barnes
Note:
Barnes (11 players): E. C. Morley (captain), T. R. Barnes, H. Collins, W. R. Collins, A. Dunnage, R. G. Graham, F. Gulston, M. Roberts, G. W. Ward, Warren, R. W. Willis;
Pupils (11 players): Stephenson (captain), Allcard, Lord Beresford, Hon. C. Beresford, C. Boyle, H. Boyle, Clabburn, Coryton, D. Hay, Lindsay, Nipper.[6]

Barnes
1866-67 season
CaptainEbenezer Morley
SecretaryRobert Willis
StadiumField lent by T. Marsh Nelson, "The Limes", Mortlake[1]
RulesLaws of the Game (1866)
Laws of the Game (1867) (after 26 February 1867)
Season opened6 October 1866[1]

Athletic Sports
  • Date: 30 March 1867[7][8]
  • Venue: Field belonging to J. Johnstone, Barnes.[9]
  • Committee: Ebenezer Morley (starter), R. W. Willis, A. D. Houseman (judges).
  • Events: 100 yards flat race, 1000 yards handicap flat race, one mile flat race, "football race",[10] 220 yards hurdle race, one mile steeplechase, high jump, high jump with pole

Notes
  1. "Barnes Football Club". Sporting Life: 3. 6 October 1886.
  2. Numbers in parentheses refer to "touches down" which were used as a tie-breaker.
  3. "Football in 1866". Sportsman: 4. 3 January 1867.
  4. "Barnes Club v. Rev. G. Frost's Pupils". Sportsman: 4. 24 November 1866.
  5. "Barnes v Civil Service". Bell's Life in London: 2. 15 December 1866.
  6. "Barnes Club v. Rev. T. J. Batey's Pupils". Sportsman: 4. 26 February 1867.
  7. "Barnes Football Club Sports". Sportsman: 23. 2 April 1867.
  8. "Barnes Football Club Athletic Sports". Sportsman: 1. 7 March 1867.
  9. The field owned by J. March Nelson, used the previous year, was not used, because "the terms on which he proposed to lend it could not be accepted by the Committee"
  10. this seems to have been a foot race while dribbling a football within a determined area
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