The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ame for compulsoryfootball, another for the half-holidaygames. The compulsory, which wasabolished some few years ago, was called dowl-ing, and was generally regarded much as KingJames regarded street football. Even, boy, nota monitor or in the sixth, was compelled toplay unless he had a doctors certificate ; butthe unhappy captain of dowling, expertocrede, used to be bombarded with letters fromparents, principally the parents of day boys, whos]H>ke of their boys delicate chest, or sensi-tive spirit, or weak ankle, m
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ame for compulsoryfootball, another for the half-holidaygames. The compulsory, which wasabolished some few years ago, was called dowl-ing, and was generally regarded much as KingJames regarded street football. Even, boy, nota monitor or in the sixth, was compelled toplay unless he had a doctors certificate ; butthe unhappy captain of dowling, expertocrede, used to be bombarded with letters fromparents, principally the parents of day boys, whos]H>ke of their boys delicate chest, or sensi-tive spirit, or weak ankle, making him unfitfor so rough a game. The rules of dowling were the same as those of Rugby in regard to off-side and scrimmages, but only the feet are is astonishing how many men from schoolswith special rules afterwards become good atAssociation, and are often remarkable for beingable to do things which the boy brought up toAssociation cannot. Winchester bovs, for ex-ample, have a quite peculiar capacity for keepingthe ball low ; it is necessary in their game, and. WINCHESTER: HOUSES V. COMMONS— DOWN.(Photos: Mr. E. J. E. Hawkins.) That manful plying of the elbow still prevails,but happily onlv among professionals. Whiletalking of Charterhouse, we may take the oppor-tunity of getting rid of an old slur on Charterhousereputation. Charterhouse has produced the oneold schoolboy team which has reached the finalof the football challenge cup in its present the occasion when they met a professional teamin the final, thanks chiefly to the wonderful playof the two Walters brothers, they were leading bya goal within a few minutes of time. At this pointone of the Walters, who was stopping a rush, wasappealed against for foul play, and the appeal wasgranted. A goal resulted, and in the extra quarterof an hour Charterhouse lost the game. TheWalters had a reputation for rough play, andeveryone who discusses the game, which is perhapsthe most discussed game in football histor
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