SPORT ANCIENT AND MODERN 



tries in seven matches. The season of 1879 

 was fairly successful, though most of the team 

 were new choices. It included F. Gurdon, 

 a younger brother of E. T. and C. Gurdon, 

 who, though he never attained to the same 

 prominence as his brothers, was always an 

 honest and reliable forward. Another useful 

 player of the same year was F. W. Welldon, 

 a brother of the Bishop of Calcutta, and now 

 a master at Uppingham. 



During the ' eighties ' the school match list 

 generally included several visits from Cam- 

 bridge college teams, in which the boys 

 usually proved the victors. Among notable 

 players who reflected great credit on their 

 Hertfordshire training at this period were the 

 brothers Le Fanu. One of them, V. C., 

 figured conspicuously for three years in the 

 Cambridge fifteen and also for a time assisted 

 county football in Kent. He also appeared 

 in many international matches for Ireland, 

 and was one of the best forwards who have 

 ever worn the green jersey of the Emerald 

 Isle. Another, A. Trethewy, captained the 

 school for two seasons, and was subsequently 

 a prominent pushing forward in the Cam- 

 bridge pack. O. G. Mackie captained the 

 Cambridge fifteen in 1896 and in addition 

 to playing for England was included in the 

 second Rugby team which visited South 

 Africa. In 1891 matches against other 

 schools became a regular part of the football 

 programme, and have naturally proved a most 

 interesting feature of each season. Among 

 the schools played may be mentioned Ton- 

 bridge, Dulwich, Sherborne, St. Paul's, Bed- 

 ford, Cheltenham and Leys. The following 

 list of Haileybury University blues and Inter- 

 national caps will concisely show the promi- 

 nent part the Hertfordshire School has played 

 in the annals of the game. 



OXFORD. Atkinson, C. C., 1876 ; Bour- 

 dillon, H., 1873, 1874, 1875 ; Cadell, P. R., 

 1890 ; Champneys, F. W., 1874, 1875, 

 1876 ; Cox, F. L., 1879; Gaisford, R. B., 

 1876 ; Gibson, A. G., 1894, 1895 ; Koe, 

 A. P., 1886 ; Kitson, G. A., 1895 ; Legge, 

 D., 1897 ; Merivale, G. M., 1874; Russell, 

 H., 1873, 1874, 1875 ; Reid, C. J., 1896 ; 

 Surtees, E. A., 1885. 



CAMBRIDGE. Batten, J. M., (captain) 1873 

 and 1874; Darch, W. J., 1875; Gurdon, 

 C., 1877 ; Gurdon, E. T., 1874, (captain) 

 1875 and 1876 ; Hopper, L. B., 1897 ; 

 James, S. R., 1876, (captain) 1877, 1878; 

 Le Fanu, V. C., 1884, 1885, 1886 ; Lucas, 

 P. M., 1882 ; Mackie, O. G., 1895, 1896, 

 (captain) 1897 ; Nelson, W. E., 1892 ; 

 Pater, S., 1880, 1881 ; Steward, R. 1875, 

 1876; Trethewy, A., 1888. 



INTERNATIONALS. Batten, J. M., (S 1 ) 

 1874; Birkett, L. C. (S) 1875, 1877, (/) 

 1877; Cheston, E. C. (S) 1873, 1874, 

 1875, 1876, (/) 1875; Gurdon, E. T. (S) 

 1878, 1880, 1881, 1882, (captain) 1883, 

 1884, 1886, (/) z879, 1881, (captain) 1883, 

 1884, 1885, (W) 1881, (captain) 1883, 

 1884, 1885 ; Gurdon, C. (S) 1880, 1881, 

 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, (/) 1880, 1881, 

 1882, 1885, 1886, (W} 1881, 1884, 1886; 

 Mackie, O. G. (S) 1897, (/) 1898. 



V. C. Le Fanu played for many years for 

 Ireland. 



Outside Haileybury the Rugby clubs in 

 Hertfordshire have always been limited in 

 number, and none has ever obtained promi- 

 nence in the Rugby world. The oldest in 

 point of date is the Hertford town club 

 which, though it played at Hertford in 1872, 

 had migrated to that town after a previous 

 existence of some years' duration at Ware. 

 H. Athman was the secretary, and for several 

 seasons matches were played under both codes 

 of rules. Eventually the Association section 

 became the more popular owing to the greater 

 facilities for finding opponents, and the Rugby 

 game was dropped. The Cheshunt club 

 dated from 1869, and for several years, under 

 W. H. Hunt and later under E. Trimmer, 

 met with a fair amount of success. The 

 match ground was situated at Waltham 

 adjoining Trinity Church. 



Totteridge Park School followed the carry- 

 ing game enthusiastically in the seventies and 

 eighties and served as a useful nursery for 

 supplying capable players to neighbouring 

 teams. The school however has now adopted 

 Association rules. The Pinner club, whose 

 name would rather imply a Middlesex con- 

 nexion, had its ground at Watford and showed 

 promising form for some seasons. Against such 

 London clubs as Kensington, Rosslyn Park 

 and Upper Clapton the team rendered a good 

 account. Unfortunately the club was dis- 

 banded several years ago. A similar fate 

 befell the Hertfordshire Wanderers, who must 

 not be confounded with the Association club 

 the Hertfordshire Rangers. Both teams 

 played at Watford, the Wanderers having 

 migrated there in 1887 from St. Albans. 



In 1893 great efforts were made to form a 

 West Hertfordshire club, and for a few seasons 

 success appeared probable. Like the old Hert- 

 fordshire Wanderers the promoters selected 

 Watford as the scene of action. Among 

 others who played for the club were C. 

 D. Fastnedge, W. Denman, A. E. Ashley, 

 F. F. Burrows, T. J. Peacock and C. H. 



1 Letters S, I, W denote respectively played 

 against Scotland, Ireland, Wales. 



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