The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs (1905) (14777719944)

Identifier: sportsofworldwit00afla (find matches)
Title: The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918
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Publisher: London Paris New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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ce on a defi-nite plan by spreading acrossthe field when the scrumbroke up. C. Reid was agreat figure, who proved far more than any otherplayer that a good big un is alwavs better than agood little un. His style was his own, and inthis regard his main influence on the game wasto create a preference for big, strong forwardswho united skill in their strength. Since the davs of the pioneers of the Associationgame, the now defunct, but always memorable.Wanderers, there have been necessarily manypersonalities to whose indefatigable efforts Soc-cer owes itc present popularity. Many membersof the Wanderers figured, after their playing days,as legislators, and they always commanded ad-miration and respect for the manner in which theycarried out their duties. The Wanderers were the first winners in 1871-2of the Football Association Challenge Cup—popu-larly known as the English Cup—which they wonagain the next season. Then, after a break oftwo years, they were successful in three successive
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A FALL. 32 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. seasons, and the English Cup became their ownproperty. How they returned the Cup to theAssociation to be competed for as a perpetualtrophy is a matter of common knowledge. Ofthe players who organised the Wanderers there I Mm L ^uHLjF* tfttiYi *)m wL THE FOUNDER OF THE CORINTHIANS: MR. N. L. JACKSON. (P/iofo: Elliott &. Fry, Baker Street. W ) were no greater personalities than C. W. Alcock,known for many years as the Secretary of theFootball Association, and still Secretary of theSurrey County Cricket Club, and Major Marindin,the popular soldier, who was regarded as part andparcel of final English Cup ties for many seasonsin the important position of referee. In the Seventies there was little or none ofthat combination which is so essential to-day.The pioneers of the Association game believedmore in the clever dribbling of the ball and speedyruns than in combination, the value of which wasnot appreciated because it was not sufficientlycultivated.