1865–66 Barnes F.C. season

This was the fourth season of Barnes Football Club.

Barnes v Civil Service

4 November 1865	Barnes	W-L	Civil Service	Barnes
Note: [1]

Barnes v C.C.C.

11 November 1865	Barnes	W-L	C.C.C.	Barnes
Note: [1]

Crystal Palace v Barnes

2 December 1865	Crystal Palace	0-0	Barnes	Penge
15:15
Note: Match was "nominally fifteen-a-side", but Barnes had 9 men (absentees included the captain Ebenezer Morley): Crystal Palace had 14. Game lasted one hour. Barnes (9 players): Barnes, Graham, Roberts, Le B. Smith, et al.[1]

Barnes v Civil Service^[2][3]

20 January 1866	Barnes	0-2	Civil Service[4][3]	Barnes
			O. N. Fuller, F. Deacon
Note: The Civil Service team "could muster only eight men, and were obliged to fill up the vacancies with members of other well-known clubs". Barnes (15 players): Barnes, C. Bagot, Courtenay, Drake, R. Graham, Greenhill, Karslake, H. P. Mackrell, Montgomery, W. Nettleship, M. Roberts, Sheppard, Le B. Smith, Tebbs, R. Willis. Civil Service (14 players): C. W. Alcock, A. E. Bateman, G. B. Blount, F. Deacon, R. D. Elphinstone, O. U. Fuller, Q. Hogg, J. Kirkpatrick, Rose, Seppings, A. H. Turner, X. Turner, C. G. Wandby, J. Wearne.[5][3]

Barnes v Crystal Palace

3 February 1866	Barnes	W-L	Crystal Palace	Barnes
Note: "Only a very small number of the representatives of Crystal Palace showed up".[6]

Barnes v Crystal Palace

10 March 1866	Barnes	0 (2) - 0 (1)[7]	Crystal Palace	Barnes
15:45[8]	Barnes, Villiers (touches down)		Unknown (touch down)	Attendance: "Numerous bystanders"
Note: Game ended at 5 o'clock after 1 and a quarter hours' play. Barnes (14 players):[9] E. C. Morley (captain), R. Bamburry, T. K. Barnes, Boyle, R. Carrington, Farquharson, R. Graham, Hudson, D. M. O'Leary, M. Roberts, R. Shepard, S. L. B. Smith, R. Villiers, R. Willis. Crystal Palace (15 players): A. Morton (capt.), E. Abraham, D. Allport, W. Allport, Cockerell, A. Cutbill, E. Cutbill, H. Foster, Grose, E. K. Hammond, A. Lloyd, H. Lloyd, T. Lloyd, Saward, T. Sharland.[6]

Barnes

1865-65 season
Captain	Ebenezer Morley
Secretary	Robert Willis
Rules	Laws of the Game (1863) Laws of the Game (1866) (after 22 February 1866).
Home colours
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Athletic Sports

• Date: 24 March 1866^[10]
• Venue: The Limes, Mortlake. (Field belonging to T. Marsh Nelson, to the back of the White Hart public house).
• Committee: Ebenezer Morley (starter), H. H. Playford (judge), E. Conant, R. G. Graham, R. Wright, G. Villiers
• Secretary: Robert Willis
• Events: 100 yards race, 300 yards race, one mile handicap, 220 yards hurdle race, one mile steeple chase, long jump, high jump with pole.

Notes

1. "Barnes v. Crystal Palace". Sporting Life: 3. 6 December 1865.
2. Allegedly a scratch team, of which nine happened to be civil servants, the actual "Civil Service" team not playing because Barnes refused to play to its rules.
3. Kirkpatrick, Ja[me]s (3 February 1866). "Barnes v. Civil Service". Field: 26.
4. Allegedly a scratch team, of which nine happened to be civil servants, the actual "Civil Service" team not playing because Barnes refused to play to its rules.
5. "Barnes v. Civil Service". Field: 19. 27 January 1866.
6. "Barnes v. Crystal Palace". Field: 23. 17 March 1866.
7. Barnes won by 2 touches down to 1
8. imputed
9. report states that Barnes had 15 players, but only 14 are listed
10. "Barnes Football Club". Bell's Life in London: 7. 31 March 1866.