The Field Game

The complete history of the Field Game. Beautifully illustrated with rare archive images. For the first time Eton School's Field Game is the subject of a lavishly illustrated history. The full story of this unique game of football is told from its beginnings to the present, along the way explaining the development of the rules, the terminology and the characters who played the still popular sport. This beautiful and rare book covers every fascinating twist and turn in the living history of Eton's own game

Includes team lists of every Field XI and House Cup winning XI back to 1847 & 1864 respectively.

Unhindered access to all the archives held at the School and heroic research by the author has resulted in fascinating and long unseen material has been discovered. The Chronicle and Keepers of the Field's Books have provided some absolute gems of information and photography. For the first time this book gathers together all this material to provide a truly unique record of the game, including:
A complete list of all 1st XI players, 1847-2013 and of Scratches
The Rules and how they have changed over the years
Plus original photographs of:
All Field teams 1860-2013
House Cup winning sides
2nd Field 1967-2013
Selection of 3rd Field 1983-2013, 4th Field 1990-2013 and D Field 1988-2013
Plus hand drawn plates from the author showing the illustrated history of the Colours. -- .