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- Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:09 pm
- Forum: Talk Football General
- Topic: FA Cup 1871/1872
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Re: FA Cup 1871/1872
Thank you, Stewart. F.A.Tromans, who wrote about the Cricket Club, was a teacher of mine at Hitchin Boys G.S. It was said he was appointed because of his cricketing skills rather than his other undoubted attributes. Your efforts, Stewart, have advanced our knowledge of the early years more quickly ...
- Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:49 pm
- Forum: Talk Football General
- Topic: FA Cup 1871/1872
- Replies: 59
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Re: FA Cup 1871/1872
I have completed the pen pictures of those who played for Hitchin against Crystal Palace (page 1 of this thread), but I'm struggling with some of the scratch team that was thrashed by the Engineers. Perhaps others can check my researches and notify any errors, and perhaps do better than I can with ...
- Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:41 pm
- Forum: Talk Football General
- Topic: FA Cup 1871/1872
- Replies: 59
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Re: FA Cup 1871/1872
With four matches kicking off that day, ours was at 3pm, as the Sportsman newspaper suggests. Regarding the others, Ian Chester has unearthed that the match at Clapham Rovers kicked off at 3:30pm, but is yet to find the KO time for the others. So that's one down, two to go. He's also (so far) of th...