John Charles Shaw
b. 1830- d. 1918 (Age 88)
The Sheffield Foot Ball Club
The Hallam & Stumperlowe Club
“…This most supreme specimen of athleticism…”
…could…
(…should he have so desired…)
“…pick up fifty large white marbles placed in a line, one hundred yards long &two yards apart, pick up each marble separately, depositing each one in a receptacle placed back at the start in just under, twenty-one minutes…”
Mightily impressive, no?
Are any of us doing it quicker..?
Whilst Captain of the Hallam & Stumperlowe Club, gets to hoist above his head, the Game’s first ever award that ever was awarded, the brutal yet beautiful…
…Cup ? Are you sure ?? Looks more like some kind of Jug, to us!
Youdan Cup
…at blowy old…
Bramall Lane
…in that oh, so pleasant (…if somewhat breezy…) Sheffield Spring of…
