John Charles Shaw
b. 1830 - d. 1918
(Age 88)
Clubs…
The Sheffield Foot Ball Club
The Hallam & Stumperlowe Club
…could…
(…should he have so desired…)
“…This most supreme specimen of athleticism…”
“…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…”
Highly admirable, no?
Let’s face it, we’ll not be doing it any faster, any time soon…
Whilst skippering the Hallam & Stumperlowe Club, Shaw hoists above his head, the Game’s first ever award, ever awarded, the brutal but way beyond beautiful…
Youdan Cup
…CUP ? Are you absolutely sure about that ??
Looks more like some kind of Jug, to us!
…at blowy old…
Bramall Lane
…in that extremely pleasant (…if somewhat breezy…) Sheffield Spring of…
‘67
