John Charles Shaw
1830-1918 (Age 88)
The Sheffield Foot Ball Club
The Hallam & Stumperlowe Club
“…This most supreme specimen of athleticism…”
…could, (…should he have so wished…)
“…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?
Could any of us do 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…
Youdan Cup
…Cup ? Are you sure ?? Looks more like some kind of Jug, to us!
…at blowy old Bramall Lane…
…in that oh, so pleasant (…if somewhat breezy…) Sheffield Spring of 1867…
