Canada
U.S.A
vs
November the 28th…
…1885
Footballing fever took hold over Canada surprisingly early & by 1885 they were taking it upon themselves to take it to the rest of the continent, their Southern neighbours cheerfully accepting the challenge from the North to assemble a team good enough to take them on…
“…a Football team representing the United States played a team representing Canada at Clark Field, Kearny…”
The Canadians had warmed up for the groundbreaking encounter with a game against the States top outfit…
Clark O.N.T*
Result, Players & Attendance here…
(*The O.N.T, of course, standing for Our New Thread ! )
…The Club, formed in the November of 1883 & the first holders of…
The American Cup
(…& to think, some say all America’s Football Culture belongs South of the equator…)
…were the works side of the enormously chimneyed (…said to be the tallest in the whole of the U.S at the time…) Clark Thread Mill situated in East Newark spinning thread specifically designed for those new-fangled sewing-machine thingumybobs!
I’d rather be playing Football…
1895 & the Dawn of the Honeyballers… coming soon…
