Sporting and Athletic Records
148 FOOTBALL N.B. —E. B. B RUTTON for 'Cambridge v. Manchesterdropped a goal from half-way on the Old Trafford ground, 19 December 1883; B.S. C AVE performed the same feat for Sussex v. Kent at Brighton in December 1890. For Croydon v. CambridgeUniversity in February 1894, A. M ORRISON punted the ball from his own goal line to the opponents' 25, where it pitched, bounded high over the head of the 'Varsity back, and went into touch within a yard of the goal line, having traversed nearly the whole length and nearly the whole breadth of the ground.
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