 THIS STONE COMMEMORATES THE EXPLOIT OF WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS WHO WITH A FINE DISREGARD FOR THE RULES OF FOOTBALL, AS PLAYED IN HIS TIME, FIRST TOOK THE BALL IN HIS ARMS AND RAN WITH IT, THUS ORIGINATING THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE RUGBY GAME AD 1823 This...  Recreation - Seite 4001937Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Parke Hill Davis - 1911 - 582 Seiten
...name and exploit of this school-boy genius. It runs as follows: THIS STONE COMMEMORATES THE EXPLOIT OF WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS WHO WITH A FINE DISREGARD FOR THE RULES OF FOOTBALL AS PLAYED IN HIB TIME FIRST TOOK THE BALL IN HIS AKHS AND RAN WITH IT THCS <>uu;iN ATI Mi TIT* /..- n \ . I ; 1... | |
 | 1921 - 444 Seiten
...exploit of William Webb Ellis, who with a fine disregard of the rules of football as played in his 1 time first took the ball in his arms and ran with...originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game." Hughes delighted in the ferocity of these contests. His interest in them was fervid, almost religious.... | |
 | 1915 - 582 Seiten
...The inscription is as follows : THIS STONE COMMEMORATES THE EXPLOIT OF WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS WHO, WITH FINE DISREGARD FOR THE RULES OF FOOTBALL AS PLAYED...THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE RUGBY GAME AD 1823. Although the practice of running with the ball soon " caught on " at Rugby, it was not really legalised... | |
 | Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher - 1916 - 1042 Seiten
...modern Rugby is indicated by a tablet at Rugby School which reads : This stone commemorates the exploit of WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS who with a fine disregard for...the distinctive feature of The Rugby Game AD 1823. if Harvard University is credited with introducing this game to the United States in 1875, after its... | |
 | Findlay Muirhead - 1920 - 938 Seiten
...Brown's School Days.' On the ' Doctor's Wall ' is an interesting tablet commemorating " the exploit of William Webb Ellis, who, with a fine disregard...the distinctive feature of the Rugby Game, AD 1823." The school first attained eminence under the famous headmastership (1828-42) of Dr. Thomas Arnold,... | |
 | Findlay Muirhead - 1920 - 854 Seiten
...Brown's School Days.' On the ' Doctor's Wall f is an interesting tablet commemorating " the exploit of William Webb Ellis, who, with a fine disregard...the distinctive feature of the Rugby Game, AD 1823." The school first attained eminence under the famous headmastership (1828-42) of Dr. Thomas Arnold,... | |
 | Alfred Zantzinger Reed - 1921 - 944 Seiten
...Wall at Rugby there is a tablet with the following inscription : THIS STONE COMMEMORATES THE EXPLOIT OF WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS WHO WITH A FINE DISREGARD FOR...ORIGINATING THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE RUGBY GAME. AD 1848 A. LEARNING TO PLAT At every public school at least two afternoons in the week are given to games,... | |
 | Stanley Thomas Williams - 1923 - 326 Seiten
...the tablet at Rugby, "commemorates the exploit of William Webb Ellis, who with a fine disregard of the rules of football as played in his time first...originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game." Hughes delighted in the ferocity of these contests. His interest in them was fervid, almost religious.... | |
 | Philip Christian William Trevor - 1922 - 266 Seiten
...WHO WITH ft FINE DIS REGARD FOR THE RULES OF FOOTBALL AS PIAYEO IN HIS TIME FIRST TOOK THE BALL « HIS ARMS AND RAN WITH IT THUS ORIGINATING THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE RUGBY CAME. AD I823. Photo by Gfo. A . Dean, Rugby The Webb Ellis Memorial in the Close, Rugby School. RUGBY... | |
 | Findlay Muirhead - 1924 - 896 Seiten
...author of ' Tom Brown's School- Days.' On the ' Doctor's Wall ' is a tablet commemorating '* the exploit of William Webb Ellis, who, with a fine disregard for the Rules of Football ms played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive... | |
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