Word: goal
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...strictly adhere to the Association rules. The school at which a game is played most like the Association is Eton. Here a very small, light ball is used; this makes the play very lively and requires accurate kicking from the backs. It is hard to get a goal at Eton, because the goal posts are near together, and the cross bar is so low that it is difficult to kick the ball under it. When, however, what we should call a touch-down is made, the ball is brought out in front of the goal posts and there...
...Shea. Goal. E. Bowden...
...though it took them a good while to score. The ball travelled from one end of the field to the other several times before any scoring was done. The Olympics generally forced it down by means of one or two players, who, when they got down near their opponents' goal were quite unable to make a good try for goal. The Rovers when they returned the ball seemed to use nearly all their men. After about 15 minutes play the Rovers scored a goal very prettily. A second goal was scored by Mercer in a few more minutes, after which...
...second half the Rovers had it all their own way and scored two more goals. Kennedy and Bell each kicked a goal and toward the end of the game the Olympics seemed to lose some of their snap. The game ended about 4 o'clock with the score...
...Shea. Goal. E. Bowden...