 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 - Pàgina 4001937Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1905 - 1052 pàgines
...of the Close — the playground of the School. It reads thus : This stone Commemorates the exploit of WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS who with a fine disregard for...originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game. AI). 1823. If the School buildings are not hoary with antiquity, Rugby can certainly boast of many... | |
 | John Howard Whitehouse, Richard Warwick Bond, John Bryan Booth - 1904 - 364 pàgines
...sees on the Doctor's wall at Rugby the tablet which commemorates the day when " William Webb Ellis, with a fine disregard for the rules of football as...originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game." Here one sees that individual initiative at work, which is one of the most marked features of our race.... | |
 | 1921 - 646 pàgines
...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.... | |
 | 1928 - 764 pàgines
...CLENNELL WILKINSON SPORT RUGGER. By WW WAKBFIELD & HP MARSHALL. Longmans. 151. SINCE William Webb Ellis, " with a fine disregard for the rules of football as...time," first took the ball in his arms and ran with it one afternoonjfbn the Close at Rugby, the game which he thus originated has become the most popular... | |
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