1868–69 Barnes F.C. season

This was the seventh season of Barnes Football Club.

Barnes v Crystal Palace

31 October 1868	Barnes	1-0	Crystal Palace	Barnes
	Adams/Routh[3]
Note: Game ended at 16:45. Barnes (12 players): R. W. Willis (capt.), Adams, W. C. Butler, C. Butler Collins, S. Lee, P. Rhodes, D. M. Roberts, C. Routh, B. Smith, P. Weston, C. H. Warren, E. Weston. Crystal Palace (12 players): D. Allport (capt.), H. Butterfield, A. C. Chamberlain, A. Cutbill, R. Cutbill, H. Daukes, C. Farquhar, D. Huggins, A. L. Lloyd, A. Morten, G. Parr, E. M. Stone.[4]

Barnes v Civil Service

21 November 1868	Barnes	0-1	Civil Service	Barnes
Note: Barnes (9 players, becoming 11 by the end of the match): Rhodes, Weston, Willis, et al. Civil Service: Lee, Lindsay, Thesiger, et al.[5]

Barnes v Royal Engineers

28 November 1868	Barnes	0-0	Royal Engineers	Barnes
				Attendance: "Large assemblage of spectators, several ladies among their number"[6]
Note: Game lasted 90 minutes.[6] Barnes (12 players): R. W. Willis (capt.), Adams, H. Collins, W. R. Collins, R. G. Graham, F. W. Gulstone, P. Rhodes, D. M. Roberts, C. Routh, Lord F. Stephenson, C. H. Warren, P. Weston. Royal Engineers (13 players): Denison (capt.), Chambers, Danbury, Day, Dorward, Fellows, Fuller, Harrison, Johnston, Lambert, Macgregor, Morris, Preston.[7]

N.N. v Barnes

12 December 1868	N.N.	v	Barnes	Kilburn
Note: Match scheduled, but no report was found.[8]

Crystal Palace v Barnes

23 January 1869	Crystal Palace	0-0	Barnes	Crystal Palace
15:30	Adams/Routh[9]
Note: Barnes (12 players): R. G. Graham (capt.), Collins, H. Hackblock, Holt, W. Nettleship, P. Rhodes, C. Routh, Stone, C. Warren, E. Weston, P. Weston. Crystal Palace (12 players): D. Allport (capt.), F. Abel, A. C. Chamberlin, R. Cutbill, S. W. Daukes, W. G. F. Ellis, C. Farquhar, A. Lloyd, A. Morten, G. Parr, C. Eastlake Smith.[10]

Barnes v Civil Service

13 February 1869	Barnes	v	Civil Service	Barnes
Note: Match scheduled, but no report was found.[11]

Royal Engineers v Barnes

20 February 1869	Royal Engineers	v	Barnes	Chatham
Note: Match scheduled, but no report was found.[12]

Barnes v N.N.

6 March 1869	Barnes	v	N.N.	Barnes
Note: Match scheduled, but no report was found.[13]

Barnes

1868-69 season
Captain	Robert Willis
Secretary	Robert Graham / Lewis Karslake[1]
Stadium	Field near White Hart Inn, Mortlake[1]
Rules	Laws of the Game (1867) Laws of the Game (1869) (after 26 February 1869)
Season opened	10 October 1868[2]
Home colours

Athletic Sports

• Date: 20 March 1869[14]
• Venue: Field belonging to J. Johnstone, White Hart, Mortlake.
• Committee: A. D. Houseman (starter), F. W. Bryant, R. W. Willis (judges), J. Westell, H. F. Wilkinson, F. W. Bryant, J. G. Webster[15]
• Events: 100 yards race, 400 yards race handicap, one and a half mile walking handicap, 150 yards hurdles, one mile handicap steeplechase, high jump, high jump with pole, vaulting.

Notes

1. Alcock, Charles W., ed. (1868). John Lillywhite's Football Annual. London: John Lillywhite.
2. "Barnes Football Club". Sportsman: 3. 1868-10-03.. The opening was postponed from the 3rd "in consequence of an eight-oared race amongst the members of the London Rowing Club" on that date.
3. The two players obtained the goal "jointly", according to the newspaper report
4. "Barnes v Crystal Palace". Sportsman: 3. 1868-11-03.
5. "Civil Service v Barnes". Sportsman: 4. 1868-11-21.
6. "Royal Engineers v. Barnes". Sporting Life: 4. 1868-12-05.
7. "Royal Engineers v Barnes". Bell's Life in London: 9. 1868-12-05.
8. "Fixtures already Arranged: December". Sportsman: 6. 1868-12-05.
9. The two players obtained the goal "jointly", according to the newspaper report
10. "Barnes v Crystal Palace". Bell's Life in London: 7. 1869-01-30.
11. "Fixtures already Arranged". Sportsman: 4. 1868-12-23.
12. "Fixtures already Arranged". Sportsman: 4. 1869-01-07.
13. "Fixtures already Arranged: December". Sportsman: 7. 1868-12-26.
14. "Barnes Football Club". Sportsman: 8. 1868-03-20.
15. "Barnes Football Club Sports". Sportsman: 3. 1868-03-23.