EFA Schools

Early Forms of Fives and Rackets at Harrow: A Glimpse into 18th Century School Sports Sir William Jones, the distinguished orientalist and polymath, who was a tutor at Harrow for a while, wrote to hi…

Beverley Grammar School, East Yorkshire The Rev George Pierce Richards was Headmaster of the school from 1820 to 1828.  He was born in 1788, educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge, graduating…

One of Newark's most important benefactors, Thomas Magnus, built the Magnus School between 1529 and 1531.    The original building is now a part of Newark Museum. The Magnus Boys' Grammar School also…

Legacy of Fives at Stonyhurst: From Philosophers to Forgotten Courts   There are four Eton fives courts at Stonyhurst.  The earliest known reference to fives there is in a letter, dated 26-27 Septemb…

Fives at Merchant Taylors’: The Last Season and Lost Court   Little is known about Eton fives at MTs: the only photograph of a fives court is a distant aerial photograph which shows a single court on…

History of Five Courts Fives courts are first mentioned in the minutes of the meeting of the Governing Body held on 12th July 1883. The extract is as follows:  ‘The Rev’d the Head Master attended th…