MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

The court at MereWarminster and West Country Fives by Tony Baden FullerThis article first appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 1998/99The Chairman has recently received an interesting…

Kinnaird Cup 1998

The Berkhamsted VI of 1949 with Master in Charge Bertie Owen (centre, seated) and Derek Whitehead (to his left)Fives at Berkhamsted 1880-1997The following article first appeared in the Eton Fives Ass…

The house known as “The Fives Court” This article was written by Dale Vargas and appeared on the original EFA website There is a private house in Pinner, Middlesex called The Fives Court. I have know…

Graham Turnbull(extract from the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 1994/95)Earlier this year the whole Fives world was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Graham Turnbull. He had been in…

The Old Olavian Alan Barber Cup winning teams of 1971 and 2000Old Olavians Fives ClubA precis of the early history 1928-1971The following article first appeared in the Eton Fives Association Annual R…

Richard Barber Cup Past ChampionsThe Richard Barber Cup is a three pair team competition. Each pair consists of one current and one former pupil from a particular school.

Roald Dahl (1916-1990)This obituary is taken from \"A History of Eton Fives\" by Dale Vargas and Peter Knowles.

Alhaji Ahmadu Bello: The Sarduana of SokotoSir Gawain Westray Bell was Governor of Northern Nigeria from 1957-1962. There he worked closely with Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, the Sarduana of Sokoto, who was a…

A Kangaroo at Queen's - The Queen's Club Story 1886-1986An extract reproduced by kind permission of the author Roy McKelvieKenneth Gandar Dower, whose astonishing versatility ranged through most movi…

The courts at Geelong Grammar SchoolTennis, Rackets and Other Ball GamesAn extract from the book by Mike Garnett published in Australia in 1986\"The Litle handball whether it be of some softer stuffe…

TE Manning (back row, far right) with the 1959 CLS Fives teamMy Years at Cambridge 1929-1933by T E Manning, former Master-in-Charge of Fives at City of London SchoolThe only place so far not chronicl…