Leading Football And Rugby Players

A chart depicting leading football and rugby players, published in the 'Boy's Own Paper' in 1888. 1 Percy Melmoth Waters, 2 George Drummond, 3 Samuel Thompson, 4 John H Dewhurst, 5 Rawson Robertshaw, 6 George Jeffery, 7 Nevill Cobbold, 8 Thomas W Blenkiron, 9 Henry Springmann, 10 Edgar Wilkinson, 11 Andrew Stoddart, 12 Percy Melmoth Walters, 13 L Owen, 14 Fred Dewhurst, 15 John Forbes, 16 George Haworth, 17 Patrick Don-Wauchope, 18 John Goodall, 19 William Frederick Holms, 20 Henry Tristram. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18 are players of the Football Association. 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 17, 19, 20 are Rugby Union players. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)