The Badminton Magazine 1898-09: Vol 7 Iss 38 (1898)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 38
d been scored, goals alone counting as points in those days, and so it was not uncommon for a house match to last many days. The penned team always had a chance of winning till the very end; and as Waterloo was won in this way, perhaps there may be something to be said in favour of goals alone… … running towards the enemy’s goal in the infancy of the game by the simplicity of the rules then in vogue, so too we might look for great improvements in the modern game by the adoption of the fewest rules possible. In the three great matches of the year any number might join in the game provided…
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