The Old Carthusian Football Club came together in full force today for their annual fixtures against the school, Charterhouse. This annual fixture has been played since February 24th 1864. This time five XIs were fielded against the school's senior XIs and OCs from last year (so 18 year olds) and also "way back" (40+) gave the school teams a work out. The scores didn't matter much, the school coaches were looking for performance, effort, courage and stamina. The sun shone and whilst the OCs begin their league matches next week, the School has an ISFA Cup first round tie against King's School, Chester midweek. The 1st XI match ended 0-5, so there is work to be done.
The match in 1881 was played just before the FA Cup Final on April 9th. seven of that successful team played against the school on March 16th
In 1899, the match between the two was recorded as the school's 500th match. It was recorded actually as an International XI, so several of the OC players were Internationals.
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