Cambridge defeats Oxford in game of “Foot-the-Ball“ (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Players wear Victorian dress, beards, and top hats, as they play “Foot-the-Ball,“ a quirky version of soccer involving three balls on the field at once, and the Cambridge victors drink Oxford-supplied beer at the end Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Popular Game of “Foot-the-Ball“ ENGLAND: Oxfordshire: Oxford: EXT FOOT THE BALL 1947 game of Foot-the-Ball. Players in Victorian dress, top-hats, wigs and other ancient dress. Cambridge wins 2-0 and Oxford pay for drinks which men are consuming at the end Sport; Competitions old-fashioned, retro, playacting, postwar, postwar, peacetime, university, students, costume Background: Players wear Victorian dress, beards, and top hats, as they play “Foot-the-Ball,“ a quirky version of soccer involving three balls on the field at once, and the Cambridge victors drink Oxford-suppli