Contents: Articles | Bibliography | Magazine, Press & Television | Poems and Songs | Handball Games | Handball Championships

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Articles

• Historical Miscellanea
  A miscellanea of early historical "Fives" quotations, facts and figures
• Churchyard Fives
  An early record of the game called ball, hand-tennis or fives
• Ramblings in Retirement
  An insight into churchyard and licenced premises courts in the West Country by David Guilford
• Warminster & West Country Fives
  Article by Tony Baden Fuller
• Bat Fives
  Article by Howard Wiseman
• 'Death of John Cavanagh'
  William Hazlitt English Essayist 1773-1780
• Fives at High Elms
  The Lubbock family court.
• A Court at Pinner
  The Heal family court.
• Torry Hill Estate Court
  75th Anniversary Celebrations
• Fives in Jersey
  Research by James Woodcock & Christopher Journeaux (Jersey Heritage Trust)
• Fives in Wales and Ireland
  Research by Dr Peter Knowles
• Eton & Rugby Fives (1935)
  An extract from the book by David Egerton and John Armitage
• Ushaw College and the French Connection
  Article by Tom O'Connor
• A Victorian Leisure Centre
  Three sided court at Jersey Marine, Wales
• Henry Salt
  Eton School Master
• The Origins of Squash Rackets
  by Dale Vargas
• 'Tennis Rackets and Other Ball Games'
  Extract from the book published in Australia by Mike Garnett
• The Craft of the Ball Maker
  John Armitage 1933
• Fives 'For the Fun of the Game'
  Tribute to Richard Field - Master at Shrewsbury
• The Genius of Kenneth Gandar-Dower

Bibliography

• A Fives Bibliography
  A Listing of Books about the Game of Eton Fives

  Magazine, Press & Television

• Press Cuttings
  A miscellanea of press cuttings "Fives" quotations, facts and figures
• The Fascination of Eton Fives
  Sports Gossip - The Times, April 8th 1931
• Five Centuries of Fives
  Country Life - March 25, 1976. A brief history of Eton, Rugby and Winchester fives.
• The Eccentric Game of Eton Fives
  The Times 17th April 1994. David Hunn watches the eccentric sport of fives
• How to Play and Coach Eton Fives Conference and Common Room - 1995
• "Mexico dig reveals whole old ball game"
  The Times 11th June 1996 Article by Norman Hammond, Archaeology Correspondent
• Going up the Wall?
  Recreation 1997 by Roger Beament - origins to the present day. Will Eton Fives find a place in the Inner City?
• Ball Games
  Fives extracts form 'Sport & the Artist' by Mary Ann Wingfield
• Let the Games Commence
  Gentleman's Quarterly Active Magazine - Winter 1999
• 'They Think It's All Over'
  BBC Sports Quiz Show October 2002 by Robin Mason
• Eccentric Sport Moves into the Inner City
  Reuters February 2003 by David Milliken
• BBC London News March 24th 2004 - Selsdon High meets the Toffs. Selsdon High School playing in the School Championships at Highgate. Although losing at the Pool stage they managed to defeat Uppingham.
• A Court of Fair Play
  Country Magazine (CGA) September 2004 by Katherine Tressider
• BBC News24 – Sportsday 13th May 2005 Fives at Westway
  Fives at the North Kensington Trust (Westway) was featured this evening on BBC News24. A three minute coverage was given to the sport during the evening summary of the days sport sharing the headlines with the Glazer take-over of Manchester United!
• Filming with Transworld Sport January 2006 - Report by David Mew Head Coach at Westway
  Recently the Westway coaching staff were very lucky to work with a crew from Transworld Sport and our own king of the Fives court James Toop. David had invited a group of the most promising and photogenic u12's to take part in a coaching session with him and James. The session was recorded by the team as well as a practice match in which specifics such as serving, cutting etc were highlighted. The day went very well with both children and TV crew enjoying the event.
  The crew then attended the County Championships a Eton to take some more shots of match play as well as shots of the original court.
• High Fives Comeback by Andy Pringle
  Mercedes Catalogue Spring 2006
• City AM Newspaper Article May 2006
  featuring Angus Campbell
• The Times Wednesday February 28th 2007
  Peter Cohen Handball Olympic Dream
• The Guardian Thursday June 1st 2007
  Tim Dowling tries Eton Fives
• CityAM 25th February 2008 Fives in Provence
  CityAM Fives in Provence and URL Link
• Fives in Time Out February 2008
  Oddballs Time Out
• Channel Five Features Eton Fives 4th September 2008
  Rory & Paddy's 'Great British Adventure' provided an excellent ten minute insight into the game of Eton Fives. As well as a visit to the local sports shop to tog up, the introduction featured boys playing on the original Eton College Chapel 'court' whilst the history and rudiments of the game were explained to Rory and Paddy by Mark Williams, master-in-charge of Eton Fives. A short game was played betwqeen the two newcomers each partnered by a Fives Cap.
• Giles Coren Opinion The Times Saturday 27th September 2008

He is contrasting the position of David Cameron and his Etonian cohorts with the failure of the OE Fives Club ` in the first division and their descent for the first time he says in 120 years to the second! On the other hand, he is vaunting the Old Westminsters for whom he says he played every match last season. noting that Ruth Kelly was at Westminster with him and other ministers ! Its a fun article but it does give Eton Fives one hell of an airing!
• Radio TalkSport Wednesday 15th October 2008

Last week Howard Wiseman did a splendid job explaining the finer points of Eton Fives in a five minute interview on Radio TalkSport.
• Daily Telegraph Sunday 30th January

Reference to Eton Fives on page 8 in Mandrake Tim Walker column - item headed "A game with class"
"Gordon Brown may have mocked David Cameron's political strategy as being 'dreamt up on the playing fields of Eton,' but his administration does acknowledge that the school's sports facilities are good for something.
Don Foster, the Lib Dem MP, asked Ben Bradshaw, the Cultural Secretary, which types of activity were included in his department's target of getting two million people more active ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.
Gerry Sutcliffe, the Sports Minister responding for Bradshaw, reeled off a list of activities including polo, six different types of yachting, lacrosse, croquet and....Eton Fives."
• Fame at Last

"Eton Fives got a mention on "Eggheads" 2nd February 2010. Judith was asked "how many players made up an Eton Fives team" and she correctly guessed at two!"
• Kensington & Chelsea Chronicle 11th February 2010

"Now you can play Fives without going to Eton."

Poems and Songs

• Hawtrey's New Eton Courts in 1847

Some verses and epigrams in five languages at the opening of the new Fives Courts at Eton in 1847
..... One ..... Two ..... Three ..... Four ..... Five
English Translation of the Greek by former Eton classics masters D J S Guilford and J Faulkner
• Poems
  Fives and Handball
• W H Auden
  Fives and Auden
• John Freeth
  The Game of Fives
• The Fives Song
  Written in 1909, this song is from the University College School Song book. Here are the lyrics, but you'll have to imagine the tune.
• A Song of Fives
  Music by J Barnby, Words by A C Ainger
• Song of Pelota
  A Basque poem to celebrate the World Pelota Games in San Fransisco 2007

Handball Games

• Squash Court Fives.
  A squash court game to keep Eton Fives players active whilst at University.
• Squash Court Fives.
  A squash court game to keep Eton Fives players active whilst at University.
• The Arte of Handball” by Sean Dwyer (1815)
  Extract - The Scam
• Handball - 'A Whole New Ball Game'
  A report from Tom O'Connor Handball Coach, Trinity College, Dublin (1994)
• One Wall Fives in London
  A report by James Toop
• News from Ireland
  Handball and One Wall Fives 2006 - A report by Tom O'Connor
• An American Handballer's View of Fives
  A quite fascinating perspective on Fives and handball, although some of the author's terminology and understanding of
  the rules of Eton Fives is a little erroneous.
• America Got the Ball
  An article supplied by Tom O'Connor
• Glove Care for Prolonged Life
  An article by Al Canali - Handball 1992
• Handball: 3,000 Years Old
  An article by F P Aguirre

Handball Championships

• 1994 World Handball Championships
  An Eton Fives perspective by Tony Hughes
• 1995 European One Wall Handball Championships
  An Eton Fives perspective by Tony Hughes
• 2003 World Handball Championships
  Fives perspective by Dave Hebden
• 2006 World Handball Championships
  by Pete Cohen
• 2007 City Fives Association Open
  by James Toop
• 2007 Italian Handball Open Championships
  by Peter Cohen
• 2007 Basque Handball Open Championships
  by Peter Cohen
• 2008 Irish Handball Championships
  by Peter Cohen
• 2009 World Handball Championships
  by Andy Pringle




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Restructured 21st January 2008: Mike Fenn
Updated 2nd May 2010: Mike Fenn
mike.fenn@etonfives.co.uk

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