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Born on 7 February 1865 in Ballynahone Beg townland, outside Milford, County Armagh, William was the son of the linen millionaire Robert Garmany McCrum, JP, DL (1829–1915), and his wife, Anne Eliza Riddall (1840–1869), who was from Limavady, County Londonderry. [1]
Sudocrem invented by Dublin pharmacist Thomas Smith. 1932: Disintegration of an atomic nucleus by artificially accelerated protons (splitting the atom) discovered by Ernest Walton. [53] 1946: Ejection seat – first live test of a reliable, successful modern ejection seat invented by James Martin. [54] 1947: Duty-free shopping invented by ...
The first FA rules still contained elements that are no longer part of association football, but which are still recognisable in other games (such as Australian football and rugby football): for instance, a player could make a fair catch and claim a mark, which entitled him to a free kick; and if a player touched the ball behind the opponents ...
The first recorded football match in Argentina was played in 1867 by British railway workers at the Buenos Aires Cricket Club Ground. [44] The game was a blend of both association and rugby footballs, allowing the use of hands. [45] The first association football team in South America, Buenos Aires Football Club was created in Argentina that ...
Official referees appear for the first time in a football match at a match held in Cheltenham in 1849. 1850s in football; Sheffield F.C., the oldest surviving independent football club in the world, is founded in 1857. In 1858 it created its first set of rules, which would become known as the Sheffield Rules. 1860s in football
The first reference to football in Ireland occurs in the Statute of Galway of 1527, which allowed the playing of football and archery but banned " 'hokie' – the hurling of a little ball with sticks or staves" as well as other sports. (The earliest recorded football match in Ireland was one between Louth and Meath, at Slane, in 1712.)
Several major rivalries date from this time period. [40] Colorado's first football team in 1890. November 1890 was an active time in the sport. In Baldwin City, Kansas, on November 22, 1890, college football was first played in the state of Kansas. Baker beat Kansas 22–9. [41] On the 27th, Vanderbilt played Nashville (Peabody) at Athletic ...
Galway won Connacht's first All-Ireland Football title after a series of objections. 1926: The first radio broadcast of a GAA match took place when Galway play Kilkenny. 1927: The Railway Cup competitions were introduced. 1928: Kildare are the first county to win the Sam Maguire Cup. 1931: The name Cumann Lúthchleas Gael was adopted. 1933 ...