This was the third season of Barnes Football Club. Significant developments included the club's first known "athletic sports" event, a day on which club members and members of the public were invited to take part in athletic competitions.
Athletic Sports Date: 25 March 1865 Venue: The Limes, Mortlake. (Field lent by Marsh Nelson adjacent to the White Hart public house) Stewards: Ebenezer Morley, M. Dewsnap, Robert Graham, C. H. Tubbs Secretary: Robert Willis Events: 100 yards race, half mile race, one mile race, 150 yard hurdle race, long jump, high jump, putting the shell, kicking the football.
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