Eton Wall Game (1921)

Goodness knows what the rules are to the Eton Wall Game, but judging by this Topical Budget newsreel footage it makes for a far better spectator sport than the average golf tournament. Played every St. Andrew's Day, it is said that decades have gone by without a goal ever being scored, possibly because there does not even appear to be a goal. Instead the foolhardy players pounce on top of each other with gusto, forming an unruly scrum against a brick wall.

One player known to have taken part in this particular match is a young Eric Blair, who would later become better known under his nom de plume - George Orwell.

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[smegma7284]

The guy who said you should learn to spell correctly spelled superior wrong. I went to a state school. I learned how to spell better than him for free :-)

[KX76]

32Wallace. I went to a state school and know the difference between your and you're.

[APerson1417]

@moonkeele Whatever degree you might have from whichever university (and I'm willing to bet it's not a good one, considering the spelling and grammar of that response) that doesn't change the fact that you made a horribly tasteless joke about a tragic death. Merely contradicting me by saying: 'you're wrong' doesn't actually prove anything; you're actions reveal you as a complete scumbag. One day, someone close to you will die and I'm willing to bet you won't want other people to joke about it.

[moonkeele]

@APerson1417 Ill-educated? I've a BSc and MSc so that's not true. Poverty and mediocrity?? No I have well paid employmet thank you. Lazy and stupid? Nope, wrong again. Low class? I don't own the means of production, but that's more of condemnation of those who do than of me. Disgusting filth? I don't go around flaunting inherited wealth and privillage, assuming I'm inherently better than everyone else. So sorry mate, you've just shown your own ignorence. Vive La Revolucion !!

[APerson1417]

@moonkeele What exactly do you want to achieve by posting that? You are just validating anyone who went to private school calling you a disgusting, low-class piece of filth. If you find yourself amusing, you are sadly mistaken. Revolting, ill-educated people such as yourself deserve the life of poverty and mediocrity which your state education has undoubtedly given you, and which you have certainly been too lazy and generally stupid to work your way out of.

[IlRezzonico]

@smegma7284 you mean "wrongly" (the adverb), back to state school with you old chap!

[yaknbo]

@movement26 Ahh, yes. The wall at Checquers (sp?).

[movement26]

@yaknbo I know Churchill went to Harrow, but my reference was his wall building hobby. He was a skilled bricklayer.

[yaknbo]

Respond to this video... Very good. They protect us and exclude us. Good ones make good neighbors and good ones protect you from bad neighbors.

[yaknbo]

@movement26 I think Churchill went to Harrow.

[moonkeele]

I'd like to see the inbred upperclass twats playing against a team of polar bears.