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1880 FA CUP MEDAL CLAPHAM ROVERS FELIX BARRY
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1880 FA CUP MEDAL CLAPHAM ROVERS FELIX BARRY
Exceptionally rare gold medal awarded to a Clapham Rovers player for winning the 1880 FA Cup Final
Clapham defeated Oxford University 1-0 in the final palyed at the Kennington Oval
Below are the notes from the auction that the current vendpr purchased the medal from in 2013
From the estate of Felix and Aletta Deane (Barry) and thence by direct descent through the family to the present vendors.
An 1880 Clapham Rovers Football Club Football Association Challenge Cup gold winners medal awarded to Felix Barry, engraved CRFC 1880 to reverse side and Football Association Challenge Cup to the other side, 24mm diameter, with suspension ring, in later black leather box.
Catalogue Note:
It was Clapham Rovers second appearance in an FA Cup final losing to the Etonions in 1879, they beat Oxford University 1-0 at the Kensington oval ground in the 1880 final. Felix Barry who at that time was a merchants clerk from Lewisham played in one of the five forward roles in the team.
Felix Barry was born in 1858 and was christened on 29th Sept 1858 at St John the Baptist Church in the parish of Leytonstone, Essex. He was the eldest of six children to Charles Ainslee Barry and Edith Barry. He became an agent stock jobber in the city of London, after the 1880 final and played amateur golf, winning the Brooks cup in 1892 (see following lot 103). In later years he played competition croquet. Felix died in Dec 1933 aged 75
This really is a rare piece of Football Memorabilia
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1880 FA CUP MEDAL CLAPHAM ROVERS FELIX BARRY
Exceptionally rare gold medal awarded to a Clapham Rovers player for winning the 1880 FA Cup Final
Clapham defeated Oxford University 1-0 in the final palyed at the Kennington Oval
Below are the notes from the auction that the current vendpr purchased the medal from in 2013
From the estate of Felix and Aletta Deane (Barry) and thence by direct descent through the family to the present vendors.
An 1880 Clapham Rovers Football Club Football Association Challenge Cup gold winners medal awarded to Felix Barry, engraved CRFC 1880 to reverse side and Football Association Challenge Cup to the other side, 24mm diameter, with suspension ring, in later black leather box.
Catalogue Note:
It was Clapham Rovers second appearance in an FA Cup final losing to the Etonions in 1879, they beat Oxford University 1-0 at the Kensington oval ground in the 1880 final. Felix Barry who at that time was a merchants clerk from Lewisham played in one of the five forward roles in the team.
Felix Barry was born in 1858 and was christened on 29th Sept 1858 at St John the Baptist Church in the parish of Leytonstone, Essex. He was the eldest of six children to Charles Ainslee Barry and Edith Barry. He became an agent stock jobber in the city of London, after the 1880 final and played amateur golf, winning the Brooks cup in 1892 (see following lot 103). In later years he played competition croquet. Felix died in Dec 1933 aged 75
This really is a rare piece of Football Memorabilia
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With regards to framed and glazed items ideally these should be collected, delivery can be arranged depending on distance and where possible a price will be given upon request.
