Barnes Rugby Football Club, a rugby union club from Barnes, is one of the oldest in the country. Formed by EC Morley in 1862 as the Barnes Club its earliest recorded match was in November 1862 versus Richmond, played at Barn Elms. The club won that match and the replay that followed later in the year. Rugby Union is a team sport that was developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England. ... Barnes is a place in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... Only known photograph of EC Morley Ebenezer Cobb Morley can be regarded as the father of the Football Association and hence of all football. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Richmond Football Club is a rugby union team from Richmond, London. ... Barn Elms is an oddly named park in Barnes, England, situated by Hammersmith Bridge to the West and the Wetlands Centre to the East. ...
The club played a hugh role in the early years of association football being a founder member of the Football Association and in December 1863 it participated in the first ever match under association rules, again against Richmond. The first three secretaries of the FA were members of Barnes. Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Laws of the Game (also known as the Laws of Football) are the rules governing a game of Association football (soccer). ...
Of the 'only and original' clubs forming the Football Association the Barnes Club alone has throughout the ages been an active and faithful member of The Football Association. This is a matter of historical fact, Source: "The History of The Football Association", Geoffrey Green, The Naldrett Press (1953), 91-3 Baker Street, London W.1 (p.428)
For many years the club played at the Harrodian Club before moving to its Barn Elms location in 1987. Barn Elms is an oddly named park in Barnes, England, situated by Hammersmith Bridge to the West and the Wetlands Centre to the East. ...
Barnes RFC first XV has been promoted seven times since being positioned in Surrey Division Three in l987. The first XV now play in the London Division 1 league.
Morley was born in Hull but moved to Barnes in 1858 forming the BarnesClub, a founding member of the FA, in 1862.
In 1863, as captain of the Mortlake-based club, he wrote to Bell's Life newspaper proposing a governing body for the sport that led to the first meeting at the Freemason's Tavern that created the FA.
He served on the Surrey County Council for Barnes (1903-19) and was a Justice of the Peace.
It holds a significant place in the history of Association football, playing in the first ever match on December 19, 1863, against the BarnesClub, even though it was not a member of the Football Association.
In 1996, it was the first club in England to turn professional but when the main financial backer withdrew in 1999, administration followed.
Merger with London Irish followed and in 2000, it rejoined the leagues as an amateur club at the bottom of the pyramid.
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