[Victorian football ephemera.] 'Football Fixtures for Season 1883-84' and 'Football Fixtures, Season 1888-89', printed for the Banbury Harriers Athletic Club by Cheney & Sons.

Both items in very good condition, lightly-aged. ONE: 16mo (11.5 x 8 cm) green-card bifolium, printed in blue, with engraving in gold of the 'Club Badge' on front cover. On cover, beneath the names of the patron (the Earl of Jersey) and officers: 'FOOTBALL. | Captain - J. G. COWPER. Sub-Captain - A. M. BARROWS. | Captain Second Team - W. MORRAY. | Sub-Captain Ditto - W. HEMMING. | COLOURS - BLUE & WHITE. RULES - ASSOCIATION.' List of nineteen fixtures across centre pages, including matches with 'Oxford University Vacation F.C.', 'Trinity College, Oxford' and 'Brunswick Collegiate School (2nd team)'. TWO: A piece of 20 x 11 cm card, blue on one side and white on the other, folded to make three panels on the outer (blue) side, and a single fixture list on the inner (white) side. Printed in blue, with 'Club Badge' and border in gold on front cover. Among other information relating to the club is the following: 'FOOTBALL. | Captain. A. STOCKTON. | Sub-Captain. W. H. BUTLER. | Captain Second Team. W. RILEY. | Sub-Captain ditto. E. H. SELLERS. | COLOURS: Ruby and White. | GROUND: Banbury Cricket Field. | RULES: Association.' The fixture list features thirty matches, including several with Oxford colleges (including Balliol, Brasenose, Keble, Oriel), and one with the 'O[xford].U[university].V[acation].F[ootball].C[lub].' At the foot of the list is the 'DRAW FOR OXFORDSHIRE CHALLENGE CUP. | HOLDERS: BANBURY HARRIERS A.C.' From the archive of Cheney & Sons, 'General, Commercial & Artistic Printers, Banbury'. The calling card of partner John Cheney describes him as a 'Printer in Gold, Silver, and Colours', with 'Specialities in the best class of work', and the company's high standards attracted clients from London's West End. For more about the firm see 'John Cheney and his descendants, printers in Banbury since 1767' (1936), and the Victoria County History volume for the County of Oxford, Banbury Hundred.