New Year's Day, 1929

Pathe News was on hand to capture the famous match between The Eskimos and The Invalids in 1929 ... the match was interrupted by horses and hounds, on a bitterly cold day. When the players and spectators retired to the Bat and Ball Inn, they drank it dry of beer, rum, and whisky. We are lucky that footage survives, almost a century later.

Video licensed with permission from British Pathe