one o'clock
from our captain . The ball was placed cunningly in the nick , the Craven forwards rushed out on it in a body , but long before they could reach it , Wright 's practised foot had sent it flying straight as an arrow over the bar , and my first football match had ended in a glorious victory for the Old School . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The terms used here describe the Rugby game as it used to be played prior to 1880 . `` The meet is to be at one o'clock , sharp , in the Dean 's Warren -- do n't forget ! '' So said Forwood , the `` whipper-in '' of the Parkhurst Hare and Hounds Club , to me , one March morning in the year 18 -- . I had no need to be reminded of the appointment ; for this was the day of the `` great hunt '' of the year , always held by the running set at Parkhurst School to yield in interest to no other fixture of the athletic calendar . In fine weather , and over good country , a paper-chase is one of the grandest sports ever indulged in -- at least , so we thought when we were boys -- and the `` great hunt '' was , of course , the grandest run of the year , and looked forward to , consequently , with the utmost eagerness by all lovers of running in our school .