Of the others, Henry Howard Batten was working in the Charity Commission at the time and was later called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) and became a J.P. for Westmorland;[3] Parker, an exceptional sportsman at Tonbridge, became a member of the London Stock Exchange;[4] and Streeten, who played in Tonbridge's Football team for three consecutive seasons, became the Manager of the San Francisco operations of the London and San Francisco Bank and later died in Nome, Alaska.

[2] In December 1872, Bell's Life wrote of the team: "The Gipsies have played and beaten Guy's Hospital, the Civil Service, Oakfield (Croydon), Ravenscourt Park, and have also fought a very hard and equal game with the Marlborough Nomads, and are better than ever this year, and are sure to win most of their matches".

A president, a secretary and treasurer, and a committee of thirteen were elected, to whom was entrusted the drawing-up of the laws of the game upon the basis of the code in use at Rugby School.

It had come about following certain of the leading Scottish football clubs[7] refusing to recognise the England v. Scotland match under Association rules at the Oval as an International meeting because they felt the dribbling game was less well known north of the Tweed.

They published a challenge in Bell's Life to play a picked twenty of England under Rugby School laws, during the winter of 1870-71.

Soon after, B. H. Burns, the Blackheath secretary, promptly wrote accepting the challenge and the principal clubs in London, Liverpool, and Manchester were communicated with, and a committee formed to select the players, choose a uniform, and make the necessary arrangements.

Early records cite that the club boasted well known names such as "F. Luscombe, the two Shearmans, Pickering, Clarke, Billy Barker, C. J.

Thus, a Gipsies player never played for England in the 15-a-side era, which was one of the many signs of the slow shift of the game from the absolute dominance of its public school roots as the club network expanded.