Godfrey Darbishire

[5] The 1881 census records Darbishire's profession as a civil engineer and surveyor,[4] which has some connection to the family's business in stone quarrying.

They married in Danville, Kentucky, on 3 June 1885, and had one known child, Robert Shelby Derbishire in 1886, by which time the family had moved to Fort Meade in Florida,[6] where Darbishire had become an orange farmer.

It was while living in Polk County that Darbishire died on 29 October 1889, after becoming ill from exposure while on a small boat in the sea off Key West.

In 1881, Richard Mullock arranged the first international fixture for a Welsh team, to be played at Blackheath in London, against England.

In an attempt to gain the support of as many regions of Wales as possible, Mullock began selecting "gentlemen" players based on their geographic location.