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The Boys' Realm Football and Sports
Library. The Boys' Realm Football and Sports library was published by the Amalgamated Press and ran from the 18th September 1909 to the 5th June 1915 before being replaced by the Nelson Lee. The first 57 issues contained two stories. The main story was a Hamilton creation and featured Jack Noble of Pelham school. The secondary story featured the Blue crusaders and was by A. S. Hardy. In issue 57 the two series were amalgamated with Jack Noble joining the Blue Crusaders before making a final appearance in issue 84. Jack Noble of featured in both the Boys Realm and Boys Realm Football Library at the same time. According to an article by Bill Lofts in
Collectors Digest 233 Hamilton wrote
only a few of the Jack Noble stories (Issue 1, 12 and possibly a few others) before the subs took over.
In the same article Bill refers to Hamilton starting a new serial under his
own name in the with the title "Captain of Clyffe". From the tone of the
article I don't think Bill realised that this story wasn't original but in
fact a reprint from the Boys Realm
The Captain of Clyffe.
The information provided in the table below was provided courtesy of Allan S. If you can provide any more information on this rare publication then please contact me. |
Issue and Date | Story | Author | Notes | |
Issue 1 18th September 1909 |
The Third Eleven (Pelham)
© British Library Board |
Charles Hamilton | ||
Issue 2 27th September 1909 |
Six Goals to Nil | Not Known | ||
3 | Fighting Mac | Andrew Murray | ||
4 | Clifford's Capture | Andrew Murray | ||
5 | Jack Noble's Strike | JG Jones | ||
Issue 6 | The Phantom Team | Norman Goddard | ||
Issue 7 | "Potters Cup" | Not Known | ||
8 | Guyed! | Not Known | ||
9 | The Football Poachers | S Clarke Hook | ||
10 | The Stolen Trophies | Not Known | ||
11 | The Unseen Enemy | Not Known | ||
Issue 12 4th December 1909 |
Jack Noble's
Double (Pelham) |
Charles Hamilton | ||
Issue 13 11th December 1909 |
The Pelham Prattler | Not Known | ||
Issue 14 18th December 1909 |
The Snow March | Not Known | ||
15 | Jack Noble's Xmas Tour; or, How Pelham Third spent the Festal Season | Not Known | ||
16 | Sam, The Bargeboy | Not Known | ||
17 | Capped for his School | Not Known | ||
18 | Pelham's New Master | Not Known | ||
19 | The New Back | Not Known | ||
20 | Clifford's Rival | Not Known | ||
21 | Jack Noble's Uncle Ted | Not Known | ||
22 | Jack Noble's Bullfight | Not Known | ||
Issue 23 | Fighting Mac's Merry Men | Not Known | ||
24 | The Lad Frae Inver-R-Ness | Not Known | ||
25 | The Pelham Sneak | Not Known | ||
26 | The Brothers Bunce | Not Known | ||
27 | The Pelham Pageant | Not Known | ||
28 | Expelled! | Not Known | ||
29 | The Pelham Fair | Not Known | ||
30 | Clifford, The Roadhog | Not Known | ||
31 | The New Goalie | Not Known | ||
Issue 32 23rd April 1910 |
Poodles Vow | Not Known | ||
33 | The Pelham Sports | Not Known | ||
34 | Clifford's Reformation | Not Known | ||
35 | The Blackleg | Not Known | ||
36 | Clifford's Topper | Not Known | ||
37 | The Pelham Pushballers | Not Known | ||
38 | The New Boots | Not Known | ||
39 | Those Bounder's Binks | Not Known | ||
40 | The Great Swimming Gala | Not Known | ||
41 | The Pranks of Poodles | Not Known | ||
42 | The Pelham Camp | Not Known | ||
43 | Jack Noble's New Bile | Not Known | ||
44 | Skipper Jack | Not Known | ||
45 | Poodle's Aeroplane | Not Known | ||
46 | "Hot-Stuff" Poodles | Not Known | ||
47 | The Jolly Bargees | Not Known | ||
48 | "Chimney-Sweep" Poodles! | Not Known | ||
49 | Jack Noble's Holiday | Not Known | ||
50 | Jack Noble at the Seaside | Not Known | ||
Issue 51 3rd September 1910 |
"Mossoo" Poodles | Not Known | ||
52 | Fighting Macs Uncle | Not Known | ||
53 | The Pelham Burglar Hunt | Not Known | ||
54 | Jack Noble's Menagerie | Not Known | ||
55 | The Dude's Downfall | Not Known | ||
56 | "Footer" on Rollers | Not Known | ||
57 | To Face the World | Not Known | ||
58 | The New Crusader | AS Hardy | Jack Noble joins the Blue Crusaders and both stories merge. | |
59 | The Pride of the Team | AS Hardy | ||
60 | Postponed | AS Hardy | ||
61 | Crusader's Luck! | AS Hardy | ||
62 | The Trials of Giant Fawkes | AS Hardy | ||
Issue 63 26th November 1910 |
Samson's Peril | AS Hardy | ||
Issue 64 3rd December 1910 |
Glasgow Pride | AS Hardy | ||
Issue 65 10th December 1910 |
The Captain of Clyffe (First page only) |
Charles Hamilton |
Reprint from Boys Realm Issue 200 (Issues 65-67 missing from the British Library) |
|
Santa Claus Fowkes (First page only) |
AS Hardy | |||
66 | Not Known | |||
67 | Not Known | |||
68 | Fowkes- International | AS Hardy | ||
69 | The Rival Maccots | AS Hardy | ||
70 | Try again, Crusaders! | AS Hardy | ||
71 | Samson's Eleven | AS Hardy | ||
Issue 72 | Muddied Oafs | AS Hardy | ||
73 | Straight for Goal | AS Hardy | ||
74 | Fowkes at Bay | AS Hardy | ||
75 | The "Old Crock" | AS Hardy | ||
76 | The Great Flood | AS Hardy | ||
77 | Good Lad - Samson! | AS Hardy | ||
78 | His Old Pal "Tubby" | AS Hardy | ||
79 | Fatty Fowkes | AS Hardy | ||
80 | Loyal to the Core | AS Hardy | ||
81 | The Bobbies' Benefit | AS Hardy | ||
82 | Fowkes, The Wrestler | AS Hardy | ||
83 | Fowkes' Bad Bargain | AS Hardy | ||
84 | Fowkes the Airman | AS Hardy |