Eton fives is identified by its specific court, ball and gloves. Though similar, variations such as US handball, Winchester fives and rugby fives are closer to squash, while Basque pelota and Jai ...

The game is played with padded gloves and a hard, rubberised ball which may bounce once, using four smooth concrete walls in rugby fives, as with squash, and three walls in the doubles-only eton ...

Eton Fives is defined by its unpredictability. During the game, codified about 150 years ago, players wear padded gloves to ...

After all, nothing more is required than a pair of gloves and a ball. And a court. Therein lies the problem. An Eton Fives court is a peculiar piece of kit indeed. That serendipitous alignment of ...

Eton Fives is played by pairs wearing padded leather gloves on a three-walled court, based on the eccentric configurations of the area outside Eton chapel. The term fives is believed to refer to ...

Eton fives has been exported across the world but ... Belgian King Leopold III and James Bond author Ian Fleming – don the gloves at some stage. The ancient Egyptians played a form of fives ...

Eton fives has been exported across the world but ... James Bond author Ian Fleming and London Mayor Boris Johnson – don the gloves at some stage. The ancient Egyptians played a form of fives ...

Three walls, gloves and a hard cork ball is all that is required to play Eton Fives, but how it is played? BBC presenter Steve Harris heads to Bryanston School to meet current players of the ...

Staff at Rydal Penrhos in Colwyn Bay have revamped their Welsh Eton Fives courts. The aim is to hit a ball wearing a glove against a wall on a court similar to a squash court. The courts were ...

Eton fives has been exported across the world but ... James Bond author Ian Fleming and London Mayor Boris Johnson -- don the gloves at some stage. The ancient Egyptians played a form of fives ...

Eton fives has been exported across the world but ... James Bond author Ian Fleming and London Mayor Boris Johnson — don the gloves at some stage. The ancient Egyptians played a form of fives ...