The Game
The object of the game is to "hail the ball" (throw it up in the air three times) at the opposing team's goal. The Downies goal is a capstan at the harbour and the Uppies is the gates of Curwen Hall. There are no other ostensible rules of play and the game is primarily a rough and tumble scrum interspersed with break-away sprints by members of one team or the other (with some similarities to rugby). There are about 1000 players on each team.
A player drowned in the Derwent River in 1983.
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