Field lacrosse Field lacrosse Field lacrosse is a full contact outdoor men's sport played with ten players on each team. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially codified by Canadian William George Beers in 1867. Field lacrosse is one of three major versions of lacrosse played internationally. The other versions, women's lacrosse (established in the 1890s) and box lacrosse (originated in the 1930s), are played under significantly different rules. The object of the game is to use a lacrosse stick, or crosse, to catch, carry, and pass a solid rubber ball in an effort
A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) teamed up (with Amnesty's new fundraising director Peter Walker) in 1979 to create "The Secret Policeman's Ball" - the first show to carry what became the iconic "Secret Policeman's Ball" title. "The above item titles do not appear anywhere in the film but are the titles ascribed to the skits and songs on the cast album released by Transatlantic Records in 1976." A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) is the title of the first show in what later became the iconic "Secret Policeman's Ball" series of benefit shows