Schoolboys have a history of inventing games. For example the Eton Wall Game, the first recorded game of which was played in 1766. Followed by Rugby in 1823. Now 2009 has a new game invented by the scholars of Test Valley School – the Test Valley Bus Game.

The first Test Valley Bus Game was played on 21 September 2009. The two competing teams are of mixed sex* with no defined number to a team except that both teams shall have equal players. The field of play is the inside of a bus divided into the front half and the rear half each half being occupied by one team. The game is played with a football which can either kicked or thrown. The objective being to score goals by getting the ball to hit either the rear window or the front screen of the bus. The ball cannot go out of play since it bounces back from the sidelines and roof of the bus. Unlike Football or Rugby there is no set time for the game and no change of ends. Play commences once the bus starts moving and the game is ended when the destination is reached.

* I can’t think of any other game which has mixed sex teams, unless the two people in tennis mixed doubles are considered to be a team?