Each squad, since there were not enough players present to make up two full elevens, held nine men, five in the line and four behind it, and the work consisted of snapping the ball back by center and handing it to one of the backs by quarter.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour
He was very hungry, and his eyes grew a bit misty as he thought of little Fay consuming scones and milk at the "elevens" Meg was always so careful they should have.
"Jan and Her Job"
L. Allen Harker
We have a few pioneers and squatters in the villages; but, I am sorry to say, nothing yet like matches between the elevens of districts.
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes