Robert Ferguson

Mr. Robert Ferguson, of Ferguson and Muirhead, tea brokers, of Mincing Lane.
“Big Bob Ferguson, the finest three-quarter Richmond ever had. He was always a good-natured chap." (Dr Watson)

There is surely nothing in life more painful than to meet the wreck of a fine athlete whom one has known in his prime. His great frame had fallen in, his flaxen hair was scanty, and his shoulders were bowed.