Wimbledon Common golfers marked the centenary of their club by turning back the clock in an Antiquarian golf match.

Wearing period clothing and using equipment dating back to the turn of the 19th century, four teams took part in a one-off game.

And despite confused looks from dog walkers, joggers and other common users, the game was a huge success, according to club captain, Gordon House.

"Normally people walk around the common without paying any attention to what we're doing, but the sight of us wearing clothes that were 100 years out of date certainly caused a stir," he said.

To celebrate the first varsity game, played on the common more than a century ago, Oxford and Cambridge Universities also fielded a side. But both were left to sing the blues as Wimbledon Common Golf Club's own team took the competition.

Earlier, in a week of celebrations at the club, former world champion trick shot golfer Paul Barrington put on a show which included driving a ball nearly 300 yards off his knees.

While at a pro-am event, former European Tour player Jamie Spence was a joint winner alongside another professional, Michael Vandenberg, both shooting three-under-par 65s.

The golf club was founded in 1908 under the name of Wimbledon Town golf club after the course had been constructed by officers of the London Scottish Riffle Regiment for the Lord of the Manor of Wimbledon, Earl Spencer in 1871.

The Wimbledon Common conservators granted permission for golf to be played on the common but only on the condition that golfers wear pillar-box red shirts so that they could be easily identified by members of the public.

The rule still exists today, more than a century later.