“To hear that a fixture is a ‘six-pointer’ is pretty common in the modern game, but I can’t ever remember hearing a game was a ‘four-pointer’ when it was just two points for a win. Can anyone find examples of pre-1981 games called four-pointers?” asks Ed Butler.
The Guardian and Observer archive is our friend here. A quick search for “four-pointer” brings up plenty of answers, including a classified advert from 1836 for an auction, with items on sale including “about 18 dozen of prime old port wine, 15 dozen of sherry, which will be sold in lots to suit purchasers; one garden roller, two iron garden seats; four pointer dogs and various other valuable effects”.
