Championship Collection (page 3)

World Dancing Championship held at Queens Hall
Photos of the World Dancing Championship held at the Queens Hall Rooms, London 21-29 December 1922. Top left Victor Silvester and Phyllis Clarke (awarded dancing champions)

Dog show at Hastings
A number of dogs on show at the Southern Counties Canine Association championship dog show in Hastings, some of them posing with their respective owners

Fall / Papillon / 1977
CHAMPION FIRCREST FANTUTTE Standing on the podium at the Papillon Club of Scotland Championship Show where she won the Best in Show. Owners: Mr & Mrs Hutchings Date: 1977

Getting Ready for the Big Fight at Olympia
The worlds middle-weight boxing title - Walker and Milligan in training. Vignettes by MacMichael showing middle-weight boxers Mickey Walker

Jay Gould (1888 1935), photograph taken in 1908 in New York. Jay Gould was an American tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould

International tennis players at Wimbledon, 1911
Page from The Sketch magazine featuring photographs of international players competing at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis championships in 1911. Top row from left: Miss M. Reick (Germany), Mr R

Rain at Wimbledon, 1914
The centre court at Wimbledon, with covers over the grass to protect it from rain during the summer of 1914 - the last tournament before the outbreak of war. Date: 1914

Anthony Wilding in action at Wimbledon, 1914
Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883 - 1915), shown in action in the mens final at the 1914 Wimbledon tennis championship against Norman Brookes

France v England rugby match 1914
A scene from the France v England rugby union match, at Colombes, Paris. This concluding match in the Five Nations Championship of 1914 was won 13-39 by England to give them overall victory in

England v Ireland rugby match 1914
A scene from the England v Ireland rugby union match at Twickenham, won 17-12 by England, in the Five Nations Championship

England rugby victory 1914
A scene from the England v Wales rugby union match at Twickenham in the Five Nations Championship. England won 10-9 in a game in which the lead changed hands several times

England v Wales rugby match 1914
A scene from the England v Wales rugby union match at Twickenham, won 10-9 by England, in the Five Nations Championship. Here, the England full back W.R.Johnston

British v. American navy boxing championship, WW1
British v. American navy grand fleet boxing championship, taking place at Rosyth Dockyard, Fife, Scotland, on 28-29 July 1918, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

Epee Championship at Lincolns Inn, London
Men fencing at the Epee Championship at Lincolns Inn, London. Date: 1922

Firefighters in aA 4x110 yards relay race
Firefighters in Amateur Athletic Association 4x110 yards senior relay championship final. The winner was D A Hitchman of Birchfield Harriers (C6), second was R Holtum of Belgrave Harriers (B1)

LFB firefighters in 100 yards race, White City Stadium
LFB firefighters in a 100 yards race for the Brigade Championship Final at White City Stadium, 30 August 1958. They are taking part in the LFB Athletic Association 47th Annual Athletic Meeting

Lounge Suit County Cricket
With stumps pulled on a Thursday evening at Southampton when Hampshire required just one run to complete victory over Nottinghamshire

Cricket at Clacton-on-Sea
A view across the ground at Clacton-on-Sea during the first County Championship match played there with home team Essex beating Lancashire easily. Date: July 1931

Kathleen McKane British single lawn-tennis
Miss Kathleen McKane (Kitty McKane Godfree), (1896 - 1992), British lawn-tennis winner, in 1926. Kathleen McKane winning ladies singles against Senorita de Alvarez, Spanish champion at Wimbledon

Portsmouth Cricket Ground
Sussex v Hampshire in the cricket County Championship at the United Services Ground, Portsmouth. Sussex are batting, on 339 for 5, with Ranjitsinhji on 64 not out. Date: 1899

Cricketers on active service
Members of county championship cricket teams who were called up for active service following the outbreak of World War I. 1914

Anthony Wilding with Arthur Balfour at Wimbledon
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 with Arthur Balfour, British conservative M.P

Anthony Wilding at Wimbledon in 1913
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand born tennis player and Wimbledon champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 pictured playing on court and defeating M. E

Anthony Wilding, tennis player & Wimbledon champion
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian

Bonzos dud show by George Studdy
Bonzos dud show. He had been expecting first prize, but loses out to two pedigree dogs, a bull terrier and a bulldog. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Betty Myers and Maxine McClesky, cowgirls taking part in Trick Riding at the Tex Austin World Championship Rodeo, White City Stadium (London). Seen here relaxing with a cup of tea. Date: circa 1930s

Womens Open Golf Championship, 1928
The Womens Open Golf Championship at Hunstanton. The picture, taken from the clubhouse, gives a striking view of the course

A. F. Wilding, tennis player
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian

9th Green - Belmont Manor Golf Course, Bermuda
Belmont Manor Golf Course (now called Belmont Hills ), Bermuda Date: circa 1910s

Targa Trackside Refreshments - Painting by Andrew McGeachy
Trackside Refreshments during the Targa Florio - an open road endurance race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo

Motor-Car Club Championship, 1899
The start for the Motor-Car Club Championship, 1899. Showing Jarrot, Wridgway and Edge Date: 1899

Annie Oakley - famous rifle shot and holder of the Police Gazette championship medal. Portrait photograph of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding rifle

The American national game of base ball. Grand match for the championship at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, N.J. Date c1866

Harmonica contest on the mall, Central Park Final championship. Poster announcing final championship of harmonica contest, showing boy playing harmonica. Date 1936 or 1937

James Hammill, and Walter Brown, in their great five mile rowing match for $4000 & the championship of America: at Newburg Bay, Hudson River, N.Y. Sept. 9th 1867. Date c1867

Swimming medal, Life Saving Championship
Medal of the Derby & District Swimming & Life Saving Association, awarded to JHW (J. H. Watson) for coming 3rd in the Individual Life Saving Championship. Date: 1912

Inauguration of the new rugby ground at Murrayfield, Scotland
The new ground at Murrayfield inaugurated by Scotlands first winning of the international championship (against England) since 1907 before a record crowd of 60, 000. Date: 1925

Medal, Celanese Sports Club, Spondon, Derbyshire
Medal of the Celanese Sports Club, an occupational club run by the employees of the British Celanese chemical company at Spondon, Derbyshire. 20th century

Swimming medal, Derby Water Polo League
Swimming medal of the Derby Water Polo League, awarded to one of the champions, J. H. Watson. Showing an outdoor scene with swimmers in the water and another swimmer diving in. 1907

Swimming medal, Water Polo Championship
Medal of the Midland Counties Amateur Swimming Association, awarded to the runners up in the Water Polo Championship. Featuring an outdoor swimming scene with a lifebelt design below. Date: 1909

Halford-Hewitt golfing championship at Deal
Eight photographs showing various pairs competing in the golf competiton at Deal. Date: 1935

Cricket at Tonbridge, Kent
A scene from the County Championship match between Kent and Sussex at the Angel Ground, Tonbridge, Kent. The famous Indian player, K.S.Ranjitsinhji is at the crease for Sussex

Tatler front cover, Wimbledon 1962
Front cover of The Tatler, reporting on Wimbledon Tennis Championship for 1962 and particularly tennis fashions. The girl clearing the net in style is wearing a tennis tunic by tennis fashion leading

Championship Marbles
Championship game at Tinsley Green, Sussex: held every Good Friday Date: 1950s

Social / Marbles Champ
A group of men at a championship game of marbles at Tinsley Green, Sussex (held every Good Friday): the winner receives a cask of beer Date: 1950s

Helen Wills and Edith Cross in action
Miss Helen Wills Moody and Miss Edith Cross, American tennis doubles partners pictured in action on court at Wimbledon in 1929

Ski Championship in Tolz
The SU Ski Championship in Tolz, Germany in 1932

Sketches at Wimbledon 1879
Sketches at the Championship lawn tennis match, Wimbledon by Harry Furniss. Vignettes of the final round of the tennis matches and the attending spectators

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