Championship Collection (page 4)

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

Lawn Tennis Championship matches at Wimbledon
Vignettes showing scenes at Wimbledon in 1887, including several of the fifteen year old Miss Lottie Dod serving the ball in the year she first won the Championship

Golf - Miss Walker-Leigh Addressing her Ball
Miss Walker-Leigh Addressing her Ball at the South of Ireland Golf Championship at Lahinch

Helen Wills Moody as a little girl
Helen Wills Moody (1905 - 1998), American tennis player and eight times Wimbledon champion, pictured as a young girl playing in the semi final round of the Junior Championship at Forest Hills

Fred Perry with Gottfried Von Cramm
Fred Perry shaking hands with Gottfried Von Cramm of Germany, at Wimbledon after winning the championship

Suzanne Lenglen taking a shot
French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen preparing to defend her Wimbledon title in 1921. Lenglen dominated womens tennis during the early 1920s

The New Zealand Amateur Athletic Team, 1890
Photograph showing the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Team which competed at the Australasian Championship Meeting in Sydney, May 1890. The men shown are (left to right): J.H. Hempton; F.C. White; H.M

The Carpentier-Beckett Fight, 1919
Photograph showing Georges Carpentier (white shorts) punching Joe Beckett during their fight for the Heavyweight Championship of Europe, 4th December 1919

Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns, 1908
Photographs showing Jack Johnson (1878-1946)(left) and Tommy Burns (1881-1955), the heavyweight boxers who fought for the World Championship in Sydney, Australia, in 1908

Carpentier and Dempsey, 1921
Photographic portraits of Georges Carpentier (1894-1975) and Jack Dempsey (1895-1983), the heavyweight boxers who fought for the World Championship in 1921

Hockey / Merton Abbey / 1930
A mens hockey match for the service championship at Merton Abbey. The Army forwards attack the Navy goal. Date: 1930s

The Scotland Football Team, 1897
Photograph of the Scotland International Football Team selected for the game against England in 1897. On the 3rd April that year they beat England 2-1 in the British International Championship

England vs. Scotland Football Match, 1901
Illustration of the England vs. Scotland Football Match on 30th March 1901, showing Blackburn of England (front left of image, on floor) scoring the first goal of the game

England vs. Scotland Football Match, 1926
Photograph showing Hill of England (left) and Gallacher of Scotland fighting for possession during the British International Championship of 1926

Bicycle Race at Lillie Bridge, 1875
Engraving showing two competitors on Penny Farthing or Ordinary bicycles in the 25 mile Race for the Amateur Bicycle Championship at the Lillie Bridge Velodrome, London, 1875

The Golf Amateur Championship, Hoylake, 1906
Photograph of the crowd at the Golf Amateur Championship at Hoylake, May 1906. Rain and strong winds combined to make conditions unpleasant for the final round of Mr. James Robb and Mr. C.C. Lingen

James Robb, Winner of the Golf Amateur Championship, 1906
Photograph of James Robb, winner of the Golf Amateur Championship at Hoylake, May 1906. Mr. Robb, of Prestwick, St. Nicholas, beat Mr. C.C

John Ball, Golfer 1892
John Ball, one of the finest British golfers of all time. He won the British Open in 1890 and the Amateur Championship eight times

Fishwick at Stoke Poges
Diana Fishwick in action at Stoke Poges, where she won a championship in 1927

Fishwick, Girl Champion
Miss Diana Fishwick, winner of the British Ladies Championship in 1930 when only nineteen years of age

Noted Billiards Player
H. W. Stevenson, a leading British player of his day, who won his first billiards championship in 1901

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