Championships Collection (page 2)

The Open Golf Championships at Prestwick
The Open Golf Champion James Braid putting at the Turn at Prestwick in the final round of the match, circled by the crowd. 1908

Scottish Golfer James Braid
Scottish golf champion James Braid, having just won the Open Golf Championships for the fifth time. 1910

WInner at the Open Golf Championship, St Andrews
Scottish golfer James Braid putting for the match at the Open Golf Championships of 1910 Date: 1910

Schleicher ASW17 26, on the grid at a gliding competition in the UK. This aircraft, owned by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA)

Albert, Duke of York - Tennis at Queens Club
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - Royal Air Force Lawn Tennis Championships at Queens Club - the Duke won the doubles with Wing Commander Louis Greig - June, 1920

POLICE TRAINING
Training for the International Police Boxing Championships at Peel House, London. P.C. Jackson versus P.C. Melish Date: 1930s

Jakob Koch (1871 - 1918), German amateur wrestler. Date: 1905

Tom Jenkins (1872 - 1957), American catch wrestler who held the American Heavyweight Championship three times around the turn of the 20th century

Charlotte Cooper Sterry (1870 - 1966), female tennis player from England who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion. Date: 1904

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent at Wimbledon
The Duchess of Kent with the champion of the mens singles final at Wimbledon, Frederick Schroeder and the gallant loser, Jaroslav Drobny

Champion Town Crier
Mr. Gomer Thomas, winner of the National Town Criers Championships of England and Wales, at Marlborough, Wiltshire, waving his Champtionship Cup aloft!

Harold Abrahams
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (18991978) - a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was champion in the 100 metres sprint at the 1924 Olympics in Paris (July 7th)

Worlds Dancing Championships at the Queens Hall Rooms
Three photographs relating to the Worlds Dancing Championships held in December 1922 at the Queens Hall Rooms, London. Left

Tatler cover - Marquess of Douglas & Clydesdale - boxer
The Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, later 14th Duke of Hamilton (1903-1973), Scottish nobleman and aviation pioneer, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler in 1924 at the Amateur Boxing

Tennis match at Beechgrove Tennis Club, Moffat
Tennis match at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat, site of the South Scotland Tennis Championships and close to Moffat Hydro. Date: circa 1911

Tennis players at Beechgrove Tennis Club, Moffat
Tennis players at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat, site of the South Scotland Tennis Championships and close to Moffat Hydro Date: circa 1911

Spectators at tennis match, Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat
Spectators at tennis match at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat. A very natural study of conversations beside the court. The photographers camera case sits on the bench. Date: circa 1911

Tennis match at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat, site of the South Scotland Tennis Championships and close to Moffat Hydro Date: circa 1911

Wimbledon Crowd 1974
A sea of happy faces in the crowd at the Wimbledon championships. Date: 1974

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

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

Television cameras at Wimbledon for first time
Television cameras in action at the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon in 1937 which was being televised for the first time that year. Date: 1937

Bunny Austin and Lyttleton Rogers at Wiimbledon
Henry Wilfred Bunny Austin (1906-2000), looks up at the towering frame of his 6 ft 7 inche opponent, Lyttelton Rogers of Ireland

Giving a Hand at Wimbledon by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a number of contributors to the success of the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon. Date: 1927

Silverstone Motor Race
Motor racing at the Formula Ford B.R.D.C. (British Racing Drivers Club) Championships, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1980s

P. M. Scott, National Gliding Champion
P.M. Scott, winner of the 1963 National Gliding Championships, sitting in an Olympia 419 glider at the Lasham Gliding Centre

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

Lt. G. L Ramplings victory at the 1931 A. A. A Championships
Godfrey Lionel Rampling (14 May 1909 - 20 June 2009), English athlete, army officer and centenarian. Shown here winning the 440 yards or quarter mile flat race in 48.6 seconds at the Amateur

Prince Albert playing tennis
Prince Albert, Duke of York, the future King George VI (1895-1952), was a keen tennis player in the 1920s; in July 1920 with his partner Louis Greig he won the RAF doubles competition

Amateur Boxing Championships, London, 1890
Engraving showing a series of scenes from the Amateur Boxing Championships at the Central Hall, Holborn, London, 1890

Marbles Championships
ENGLAND: RING TAW Good Friday at Tinsley Green, West Sussex a game of marbles is played. Originated in the Elizabethan era when 2 suitors played for the hand of a girl

Marbles Cotest / 1950
ENGLAND: RING TAW Good Friday at Tinsley Green, West Sussex a game of marbles is played. Originated in the Elizabethan era when 2 suitors played for the hand of a girl

Marbles Contest / 1950
ENGLAND: RING TAW Good Friday at Tinsley Green, West Sussex a game of marbles is played. Originated in the Elizabethan era when 2 suitors played for the hand of a girl

Wimbledon Tarpaulin
In preparation for the annual All England Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon, sailmakers repair the tarpaulin used to cover Centre Court, should rain stop play

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