Cricket Collection (#23)

Playground at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
An informal game of cricket at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway, London

St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary
An exterior view of the St Marylebone workhouse infirmary. The buildings, designed by Henry Saxon Snell and his son, were located at Rackham Street, Ladbroke Grove

Teddy bears playing cricket on the beach

Cricket at Girls School
Cricket played at a girls school. Date: circa 1929

Eton V Harrow 1881
Refreshment time at the Eton and Harrow cricket match, as much a social as a sporting event Date: 1881

Balloon event, Charles Green, Leicester
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 411th ascent in his Royal Victoria Balloon, from the Cricket Ground, Leicester. With special trains laid on from nearby cities. 27 June 1849

Balloon ascent, Garnerin and Locker
Balloon ascent of Garnerin and Locker from Lords Cricket Ground, London. 5 July 1802

Garnerins balloons
Five illustrations of An exact representation of M. Garnerins Balloons with an accurate view of the ascent and descent of the parachute

Listening to the cricket on the veranda. Print shows a woman sitting on a veranda listening to a cricket in a cage. Date between 1768 and 1770

Charles Dickens immortal play The cricket on the hearth Cha
Charles Dickens immortal play The cricket on the hearth. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of The Cricket on the Hearth at the Alcazar, 260 O Farrell Street, San Francisco, California

Humorous Cricket Postcard - Wicketkeeper struck
Humorous Cricket Postcard by Tom Browne. A batsman eyes up a slog to a short-pitched ball, but his backswing makes contact with the wicketkeepers head and the stumps and bails fly everywhere

Royal Military College, cricket grounds, Sandhurst, Camberley, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Germantown cricket ground. Date between 1900 and 1920

The eleven of New England

Cricket - The Perfect Maiden by H. H. Harris
A 1920s lady inspects her face in a compact mirror, attracting the attention of a handsome cricketer as a match goes on in the background. Date: 1927

Schoolgirl cricket
Magazine illustration. Girl bowled out in a school cricket match Date: 1930

Silhouette of Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer
Silhouette of Donald George Bradman (1908-2001), Australian cricketer. 1956

Insect / Field Cricket
A Field Cricket in a cage for photographing. Date: 1960s

Boys playing cricket
The boys play cricket, ignoring Jack Sparrows request for help. Date: 1937

Womens cricket tour, 1935
English women cricketers touring Australia in 1935. The bottom right picture shows the England captain, Miss Betty Archdale adjusting her shin pads during practice

Boys with bats and stumps frighten the birds away
Boys with bats and stumps, on their way to play cricket, frighten the cockerel and his family away. Date: 1937

Cricket Team in Oxford
A superb photographic postcard of an Oxford cricket team, sporting a fine selection of patterned blazers, straw boater hats, flannel whites and boots

Ladies cricket match at Ascott under Wychwood
Ladies cricket match at Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire Date: circa 1910s

Wood Cricket
A Wood Cricket sitting on a leaf. Date: 1960s

Our Local Express (1 / 2)
A satirical look at an express train service (1/2 10429191). 1907

Radley Cricketers
Four of the members of Radley College cricket team, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1895

English Cricket Match
Cricket on the Village Green, at Bearstead, Kent, England, a popular event on a hot summers day (not the people wearing handkerchiefs on their heads!). Date: 1950s

Don Bradman Gives Lesson
A boy receives a cricket lesson from his hero, the famous Australian cricketer Sir DON BRADMAN, ( The Don ) who lived to a ripe old age, a good innings, indeed! Date: 1908 - 2001

Eton Cricket Match
A cricket match on Eton Playing Fields, Eton public boys school, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

THE OVAL
The Oval cricket ground, London. Date: 1981

Cricket in the Park
A game of cricket in a London park, the wicket keeper sitting on a chair behind the wicket tree! Date: early 1930s

Boys try to reach Jack Sparrow on top of lamp post
The boys try to reach Jack Sparrow, who has their cricket score in his beak, perched on top of a lamp post. Date: 1937

The boys recover their cricket score sheet
Jack Sparrow opens his beak to speak, and the boys recover their cricket score sheet. Jack flies off. Date: 1937

Gentleman holding up The Winning Post Paper
A jolly gentleman (" Sir Davy" Stephens of Kingstown)holding up a poster for The Winning Post run by Roberts Sievier. He used the publication to attack those he disliked on the turf

Jack Sparrow flies off with cricket score sheet
Jack Sparrow flies off with the cricket score sheet, causing the boys to chase him. Date: 1937

Spectators watching a cricket match at Lord s
Spectators watching a cricket match at Lords Cricket Ground, London. They are sitting on the top of a fine open carriage. Date: 1884

With Bat & Ball. Artist: Millicent Sowerby. Happy children out in the country enjoying a game of cricket Date: 1915

The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1951
Front cover of The Tatler Summer Number 1951 showing the Tatler mascot in his 18th century frock coat and tricorn hat enjoying a tankard of refreshing ale served to him by a typical serving wench

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

Fs Jackson. Cricketer

Robert Abel. Cricketer Date: circa 1900

LCH Paliaret. Cricketer Date: circa 1900

English Cricket Team to Australia 1901. Back row J Gunn, C Blythe, s Barnes, a Lilley, T Hayward, LC Braund. Front row HG Garnett, C MacGahey, AC Maclaren, C Robson, AO Jones

A ladies cricket match Date: circa 1900

Inter-village cricket match in Fiji
A scene from an inter-village cricket (or Kirikiti, as it was pronounced locally) match on the island of Fiji, as described in Lieut.-Colonel T.R.St-Johnstons book, South Sea Reminiscences

Dr W G Grace and HRH The Prince of Wales
Famous (and infamous) English cricketer Dr William Gilbert Grace ( WG ) (1848-1915) and HRH Edward The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) (1894-1972)

WG Grace. Cricketer Date: circa 1900

Wilfred Rhodes. Cricketer Date: circa 1900

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