Match Collection (page 19)

Varsity Match - Oxford V Cambridge at Lord s
The Oxford and Cambridge Cricket Match played at Lords in July over three days, one of the highlights of the summer sporting and social calendar

Subaltern Stunts in Silhouette by H. L. Oakley
A series of silhouette scenes by the famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley showing officers enjoying some leisure time during World War One

Pug Peter -- a bear gathering fallen oranges
Pug Peter -- Orange Balls for the Cricket Match. A bear gathering fallen oranges. Date: 1905

British and French soldiers playing football, WW1
British and French soldiers playing and watching football on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Spectators at football match, Western Front, WW1
Spectators at a football match between British and French soldiers on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Childrens Coronation Fete in Victoria Park, 1902
A fete for children in Victoria Park, East London, in celebration of the Coronation of King Edward VII on 24 June 1902. Entertainment was provided by a number of music hall stars who dressed up for a

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

Spectators at Fulham v Clapton Orient football match
A crowd of spectators at a football match between Fulham and Clapton Orient. Date: 1914

Davis Cup tennis match, McLoughlin v Brookes, New York
A Davis Cup tennis match between Maurice McLoughlin (America) and Norman Brookes (Australasia) in New York, USA. McLoughlin won. Date: August 1914

Football in aid of Prince of Wales Fund, WW1
A crowd of spectators at the first football match of the season at Chelsea. Receipts went towards the Prince of Wales War Fund. Date: August 1914

Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, WW1
Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, at the start of the First World War, while a tennis match goes on in the background

The Player Who Realised He Had Made a Mistake
Humorous illustration by Fitz, visualising that awful feeling - waiting for it as a tennis player regrets his ill-judged lob against his opponent who leaps up to smash the ball and win a point

Water Polo riot at 1932 Los Angeles Olympics
A page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, reporting on a riot at the water polo during the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games

A shower during a tennis match, 1932
Ladies in a doubles final at the Cumberland Club Tournament, take shelter during a rain shower in 1932. Date: 1932

The new game of push ball
A new game introduced from America played at Headingley, Leeds, involving the pushing and rolling of a huge ball measuring 18 feet in circumference and with rules similar to football

German soldiers digging a trench, WW1
Artists impression of German soldiers digging and fortifying a trench at night, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. The soldier in the foreground is lighting a cigarette

Nightclub interlude by Teddy
A characteristic night club interlude in 1928 as a young woman lights her male partners cigarette. Date: 1928

Sir Louis Greig
Group Captain Sir Louis Leisler Greig (1880 - 1953), British naval surgeon, courtier, intimate friend of King George VI, and a rugby union player

George Davenport
The stage magician George Davenport (or Gilly-gilly ) in profile performing a cigarette lighting trick. Date: circa 1910

A woman in a purple and yellow hat, and matching scarf
Portrait of a woman in a purple and yellow hat, and matching scarf. A commercial illustration in four colours from a monochrome photograph

Print Users Yearbook -- tennis match
Print Users Yearbook -- people playing a tennis match in a large garden, with a tray of drinks ready for when they take a break. Date: circa 1930s

Behind the scenes in a Test Match
The Australian eleven in their dressing room on the Melbourne cricket ground. In the right hand corner of the picture is C. Hill smoking a pipe. Other players are M. A. Noble, W.P. Howell, R.A

Royalty at Hurlingham: the social side of the polo test, 1921
The royal party at the international polo match: the Prince of Wales(later Edward VIII then Duke of Windsor)(second from left in the front row), King George V(fourth from the left), Queen Alexandra

Cricket Match
A game of cricket. Date: 1970s

Trade catalogue for hunting trophies 1937
Trade catalogue for Army and Navy Stores, showing a selection of hunting trophies including rhinoceros as a tobacco jar, elephants foot as a liqueur stand, deer slot mounted as a flower vase

Fanny Woodham
FANNY WOODHAM this sweet young thing is probably the singer of this name and period, though the dates don t seem to match Date: 1800 - 1891

German English Exchange
English and German schoolboys shaking hands for a group photograph taken during an Anglo- German school exchange cricket match at Chatham, Kent, England. Date: early 1930s

Tennis at Bishopsgate
A tennis match between two unnamed players at Bishopsgate, London, England, attracts a large crowd. Date: early 1930s

Eton Cricket Crowd
The well-to-do crowd at a cricket match held on 4 June at Eton College, England, including pupils in top hats, well-heeled parents and the college chaplain or priest. Date: 4 June (early 1930s)

Curling on a frozen pond / lake in France - 1920s
Curling on a frozen pond/lake in France - 1920s Date: 1929

Valentines Day postcard - Football Match - To My Love
To My Love. A spectacularly unusual subject for this Valentines Day Card sent from a man to his lady love... a scene of a football match! Sent on 14th February 1914 Date: 1907

Body confidence of a diminutive ruffian
" Shure, if oi was as big a ye-self oid woipe the flure wid yez, little as oi am!" Date: 1900

Agressive local man spots ths chance of a swift buck
Scene - Scarboro. Time - Sunday Morning. Very Muddy. Inhabitant: " Be Thoo a Strong Mon?" Amateur Weightlifter (rather proud that his fame has spread so far): " Well, yes, my friend

Millionairess quizzes Lord on his wealth (and evident lack thereof, despite appearances!) American Millionairess - " And have you really got a Coronet

A Millionaire, drawing the attention of a pretty girl. I wonder if money is indeed her best friend...! Date: 1895

Injured footballer - Aston Villa
Cartoon postcard of an injured footballer entitled The Result of the Match by Martin Anderson ( Cynicus ) - this was template over-printed with the details of various teams, in this case

Matchstick
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing the fractured surface of a matchstick (x 400 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Goalkeeper in the football match
People You See. Goalkeeper in the football match. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

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

The Referee
People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

King Gustav & Guests
GUSTAV V, KING OF SWEDEN (1912-1950), chatting to a gathering of ladies and gentlemen after a tennis match. Date: 1858 - 1950

British Abroad / India / C19
Watching the Polo match from the Mess Tent. Date: late 19th century

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

London firewomen netball competition, Westminster SW1
Scene at a netball competition between London Fire Brigade firewomen teams played at Greycoat School, Greycoat Place, Westminster

LFS versus Free French Football match, WW2
Football match between the LFS (London Fire Service) and a Free French Team during the Second World War

London Fire Service (LFS) football match at Highbury, the home of Arsenal FC

Sumo match between Daikoku and Fukurokuju. Print shows the Buddhist gods Daikoku and Fukurokuju, two of the seven lucky gods of Japan, as sumo wrestlers. Date 1831

A charming sumo match. Print shows two children wrestling. Date between 1806 and 1810

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