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Match Collection (page 6)

Background imageMatch Collection: Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade limited edition

Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade limited edition
Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade. In 1986 the Queen Elizabeth 2 underwent a £90 million refit that marked the end of her life as a steamship as her turbine engines were replaced by a diesel

Background imageMatch Collection: Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - matchbooks

Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - matchbooks
Captain Treasure Jones Archive - collection of Cunard matchbooks including two unused cartons of Cunard folding matches

Background imageMatch Collection: Photographs showing how cricket is photographed

Photographs showing how cricket is photographed, including match shots, camera and photographer. Captioned, Waiting for hours to take a 1/1000th of a second picture

Background imageMatch Collection: Dorothea Lambert Choukes

Dorothea Lambert Choukes (1878-1960), champion womens tennis player, ten sporting action portraits showing shots and moments from tennis match. Date: 1911

Background imageMatch Collection: Crowds at a Boxing Match

Crowds at a Boxing Match
This boxing match between Jack Petersen and Heine Muller at Cardiff attracted 53, 000 spectators, a record attendance for open-air boxing in Great Britain. Date: 1933

Background imageMatch Collection: Warrington Rugby Team

Warrington Rugby Team, strategizing ahead of their first ever match at Wembley Stadium, the Rugby League Cup Final against Huddersfield due to be played on May 6th. Huddersfield won. Date: 1933

Background imageMatch Collection: Davis Cup Tennis

Davis Cup Tennis
Scenes from the Second Round of the Davis Cup tennis contest, played between Great Britain and Rumania in Torquay. This year, Britain ultimately made it through to the semi-finals

Background imageMatch Collection: Soccer Action

Soccer Action
Coventry City's goal-keeper colliding with a Fulham player during a soccer match at Craven Cottage. Date: 1931

Background imageMatch Collection: Water Polo By Night

Water Polo By Night
A nocturnal women's water polo match at the Stadio del Littoria in Rome, attended by Benito Mussolini. Date: 1931

Background imageMatch Collection: Tennis at Hurlingham

Tennis at Hurlingham
A doubles game being played as part of the Army lawn tennis championships held at Hurlingham. Date: 1931

Background imageMatch Collection: Watching Cricket at The Oval, From a Gasometer

Watching Cricket at The Oval, From a Gasometer
A test match between England and New Zealand at The Oval, Kennington. The spectators in the foreground have scaled a nearby gasometer. Date: 1931

Background imageMatch Collection: Polo at Roehampton

Polo at Roehampton
A polo match at the Roehampton Club between the Royal Air Force and the Chinchillas. Date: 1931

Background imageMatch Collection: Wimbledon Exertions

Wimbledon Exertions
Scenes from the 1931 Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Pictured are Fred Perry (1909-1995), Ian Glen Collins (1903-1975), Helene Nicolopoulos, George Patrick Pat Hughes (1902-1997), I

Background imageMatch Collection: Boxing at Brighton

Boxing at Brighton
Scenes from a boxing match held at Brighton between Bombardier Billy Wells (1889-1967) and Soldier Jones (1897-1942), also known as John Beaudin. Date: 1925

Background imageMatch Collection: RAF football team fly to Palestine ready for match, WW2

RAF football team fly to Palestine ready for match, WW2
RAF football team flying by bomber from Heliopolis to Palestine dressed in kit ready for a game during the Second World War Date: circa 1940s

Background imageMatch Collection: Aircraft spotter on duty at football match, WW2

Aircraft spotter on duty at football match, WW2
Aircraft spotter on duty at a football match Charlton v Arsenal at the Valley during the Second World War Date: circa 1940s

Background imageMatch Collection: Portsmouth v Wolverhampton, FA Cup Final, Wembley

Portsmouth v Wolverhampton, FA Cup Final, Wembley
Portsmouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers, FA Cup Final, Wembley, 120, 000 crowd Date: 1939

Background imageMatch Collection: Preston North End v Huddersfield, FA Cup Final, Wembley

Preston North End v Huddersfield, FA Cup Final, Wembley
Preston North End score winning penalty against Huddersfield Town in FA Cup Final 1938 at Wembley Stadium Date: 1938

Background imageMatch Collection: Manchester City football fans in London for Millwall match

Manchester City football fans in London for Millwall match
Peacetime Manchester City football fans in London to face Millwall in an FA Cup match Date: 1946

Background imageMatch Collection: Painting goalposts for FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium

Painting goalposts for FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium
Painting goalposts for FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium Date: 1946

Background imageMatch Collection: English and Australian teams, second test at Lords

English and Australian teams, second test at Lords
The England and Australia Cricket Teams in the Second Test Match at Lord's Date: 1938

Background imageMatch Collection: Don Bradman bowled by Verity at Lords

Don Bradman bowled by Verity at Lords
Australian Cricketer Don Bradman bowled by Verity at Lords in 1938, Ames keeping wicket Date: 1938

Background imageMatch Collection: Golfers Bobby Locke and R. Burton

Golfers Bobby Locke and R. Burton
South African golfer Arthur Bobby Locke (1917-1987) with English golfer Richard Dick Burton (1907-1974). Date: 1939

Background imageMatch Collection: J. B. Priestley and Joyce Barbour

J. B. Priestley and Joyce Barbour
Writer J.B. Priestley (1894-1984) and actress Joyce Barbour (1901-1977), team captains in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Background imageMatch Collection: Writer A. P. Herbert, bowling

Writer A. P. Herbert, bowling
Writer A.P. Herbert (1890-1971) bowling during an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Background imageMatch Collection: Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh, cricketing

Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh, cricketing
Actress Ursula Jeans (1906-1973) and novelist Alec Waugh (1898-1981) in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Background imageMatch Collection: Polo players

Polo players
A polo game being played at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham in 1910. The players shown below are the Duke of Westminster (1879-1953) and Lord Shrewsbury (1860-1921). Date: 1910

Background imageMatch Collection: Cartoon by George E Studdy

Cartoon by George E Studdy
George Studdy or G E Studdy (1878-1948) was a British commercial artist and cartoonist, best known for his creation Bonzo the Dog, who became a popular character in the 1920s

Background imageMatch Collection: Cecelia Leitch, golfer, outdoor sporting photograph in a bunker

Cecelia Leitch, golfer, outdoor sporting photograph in a bunker, during the match against Harold Hilton. Showing Cecilia Leitch taking a shot, with spectators in background

Background imageMatch Collection: Photograph of Rugby match, Twickenham, outdoor sporting live action portrait

Photograph of Rugby match, Twickenham, outdoor sporting live action portrait. Captioned, The first big Rugger match of the season: Harlequins vs Old Merchant Taylors at Twickenham'

Background imageMatch Collection: Women's International Football, France v England

Women's International Football, France v England
Women's International Football match, France v England, November 1920 Date: 1920

Background imageMatch Collection: Advert, Bryant & May's Patent Safety Matches

Advert, Bryant & May's Patent Safety Matches. Date: 1868

Background imageMatch Collection: Anti-apartheid demo at Lord's

Anti-apartheid demo at Lord's
A street full of people outside Lord's cricket ground on the first day on the England v South Africa Second Test Match

Background imageMatch Collection: Women undergraduates of Lady Margaret Hall taking part in a hockey match. Date: 1920

Women undergraduates of Lady Margaret Hall taking part in a hockey match. Date: 1920

Background imageMatch Collection: Matchgirl Tree Customs Christmas Freezes Death

Matchgirl Tree Customs Christmas Freezes Death
matchgirl, tree, customs, christmas, freezes, death, little, match, girl, vision, glorious, symbolising, beauty, glory, never, matchgirl's, history, historical, 10049891

Background imageMatch Collection: Detail of the RWF Christmas Truce Plaque, Frelinghien

Detail of the RWF Christmas Truce Plaque, Frelinghien
The plaque is on the memorial plinth unveiled by the daughter of Frank Richards in 2008. There are also plaques to the German 6th Jaeger Battalion and the 133rd Saxon Infantry Regiment

Background imageMatch Collection: A game of pushball between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports

A game of pushball between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports ground. This match, one of the first played in Britain of this American game

Background imageMatch Collection: A Game of Pushball, Crystal Palace 1902

A Game of Pushball, Crystal Palace 1902
A game of pushball between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports ground. This match, one of the first played in Britain of this American game

Background imageMatch Collection: Grenadier of the Foot Guards with grenade and match alight

Grenadier of the Foot Guards with grenade and match alight, Battle of Prestonpans (or Battle of Gladsmuir), East Lothian, Scotland, 21 September 1745, during the Jacobite Rising. Date: 1745

Background imageMatch Collection: Comic postcard, Darts match in pub - double top Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Darts match in pub - double top Date: 20th century

Background imageMatch Collection: Bad Luck Crest designed by fighter pilot, WW2

Bad Luck Crest designed by fighter pilot, WW2
Bad Luck Crest, a form of modern heraldry designed by a fighter pilot who escaped from Dunkirk during WW2 Date: 1941

Background imageMatch Collection: High definition television, preparing for a boxing match at Baird Experimental Studios

High definition television, preparing for a boxing match at Baird Experimental Studios, prior to televising by the Intermediate-Film System

Background imageMatch Collection: Comic postcard, Man targeted by pigeons at football match Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man targeted by pigeons at football match Date: 20th century

Background imageMatch Collection: Comic postcard, Scotsmen discuss football match

Comic postcard, Scotsmen discuss football match Date: 20th century

Background imageMatch Collection: Comic postcard, Struggling hard to earn a living Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Struggling hard to earn a living Date: 20th century

Background imageMatch Collection: Comic postcard, Man hit by football Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Man hit by football Date: early 20th century

Background imageMatch Collection: Tennis match in India, c. 1890

Tennis match in India, c. 1890
Tennis match in India, c.1890

Background imageMatch Collection: A village tennis match in the street

A village tennis match in the street. Date: circa 1950s



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