Matches Collection (page 5)

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

Various Titanic items
Various items from RMS Titanic, namely receipts for meals and typing, a headed letter card, a restaurant card, and a box of matches

Quick Cricket
A new method of giving both sides a chance of getting in an innings when playing one- day matches Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary

The Australian Cricket Team in England, 1912
Photographic montage of the Australian Cricket Team which toured England in the summer of 1912. This tour was unusual in that no test matches were played, the Australians only playing county sides

Arthur Carr Batting, 1926
Photograph of Arthur W. Carr (1893-1963), the Nottinghamshire and England batsman, playing a strong shot in 1926. Carr was appointed England Captain in 1926, but played only 11 matches for England

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

Davis Cup in Paris
Henri Cochet (Fr) and Big Bill Tilden (USA) before their Davis Cup match at Roland Garros Stadium, Paris. Cochet beat Tilden in the singles in 1928, 1929 and 1930

W G Grace (Men & Women)
English cricketer. Played for England in Test matches against Australia in 1880 and 1882 and amassed a mighty 54, 896 runs in first class cricket over a 43 year career

Waiters Lights up Cigars
A waiter produces a box of matches to light up guests cigar and cigarette

C17 Lamplighter / Woodcut
A lamplighter with the tools of his trade - matches to light the oil lamps at nightfall, a snuffer to extinguish them at the dawns early light

Street Trades / Matches
A Swedish woman selling lucifer matches in the street

Football Match at Oval
Old Etonians defeat Blackburn Rovers in the final tie of the Challenge Cup contests at Kennington Oval, London

London match workers protesting against tax
When London match workers protest against a proposed tax on matches, police break up the demonstration with unnecessary violence

Perry & Cochet
Fred Perry and Cochet before their match

Child Selling Matches
A London street Arab selling matches

Female Match Seller / 1804
A woman, accompanied by two young boys, sells matches in the London streets

Old Match-Seller / 1904
An old woman sells boxes of matches in the London streets

Cup Final 1923
Trouble at the Cup Final when the over-capacity Wembley crowd invades the field; but order is restored and Bolton Wanderers win the cup against West Ham

The Brighton Matchman
John Standing, known as the Brighton Matchman, at the age of 77; his matches are used with a tinder box

Boy Pretends to Smoke
A young boy pretends to smoke and feels very grown up

Wembley Workmen 1930
Workmen fixing goal posts at Wembley Stadium two days before the 55th F.A. Cup Final, when Aresenal defeated Huddersfield Town (2-0), in front of a 98, 488 crowd

1905 England / Scotland
ENGLAND v SCOTLAND at the Crystal Palace England 1, Scotland 0 - a midfield tussle

London / Cries / Matches
The match girl

First Matches
THE FIRST MATCHES sulphur matches were used by the Romans

England V Scotland
ENGLAND v SCOTLAND Goalmouth action during Scotlands 2-1 win at Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Carthusians Vs Preston
The Old Carthusians vs. Preston North End

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