Pitch Collection (page 2)

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

Preparing loudspeaker for FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium
Preparing loudspeaker for FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium Date: 1946

Maintenance of pitch before FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium
Mowing and weeding the Wembley Stadium pitch before the FA Cup Final Date: 1946

Nord Aviation N 500 Cadet (msn 001), at the Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget in June 1967, with airshow serial 344'. In 1966 Nord (later part of Aerospatiale) built two Cadets

McDonnell F-101B Voodoo 57-0351
Canadian Armed Forces - McDonnell F-101B-90-MC Voodoo 101029 (msn 529), on arrival at RCAF Chatham, New Brunswick, for 416 Squadron CAF

Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk N6715A
Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk N671SA (msn 67001), at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow, held between 1-8 September 1974. N6715A crashed while conducting a low-level aerobatic demonstration at the Farnborough

Market trader in Londons East End
Market trader giving crowd of onlookers his sales pitch. Date: circa 1960s

Comic postcard, Drunken batsman who saw three balls Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, A fast one from the demon bowler Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bunny faces the fast bowler Date: 20th century

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

A very great crowd gathered at Cardiff Arms Park for the international rubgy match between England and Wales. A section of the crowd breaking through the rails when an equalising try for Wales was

Racecourse, cricket ground, football pitch, Shanghai, China
Aerial view of the racecourse with grandstand, cricket ground and football pitch, Shanghai, China. Date: 1920

Dixie Dean, Everton and England international footballer
William Ralph (Dixie) Dean (1907-1980), Everton and England international footballer. mid-20th century

Medieval bat and ball games
Woman pitching a ball to a man with a bat in the game of club ball, 14th century (top), man holding a ball about to hit it to a catcher in the game of club ball, 14th century (middle)

Royal tents pitched for a meeting at Ardres 1520
Royal tents pitched for the meeting of King Henry VIII and King Francis I of France near Ardres 1520. Copperplate engraving after the Cotton Collection, Augustus II

Longleaf pine, Pinus palustris (Broom pine, pitch pine or yellow pine, Pinus australis). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Crowd held back, FA Cup Final, West Ham v Bolton
The crowd being held back at the FA Cup Final between West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers at Wembley, 28 April 1923. There were so many spectators that they were spilling over onto the pitch

Lunch interval, Lords Cricket Ground, London
Lunch interval at Lords Cricket Ground, NW London, during a University Cricket Match. 1893

Playbill, Beauty and the Beast, Theatre Royal, Birmingham
Pantomime playbill, Beauty and the Beast, Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Wrathall and Board, cricketers
Harry Wrathall and Jack Board, Gloucestershire county cricketers who made 106 runs at the 10th wicket in a match against Surrey. 1899

W Storer, cricketer. circa 1897

The Old Albert Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia. circa 1870

T Richardson, cricketer
T Richardson cricketer. circa 1897

S E Gregory, cricketer. circa 1897

Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja, Indian ruler and cricketer
Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja, Indian ruler of Nawanagar and Test cricketer. circa 1897

J T Herne, cricketer. 1897

J T Brown, cricketer. 1897

J Tunnicliffe, cricketer. 1897

C B Fry, cricketer and all-round sportsman. circa 1897

A G Steel, cricketer. circa 1897

A C MacLaren, cricketer. circa 1897

Football game, Chicago University v Carlisle Indians, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1907

The Cricket Ground, Harrow School, Middlesex. Two games are being played simultaneously. Date: circa 1906

Duke of York - FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium
Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) - shakes hand with the Newcastle United side before the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium (the second final held at the Stadium)

Road Works in Whitehall, London 1882
Originally entitled Horse Guards under Fire again, showing a group of workmen re-surfacing the road in Whitehall, London. In the foreground the men are preparing pitch or tar with their portable

Croquet on rough pitch
A large group of women play croquet on a rough-looking pitch. Date: late 19th century

View of sugar mill, Viti Levu Island, Fiji, South Pacific
View of Lautoka Sugar Mill with football pitch and town buildings, Viti Levu Island, Fiji, South Pacific. Date: circa 1920

Six men on a public bench, Killaloe, Co Clare, Ireland. Behind them are posters and signs for Pitch and Putt, and Cream Teas Date: 1993

The Leas Preparatory School, Hoylake, Wirral, Cheshire. Date: 1916

Dixie Dean, Captain of Everton FC football team
W R (Dixie) Dean (1907-1980), English footballer, Captain of Everton FC football team, seen here (right) in action during a match. Date: 1930s

England v Scotland football match at the Oval, London
England defeat Scotland 1 - 0 in a football match at the Oval, London

Cricket Club, Penang, Malaya (Malaysia)
Cricket Club pavilion in Mock Tudor style, Penang, Malaya (Malaysia). Date: circa 1910

Football Action. Ayresome Park Middlesbrough. March 1973 1973

Braves Field, Boston, Mass, USA
Braves Field baseball park, Boston, Mass, USA, home to the Boston Braves team. Seen at night, with lights shining down onto the pitch. Date: 1940s

Judi Spiers, radio and TV presenter
Judi Spiers (b. 1953), radio and TV presenter, seen here taking part in a cricket match. circa 1980s

Bonzo saves a goal by George Studdy
Bonzo saves a goal -- he races onto a football pitch, receives a large, heavy ball in the stomach, and is dragged away practically unconscious

FA Cup Final 1901
The Football Association cup final tie at Crystal Palace, 20th April 1901. Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United pictured at the kick off, along with reportage from The Illustrated London News

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