Player Collection (page 27)

Miss Tomblin in tennis shorts
The Sketch magazine in their We Take Our Hat Off To- weekly page feature Miss G.E. Tomblin, for taking the shorts way to further lawn tennis fame

Helen Wills Moody as a little girl
Helen Wills Moody (1905 - 1998), American tennis player and eight times Wimbledon champion, pictured as a young girl playing in the semi final round of the Junior Championship at Forest Hills

Dancing on village green
Traditional country dancing on the village green to the music of a fiddle player standing at a maypole

Christine Truman Janes (born 1941), British tennis player pictured in The Tatler as a promising 15 year old. She was beaten in an all-British ladies Wimbledon final in 1961 by Angela Mortimer but has

Carol Singers Dancing by Pauline Baynes
Decorative illustration depicting a jolly group of carol singers dancing and singing earnestly to the tune of a pipe player

Suzanne Lenglens Tennis Outfits for Selfridges
A page depicting the outfits designed and modelled by Suzanne Lenglen for Selfridges, shown exclusively in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Audition by Webster Murray
This is an image of young girls dancing on stage to the music that the piano player is playing, while others look on and watch

Morocco - Snake Charmer and Musician
Snake Charmer and Musicians in Morocco

Greek harp player
Lady in the costume of a classical Greek harp player

Prince Albert playing tennis
Prince Albert, Duke of York, the future King George VI (1895-1952), was a keen tennis player in the 1920s; in July 1920 with his partner Louis Greig he won the RAF doubles competition

But, Please, I was told to mark him by Fougasse
Humorous colour illustration by Kenneth Cyril Bird (pseudonym: Fougasse), showing an overly large rugby player being admonished by the referee for (accidentally) hurting another player

The Oldest Living Cricketer
Mr C. A. Absolon, still taking an active part in the game of cricket at the age of 85

POLO DAY
Young attractive women chatting to a player at a polo event

Ottoman Palace - Paris Exhibition 1900
Universal Exhibition 1900 - Paris. The Ottoman Palace sitting on top of the Brasserie Scossa for which the card is an advertisement proclaiming that lunch can be had for 4 Francs

Suzanne Lenglen taking a shot
French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen preparing to defend her Wimbledon title in 1921. Lenglen dominated womens tennis during the early 1920s

Egyptian Dancing Girls, some seated, some playing musical instruments, one smoking. The dancer is accompanied by a pipe player and a drummer

Howard Staunton (1810-1874), English Shakespearean scholar, actor and chess player. World chess champion from 1843-1851, he also wrote, The Chess-Players Handbook, published in 1847

Reaching Great Heights
It is remarkable what scientific training methods will accomplish on the football field. Four players spring upwards to head a football

Windsor Lewis
Hopkin Windsor Lewis (1906- 1982), rugby player and Welsh international

Tommy Marshall of the Stockton Cricket Club, 1876
Engraving of Tommy Marshall, former player and coach of the Stockton Cricket Club, 1876. Although his age was unknown when this image was published, it was said he played cricket in the time of Mynn

Cartoon Depicting the Problems of Professionalism in Footbal
Cartoon showing the perceived problems of professionalism in football. In the main series of images, two football club directors haggle over the value of a player who performs a number of feats in

A J Hopkins - Cricketer
A J Y (Bert) Hopkins - New South Wales and Australianh Test player (1901/2-09)

C J Burnup - Cricketer for Kent and also an Association Football player with the Corinthians FC, with whom he toured South Africa

Hockey Player
A hockey player about to strike the ball with his hockey-stick

Fishing & Flute-Playing
A shepherd plays a flute on the banks of a river while his companion fishes (illustration to the fable The Fish & the Shepherd Flute-Player )

Card Player Asks Advice
Two men play a serious game of cards while several others crowd round watching; one of the players seeks advice on his hand from a bystander

Parsee Marriage, India
A marriage ceremony among the Parsis (Parsees), followers of Zoroaster, in India. A female sitar player provides a musical accompaniment

Helen Wills
Cartoon by Matt of Helen Wills, American tennis player

Rugby Tackle 1892
Collared! - the player with the ball is tackled

Brave Accordeon Player
At Stradella, Italy, accordeon player Guglielmo Bonfoco refuses anaesthetics for leg amputation, provided he can play his instrument during the operation

Pianist in N Y Bar
The piano-player in a New York saloon : please do not shoot him, for he is doing his best

Telharmony
Series of images from 1907 showing a Telharmony machine, invented by Dr. Thaddeus Cahill. A player on the Telharmonium controls vibrating currents from a series of dynamos

Woman / Bra / Tape Player
A woman in a bikini puts on her favourite tunes

Cake Walking Couple
A black banjo-player and his white partner, both in carnival costume - is this New Orleans ? - perform the cake- walk

Music / Argentina / Guitar
A Gaucho guitar-player of the Argentinian pampas

Boys and men camping 1905
A group of boys and men relaxing on a camping holiday, with a wind-up gramophone to keep them entertained

Caxton / Chess Player
A chess player : from William Caxtons The Game and Playe of the Chesse

Woman Plays Ice Hockey
Alice Nory, a woman player

Hopi Flute Boy
A flute-player of the Hopi flute society, (Arizona) who plays an important role in tribal life as the central figure in the traditional rain-making ceremonies

Michel Ivan Tchigorin
MICHEL IVAN TCHIGORIN Russian chess-player

Golf Player / Sepia Photo
A gentleman in his plus-fours ready to play a game of golf

Musical Mousers
The sudden appearance of a mouse causes the lute-player and the fiddler to desert their companions in mid- concert

Girl Playing (Scrap)
A young croquet player

Brit Fife & Drum Late 19
See the handsome bandsmen come, One with a fife and one with a drum !

Dryden / Dr Rhythm / 271
Portrait of a jazz player for the film Dr Rhythm

Automaton mandolin player
An automaton mandolin player who taps her foot while playing, attributed to Jacques de Vaucanson, a French inventor

A player falls during a football match -- is it a foul?

Polo Match Scene
A player about to strike the ball

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