Players Collection (page 5)

Group of polo players on horseback, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa

Group of polo players, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904

Scotland International Football team, 1933 Date: 1933

Manchester City FC team, FA Cup winners in 1934 Date: 1934

Huddersfield Town FC team, 1932 Date: 1932

England v Scotland International Football at the Oval, 1879 Date: 1879

England International Football team, 1933 Date: 1933

Last minute in the Football Match, it's now or never
The last minute in the Football Match, it's now or never Date: 1898

Advert, Great Player's cigarettes, with cricketers
Advert, Great Player's Medium Navy Cut cigarettes, with caricatures of cricketers (cards to collect) Date: 1926

Selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets
A selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

Selection of Player's Cigarette Packets
A selection of Player's Cigarette Packets Date: 20th century

Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Jereed. Traditonal sport of Turks
Ottoman Empire. Turkish Jereed. Traditional sport of Turks played since centuries form the times of Turkic States. Engraving by Lemaitre, H. Lalaisse and Chaillot

Malaquera
This pencil drawing captures a musical scene in which a closely packed gathering of people are listening to some guitar players outside a building in the evening. Date: circa 1920

Tennis Players (2nd state)
This lithograph portrays a pair of male and female tennis players, holding their racquets, whilst stood in an elegant position, on court, with some tall sunflowers between them. Date: 1918

John Player and Sons Advertisement
An advertisement for John Player & Sons, a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co of Great Britain and Ireland. The image is promoting Player's Country Life cigarettes being smoked by some cheerful

Madge Kendal, English actress, who appeared in several of Pinero's early plays Date: circa 1905

Irene Vanbrugh in Pinero's play The Gay Lord Quex
Irene Vanbrugh as the manicurist Sophy Fullgarney in Pinero's play The Gay Lord Quex Date: circa 1900s

Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress
Mrs Patrick Campbell at the time of her success in Pinero's play The Second Mrs Tanqueray Date: circa 1900s

Matilda Charlotte Wood, English actress and theatre manager
Matilda Charlotte Wood, English actress (known as Mrs John Wood). She managed the Court Theatre (Sloane Square, London) between 1883 and 1891, including several productions of Pinero's plays

Marie Lohr as Georgina Tidman in Pinero's Dandy Dick
Marie Lohr as Georgina Tidman in Pinero's farce, Dandy Dick Date: circa 1900s

Marie Lohr as Josepha in Preserving Mr Panmure
Marie Lohr as Josepha in Pinero's farce, Preserving Mr Panmure Date: circa 1900s

Sir John Hare in Pinero's play, The Gay Lord Quex
Sir John Hare, actor, in the title role in Pinero's play, The Gay Lord Quex Date: circa 1900

Irene Vanbrugh as heroine in Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells
Irene Vanbrugh as the heroine, Rose Trelawny, in Pinero's play, Trelawny of the Wells Date: circa 1900s

Gerald du Maurier in Trelawny of the Wells
Gerald Du Maurier early in his career in the role of Ferdinand Gadd in Pinero's play, Trelawny of the Wells Date: circa 1900

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero in role of Sir Anthony Absolute
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, playwright, seen here as an actor in the role of Sir Anthony Absolute in Sheridan's play, The Rivals Date: circa 1900

Owen Nares, English stage and film actor - he played the shell-shocked hero in Pinero's musical fable, The Enchanted Cottage Date: circa 1900

Sir Harry Lauder recording with an orchestra Date: 1949

Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in play scene
Actors Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in the letters scene from Pinero's play, His House in Order Date: 1906

Advert - Player's Navy Cut Tobacco Date: 1925

Avert for Players Navy cut tobacco
Avert for Players navy cut tobacco, Navy Cut Tobacco is a brand of cigarettes manufactured by Imperial Brands ??formerly John Player & Sons. The brand became Player's Navy Cut'

Royal Scots Football Team, outdoor sporting portrait with twenty two players and silver cup. Captioned, Winners of the Madras Presidency Association Football Tournament'. Date: 1895

Card Players, Piraeus, Greece
A group of card players sat in a cafe in Piraeus, Greece. One of them holds a traditional shisha pipe. Piraeus is a port city in the region of Attica. Date: 1885

Walter Hagen Caricature
Caricature of the American golfer Walter Hagen (1892-1969), known for his dashing wardrobe as well as his golfing skills. Date: 1933

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

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

Vivian McGrath
Australian tennis player Vivian Viv McGrath (1916-1978), here aged sixteen. He was famous for his two-handed backhand. Date: 1932

F. K. Scott and Kay Stammers
Tennis players F. K. Scott and Katherine Kay Stammers (1914-2005), at a tournament. Stammers went on to become Wimbledon Women's Doubles Champion with Freda James in 1935. Date: 1932

Newcastle v Arsenal at Wembley
Members of the Newcastle United and Arsenal teams, due to compete at Wembley Stadium in the Cup Final. Also pictured is Herbert Chapman (1878-1934) the Arsenal manager. Date: 1932

A Controversial Tennis Cup
Tennis players Joan C. Ridley (1903-1983) and Elsie (Mrs J. B.) Pittman (1904-1975) caused controversy when they decided to retire part way through their American Trophy match

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

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

British Wightman Cup Team
The Wightman Cup was an annual women's tennis competition between British and American teams, held from 1923 until 1989. In 1931 the U. S. Team was victorious. Date: 1931

Ranjitsinhji at the Oval
Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja (1872-1933), also known as Ranji, was ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar, and had been a Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team

Cilly Aussem and Hilde Krahwinkel at Wimbledon
Cilly Aussem (1909-1963) had just won the women's singles final at Wimbledon - becoming the first German competitor, male or female, to win a singles title there

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

Helen Jacobs and Daniel Maskell at Wimbledon
American tennis player Helen Hull Jacobs (1908-1997) with English player and coach Daniel Dan Maskell (1908-1992) who later became a celebrated tennis commentator for the BBC. Date: 1931

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

Eileen Bennett
British tennis player Eileen Bennett (1907-1979), also known as Eileen Bennett Fearnley-Whittingstall. Pictured here near the beginning of her career

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