Referee Collection

Women Boxing 1933
Two women box in a ring, with a referee present

Jack Johnson in a boxing match
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, African-American world heavyweight champion boxer, 1908-1915, standing at the ropes in a boxing match with an unidentified opponent

1909 FA Cup Final: Manchester United beats Bristol City 1-0
The Football Association Cup Final at the Crystal Palace, where Manchester United beat Bristol City by one goal to nil. Players including A. Turnbull, C. Roberts, W

Ladies Football, 1894
The lady footballers: an anticipation. The Sketch anticipates the brave new world of women footballers: a good looking goalkeeper recieves much attention

Wrestling Match
One of the wrestlers has been hurled in the air by the other and is about to land on his back - ouch!

John Williams - Snooker Referee Date: 1980s

American football match, Army v Navy, Yankee Stadium
American football match between Army and Navy teams at the Yankee Stadium, New York City, USA, 12 December 1931. 1931

Female Sailing Umpire
An umpire overseas proceedings at the Burnham-on-Crouch sailing week. Date: 1931

Football referees studying the rules of the game
London Association of Referees using tactical table to study the rules of the game Date: 1946

c. 1880s Japan - sumo wrestlers and referee
c.1880s Japan - sumo wrestlers and referee

Boxing match, Jeannette v McVea, Paris, France
Boxing match, World Colored Heavyweight Championship between Joe Jeannette and Sam McVea, Paris, France, on 17 April 1909. Jeanette won by a knockout in the 49th round. Date: 1909

Boxing match, Burns v O Brien, Los Angeles, USA
Boxing match, World Heavyweight Championship between Tommy Burns and Philadelphia Jack O Brien, in Los Angeles, USA, on 28 November 1906. The match was a draw. Date: 1906

Illustration of Ring Rhythm in a boxing match (unidentified boxers). circa 1950s

John Smyth - Snooker Referee Date: 1980s

Len Ganley - Snooker Referee Date: 1980s

John Street - Snooker Referee Date: 1980s

Willie Smith - Snooker Referee Date: 1980s

Alan Chamberlain - Snooker Referee Date: 1980s

Clive Norling - Rugby referee Date: 1980s - 1990s

The Scout magazine Special Football Number
Front cover of The Scout magazine, " The Only Official Weekly Organ of the Boy Scouts" featuring a picture of two footballers

Sumo wrestlers and referee, Japan, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Albert, Duke of York - kicking off a Charity Football Match
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - kicking off a Charity Football Match in aid of the Dockland Settlement and Malburn Boys Club, Canning Town

POLICE TRAINING
Training for the International Police Boxing Championships at Peel House, London. P.C. Jackson versus P.C. Melish Date: 1930s

JAPANESE WRESTLING 1865
A bout of Sumo wrestling is watched closely by both the referee and a large crowd. Date: 1865

Womens Football
Womens football : the referee with her whistle about to start the game Date: circa 1920s

Cyanide Sid Cooper and Chris Adams, wrestlers
Cyanide (or Cry Baby) Sid Cooper and black belt Chris Adams, taking part in a professional wrestling bout in the open air, Penlee Park, Penzance, Cornwall. Adams gets a submission from Cooper

England Football Team, 1895, at the time they played against Scotland: Jackson, Lodge, Reid (Referee), Sutcliffe, Lythgoe, Reynolds, Holt, Needham, Crabtree, Hughes, Bassett, Bloomer, Goodall

Edward (Gunboat) Smith, boxer, actor and referee
Edward (Gunboat) Smith (1887-1974), Irish-American heavyweight boxer, film actor and (later) boxing referee. Seen here in a boxing pose. early 1900s

Rugger Personalities - Rugby 1920
Rugger personalities by H. Crowther Smith. Includes G. Rowland Hill, Lieut-Colones S. S. D. Craven, B. S. Cumberlege, C. J. B. Marriott, C. N. Lowe, F. C

Asquith & Lloyd George in the boxing ring by Bairnsfather
Humorous satirical illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather showing the politicians, Asquith and Lloyd George, both of whom served as Prime Minister during World War I, in a boxing ring facing each other

Football match, New York v Hakoah, New York City, USA
Football match, New York v Hakoah, at the Polo Grounds, New York City, USA, on 25 April 1926, in which Hakoah (from Vienna, Austria), won 4-0. Hakoah were a touring team of all-Jewish players

The Boxers Who Fought to a Standstill, H. M. Bateman
Two boxers in the ring lie on the floor having knocked each other out. Even the audience is utterly exhausted. Date: 1933

Offered and Taken by H M Bateman, is an illustration of a boxing match. There is only one boxer left in the ring, a fresh

Sumo wrestlers and referee, Japan, 1870s. Date: 1870s

Teddy Tinling on the French Riviera
Cuthbert Collingwood " Ted" Tinling (1910-1990) - English tennis player and fashion designer pictured with Miss Ryan

Football match - Some popular songs for footballers
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News depicting various scenes of rugby and football linked to humourus songs of the period Date: 1909

League match - Everton vs. Blackburn Rovers, 1893
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, depicting scenes from a league match between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Liverpool

Gaumont British Picture Corp FC football team 1936. Back row: Referee, Newman, Platts, Wilkinson, Corbishley, Claringbold, Taylor, Barford (Trainer)

Group photo, Essex football team 1894
Group photo, Essex football team: Russell, Wells, Sheldrake, Porter, Brewerton, Johnson, Baker, Earle, Hughes, Mayes (Captain), Porter, Markham

Brokenhurst Manor Silver Jubilee Golf Match
Group photo of golfers gathered for the Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club Silver Jubilee Golf Match, New Forest, Hampshire. They are (from right to left) Captain A E Phillips (Referee), Laurie Ayton

A Sumo contest
Two Sumo wrestlers crouch in a ring with two referees under an ornimental tent. The competition is about to start. There are many spectators. Date: 1932

Sumo wrestlers and referee, Japan
Four Sumo wrestlers and a referee, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Water Polo riot at 1932 Los Angeles Olympics
A page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, reporting on a riot at the water polo during the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games

The Prize Fight, 1814 and 1914
Depictions of the Prize Fight, of 1814 (above) and of 1914 (below). In the earlier version there is as much fighting in the crowd as there is in the boxing ring. Date: July 1914

The Referee
People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Olympics / 1920 / Football
Football match between Belgium and Czechoslovakia: tossing the coin Date: 1920

Little Games for the Holidays - Bouncing the Beechum
A curious game invented by Heath Robinson whereby a tiny ball or beechum is sprung into the air by the hefty use of a mallet while a number of public school boys wait to catch it with nets poised

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

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