Sport Collection (page 7)

National Sporting Club
An impression of a Monday evening at the National Sporting Club, the home of the " noble art". Fair-haired fly weight is Dick Inkles.Key to people in audience, p.78 of

Joe Beckett, British heavyweight boxing champion
Joe Beckett (1892-1965), Heavyweight Boxing Champion of Great Britain, in action

Real Tennis in Italy
Giocco della racchetta - four Italians in a game of real tennis in an indoor court, watched by spectators

Cricket in Coventry
Cricket played on Grey Friars Green, Coventry

Golf / Book by Cotton
Golf by the famous player Henry Cotton

Skateboarder 1970S
A boy skateboarding in protecive gear, including shin pads and a helmet, Crawley, Sussex, England

Egan / Life in London / 1821
FENCING: Jerrys admiration of Tom in an assault with Mr. O Shaunessy at the rooms in St. Jamess Street

Larkswood Lido
Two glamorous girls in bathing costumes and high heels surveying the scene at Larkswood open air swimming pool, Chingford, Essex

Poster for the world motor boat championships 1938
Poster for the world motor boat championships in Geneva from the 6th-8th August 1938

Poster for Ovo Sports Food
Advertising poster for Ovo Sport, a special food developed to provide nourishment during sport and training. The tagline claims Instant Fortification

Poster for the Grand Prix of the Nations in Geneva on 21st July 1946

Poster for the 13th Monaco Grand Prix on 22nd May 1955

Blackheath Goffer
To the Society of Goffers (golfers) At Blackheath Mr William Innes, merchant, plays golf on the heath. A caddy holds his clubs

Lady Golfers Outfit
What every lady golfer should have worn in 1924: an outfit designed by Madeleine Vionnet

Tunstall / Sheffield Utd
Fred Tunstall, player for Sheffield United

Riding, 1936 Olympics
Czech postcard, probably sold to raise funds for the Czech equestrian team in the Olympics

Digging Golf Bunker
Men busy preparing the 8th bunker at Princes golf course, Sandwich, Kent, in readiness for the Open Championship in June

John McEnroe / Wembley
John McEnroe at the Benson and Hedges Championships at Wembley in 1979

London Boxing 1870
Two fighters slug it out in the gloomy interior of a tent, watched by a small crowd of Londoners who have probably bet on the outcome

Woolwich Arsenal Team
WOOLWICH ARSENAL football team (each player is named below)

Football / Womens Match
Femina-Sport Versus Les Cadettes De Gascoigne at Paris

England V Italy 1934
ENGLAND versus ITALY at Highbury

The Block / Felix on Bat
Home Block

Cockfighting in France
Cock fighting is a fashionable amusement in fin-de-siecle Paris, enjoyed by top-hatted gentlemen and their lady friends

Village Cricket Match
An enthusiastic crowd gather to watch a cricket match on the village green, Bearstead, Kent, England

Cockfighting / Hogarth / Col
A group of men watching a cockfight in a ring

Ice Hockey 1920S
Theres a goal mouth scramble during this game of ice hockey

Girls Playing Cricket
Two energetic and enthusiastic girls playing cricket. One girl screeches to a halt with her cricket bat, whilst the other tries to catch her out at the wicket!

Ice Hockey / Agenda Plm
An ice-hockey match in Chamonix, France

Olympics / 1936 / Jesseowens
JESSE OWENS Jesse Owens breaks the 200 metre record

Sport / Cricket / W G Grace
W G Grace, ready to receive the ball

Manchester United Fc
MANCHESTER UNITED FC The modern day all conquering side looking not so invincible in 1905

Newcastle United Team
NEWCASTLE UNITED. League Champions of 1905

Ladies Doubles / Wimbledon
Ladies doubles match at Wimbledon

Eton Vs Blackburn 1882 / 3
The Final of the Football Association Challenge Cup : The Old Etonians beaten by Blackburn Olympic

Ascot, Circa 1818
Horse racing in the early 19th Century

Horse Racing / Ascot
Gold cup day, 1839

Ancient Roman athletes boxing in leather gloves
Ancient Roman athletes boxing wearing a cestus (leather glove) on each hand

Boys playing rugby football at Rugby School

Women playing hockey
A womens hockey match -- they are wearing long skirts, which must be rather difficult to run in

Nick Skelton in show jumping event, Royal Cornwall Show. circa 1980s

Four frogs ice skating on a Christmas card
Four frogs ice skating hand in hand on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. circa 1890s

French Boules Players
Four French peasants in sabots and a barefoot boy judge the skill of the players in a game on a bumpy grassy field. Date: early 20th century

Steeplechase with Faller
FALLS One horse falls at a fence while three other horses clear the fence successfully. Date: 1912

Golf at Wimbledon 1893
A group of male golfers putt out during a round at Wimbledon. Date: 1893

Bowling green at a holiday camp, Paignton, Devon
People relaxing on a bowling green at a holiday camp in Paignton, Devon, with chalets in the background. Date: 1950s

Advertisement for Ford Anglia cars -- male and female models posing (Geraldine Hill, Susan Ingram and Ossie O Leary). 1959

Lady Moscow, horse harness racing. Union Course, L.I. Date: 1850

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