Sporting Collection (page 9)

Roman sporting combat - jousting in chariots
Roman sporting combat - jousting with spears in chariots - one of the many varied entertainments available at ones local amphitheatre

Daisy Fellowes and the Marchese Strozzi
The Marchese Strozzi, head of the noble Florentine family, pictured with the Hon. Mrs Reginald (Daisy) Fellowes at a Monte Carlo Sporting Club gala evening. Date: 1937

Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes, tennis at Wimbledon
Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes as " gentlemen in waiting" on the weather at the 1914 Wimbledon tennis championship in July 1914

Suzanne Lenglen and Queen Mary, Wimbledon 1926
French tennis star Suzanne Lenglen pictured meeting Queen Mary on the Centre Court at Wimbledon in 1926. Lenglen had won the ladies singles championship the previous year. Date: 1926

Miss Modern Christmas August 1932 by Wilton Williams
Front cover of Miss Modern magazine featuring an illustration showing women surf-riding - a sort of forerunner of water-skiing. Date: 1932

People at a comic sports event in a field
People taking part in a comic sports event in a field, which involves each man being blindfolded and apparently guided by a woman with a piece of string. Date: circa 1910s

Premiere of Pygmalion in London, 1914
Front cover of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the premier in London of a new play, Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw with Mrs Patrick Campbell in the role of Eliza Doolittle

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

Jack Dempsey versus Georges Carpentier
William Harrison " Jack" Dempsey (" The Manassa Mauler" ) (June 24, 1895 May 31, 1983), American professional boxer and cultural icon of the 1920s

Tennis champion Anthony Wilding & C. T. Craig
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), New Zealand born tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion 1910-1913, pictured with Mr C. T. Craig, managing director of the firm Messrs

Statue of the tennis player, Anthony Wilding
Physical Energy, a figure sculpted by Paul Troubetzkoy and based on the New Zealand tennis player, Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding. Wilding was Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913

Professional golfers in Sportsmens Battalion
Five professional golfers who had joined the Sportsmens Battalion. From left; H. Fulford (Bradford), R. Jacobs (Bedford), E. Jones (Chislehurst), Jas. Bradbeer (Porters Park) and Pl

Eley Kynoch gun cartridges by H. L. Oakley
Advertisement for Eley-Kynoch gun cartridges featuring silhouettes by the artist H. L. Oakley. Date: 1936

King Edward VIII, George V and Duke of Gloucester
The three elder sons of King George V pictured together, at what looks like a hunt meeting, sometime in the 1920s. From left to right, Edward

Lord Burghley winning the 400m hurdles at 1928 Olympics
The final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, showing Lord Burghley silhouetted against the concrete banking of the stadium racing his way to a gold medal victory

The Screw Em Out golf hole cleaner by Heath Robinson
A typically convoluted contraption from William Heath Robinson, the first in a series entitled, Very Patent Aides to Sport, showing the Screw-Em-Out golf hole cleaner in action on a golf course

Stadium for the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games
An aerial view of the stadium built for the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. Originally with a capacity of 32, 000, the stadium was rebuilt to accomodate 42, 000

Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News front cover, 1928
Front cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, featuring a jockey during a race, in recognition of the forthcoming Derby, on which the paper comprehensively reported. Date: 1928

James Bausch in the decathlon, 1932 Olympic Games
James Aloysius Bernard Bausch (1906 1974), a.k.a. " Jarring Jim", American athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon pictured throwing the discus

The Debutante by H. M. Bateman (Tennis at Wimbledon)
Humorous illustration by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman showing a new tennis player on the famous centre court at Wimbledon, feeling very much as if all eyes are upon her. Date: 1926

The Boat Race by Patrick Bellew
Comic illustration of the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge showing, a possibility at Mortlake - if the oars will stand the strain

Lady golfers 1933
Lady golfers sporting fashionable summer outfits. Art deco.Date: 1933

Abbotts shoe advertisement, 1935
Advertisement for Abbotts shoes, ideal for protecting toes and looking stylish on ladies at point-to-point or other equestrian spectator sports. Featuring some rather lovely silhouettes. Date: 1935

Release of pigeons, Olympic opening ceremony, 1948
7, 000 pigeons are released above Wembley Stadium as trumpeters of the Household Cavalry sound a fanfare. The pigeons are bearers of Olympic tidings, a custom also practised by the Ancient Greeks

Wembley Stadium, 1948 London Olympic Games
Wembley Stadium, as viewed from the air. The main track events and the official opening of the XIVth Olympiad took place here, as well as the finals of the football and field-hockey, fencing

Boys at Bisley, Surrey
A group of boys at Bisley in Surrey, a rifle shooting venue for many years. The boys may be from the Bisley boys school, an orphanage run by The Shaftesbury Homes

Our True Sporting SPIRIT ? by William Heath Robinson
The Automobilious Dream of a prominent Master of Hounds, on learning that the price of petrol had dropped again. Please note

The Dandy-Horse Bicycle of the 1820 s
Photograph of a cyclist and his Dandy-Horse ; an early bicycle or running machine without pedals or gears, propelled only by foot. This type of bicycle became popular in the 1820s to 1830 s

Joseph Chamberlain MP at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, 4th Novem
Illustration showing Joseph Chamberlain MP, delivering a speech on Protectionism and Free Trade, at Bingley Hall, Birmingham

Dromos, Sparta
The Dromos, Sparta, venue for sporting and athletic activities in which the Spartans excelled

A skating costume, 1903
A costume of fine blue serge trimmed with coarse black braid and black and white tassels; embroidered yoke of green silk and front and ruffles of ivory lace - just the thing for ice skating in 1903

Health and fitness - girl with clubs
A young girl in the Edwardian era posing in her sports kit with some wooden clubs, frequently used for exercising with at this time. Date: c.1910

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

Bicycle hockey
Girls playing bicycle hockey, a form of polo on wheels, at the time the sport of cycling was at the height of popularity. Date: 1899

Bicycle sailing
Suggestion for adding speed to a bicycle - a sail. Though how one actually can see where one is going is a different matter. Date: 1899

Advert for Kenneth Durward outdoor wear 1915
Kenneth Durward, sporting and speciality tailor. Variety of outdoor clothing for men. 1915

Cambridge rowing crew, 1911
Rowing crew from a Cambridge University college, 1911. Date: 1910

Cartoon, John Corlett of the Sporting Times
Cartoon, John Corlett (1841-1915), founder, proprietor and editor of The Sporting Times. Never mind how full our music halls may be, there is always room to squeeze a little one in! 1884

Advert for Henry Lewis & Co novelty sporting jewellery 1893
A selection of hunting jewellery, available from Henry Lewis & Co in New Bond Street, London. 1893

Auxiliary Territorial Service archers
Photograph: Auxiliary Territorial Service archers.One of 67 photographs of Auxiliary Territorial Service personnel involved in sporting activities

Fashions in Wartime WW1
The navy cut costume, inspired by the battles at sea during the First World War, note the cap with naval sword detail, plus the must have accessory - a grim-faced bulldog sporting Tricolour ribbon

The Summer Sporting at Monte Carlo Beach by Matania
Guests at the Summer Sporting at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera enjoy gambling in the open air as one of the evening entertainments on offer. Date: 1934

May Toupie Lowther, tennis player and fencer
May " Toupie" Lowther (also Toup饠 Lowther, English tennis player and fencer active during the last decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century)

Picnic Cakes with sports decorations -- lawn tennis, coaching, cricket, boating, football, polo. circa 1890

Stylish young lady wearing a self-made hurdling outfit. Date: 1923

Sketch cover featuring Lord Burghley in action
Lord Burghley, captain of Britains Olympic team in 1932 jumping hurdles in a photograph on the front cover of The Sketch. David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905 - 1981)

Interior view, Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. It is an indoor arena for sporting events such as ice hockey, basketball and boxing, as well as concerts, shows

Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein at Sunningdale Golf Club
Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869-1931), second son of Prince and Princess Christian (Princess Helena) and grandson of Queen Victoria

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