Sports Collection (#88)

Chamba, India, seen from the hockey ground
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, northern India, seen from the hockey ground. Date: circa 1890s

Man protesting against playing of football during WW1
Frederick Nicholas Charrington (a member of the brewing family) protesting against the playing of football during the First World War

Main Gymnasium, YMCA, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 20th century

Spectators at Fulham v Clapton Orient football match
A crowd of spectators at a football match between Fulham and Clapton Orient. Date: 1914

Davis Cup tennis match, McLoughlin v Brookes, New York
A Davis Cup tennis match between Maurice McLoughlin (America) and Norman Brookes (Australasia) in New York, USA. McLoughlin won. Date: August 1914

Queen of Spain playing tennis
The Queen of Spain, formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg, pictured playing tennis at Santander, one of her country houses. The Tatler reported that the Queen was good at tennis

Formal opening of Olympic stadium, Berlin, Germany
Scene at the formal opening of the new Olympic stadium in Berlin, designed for the 1916 Olympic Games which were cancelled because of the First World War. Date: 1913

Autocar Poster -- Paris-Berlin race
Autocar Poster -- scene from the Paris-Berlin race, featuring a Mors No.4 car driven by Fournier, beating a Panhard car. Its average speed during the race was around 44 mph. Date: 1901

Football in aid of Prince of Wales Fund, WW1
A crowd of spectators at the first football match of the season at Chelsea. Receipts went towards the Prince of Wales War Fund. Date: August 1914

Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, WW1
Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, at the start of the First World War, while a tennis match goes on in the background

Advertisement for Johnnie Walker Black Label whisky. Born 1820 -- still going strong. Every drop is over 12 years old. Date: 1914

Hunting at the Front, 1915
Page from The Tatler reporting with bravado on a group of British officers enjoyed a spot of hunting near the Front, complete with a pack of beagles (sent by permission of the military authority)

Woman in elegant sports coat and skirt
A woman in an elegant sports coat and skirt, sitting on a shooting stick. The outfit is in heather mauve, flecked with green or with mauve suede facings

Advertisement for Burberry weatherproof clothes, showing a young woman leaning against a country wall in a jacket and long skirt described as a shooting gown

Setting spinnakers on board a yacht at Cowes, IOW
Setting spinnakers on board a racing yacht during the Regatta at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Date: 1914

Yachts Meteor and White Heather at Cowes, IOW
Yachts Meteor (belonging to Kaiser Wilhelm II) and White Heather (belonging to Mr Myles Kennedy) at sea during the Cowes Regatta, Isle of Wight. They were taking part in the 23-metre class. Date: 1914

An action shot of donkey cart racing in London

Police eating lunch at the Epsom Coronation Derby, 1911. 1911

Woolwich Arsenal Football Club team photo, season of 1912-1913. 1912-1913

Advert for Scotts gentlemens hats 1912
Gentlemens hats for country wear in two different styles. 1912

Convalescing soldiers and WaCs, Western Front, WW1
Convalescing soldiers and WaCs playing basketball near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Miss Eileen Legge water skiing or surf riding at Shanklin
Miss Eileen Legge seen surf-riding - an early form of water skiing - being pulled by a motor boat at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. Date: 1928

The Cow and Plate Polecat Trapper
Another ingenious idea from the inventive mind of William Heath Robinson, the gadget king, for a cow and plate pole-cat trapper on the Catskill Mountains

Lord Burghley in the steeplechase at Stamford Bridge
400 metres hurdles gold medallist, Lord Burghley, at the water jump in the steeplechase at an athletics meeting at Stamford Bridge, shortly after his win at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games

Ovaltine advertisement, 1928
Advertisement for soporific, milky bedtime drink Ovaltine from 1928, claiming it to be the ideal drink for athletes due to its ability to build up sinew and muscle

Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News cover - Goodwood
Front cover of the Goodwood Number of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News featuring a jockey in the weighing room prior to a race. Date: 1928

The Player Who Realised He Had Made a Mistake
Humorous illustration by Fitz, visualising that awful feeling - waiting for it as a tennis player regrets his ill-judged lob against his opponent who leaps up to smash the ball and win a point

The crowd under the clock at Ascot
High up on the roof of the stand the crowd watching the progress of the racing at Ascot, and above them rises the familiar clock, towering above the handsome range of buildings. Date: 1928

Runners and starting pistol at Fenner s
Runners at the start of the mile race at Fenner s, in an athletics competition between the English A.A.A team and the past and present athletes of Cambridge University. The race was won by R. S

Miss Carstairs in her racing boat
Miss Marion Barbara Carstairs, known as Betty, with her racing boat, the Estelle I the only British entry for the motor boat race for the British International Trophy. Date: 1928

Early morning for polo ponies at the National School of Equi
Polo ponies receiving early morning exercise at the National School of Equitation, headquarters for the Season for the ponies of Mr Schwarz, also known as the owner of Jack Horner

Opening of International Horse Show, Olympia, London
The opening of the International Horse Show at Olympia, London, showing an event in the arena with a large audience watching. In the foreground horses can be seen in their stalls. Date: 1913

Womens Open Golf Championship, 1928
The Womens Open Golf Championship at Hunstanton. The picture, taken from the clubhouse, gives a striking view of the course

Hunting in Epping Forest - a view of Fair Mead Bottom, a famous Easter Monday feature of the Epping hunt in 1820 with the deer shown getting clean away in the distance. Date: 1928

Summer sport on the Continent
Supplement cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, reporting on the sporting possibilities on the Continent. A young woman in tennis costume points across the Channel while her male

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

Marathon race, 1932 Olympic Games
The start of the marathon at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, won by Zabala. Date: 1932

A shower during a tennis match, 1932
Ladies in a doubles final at the Cumberland Club Tournament, take shelter during a rain shower in 1932. Date: 1932

Opening Ceremony of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games
The inauguration of the athletic contests at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, with part of the huge stadium with stands filled shown, and athletes lining up in the centre. Date: 1932

Auction of famous greyhounds
The famous string of racing greyhounds from the Melksham Kennel of Mr H Sawtell, sold at auction at Aldridges Repository in August 1932, and realising a sum of nearly 1400

The new game of push ball
A new game introduced from America played at Headingley, Leeds, involving the pushing and rolling of a huge ball measuring 18 feet in circumference and with rules similar to football

Miniature Golf at the Kit-Cat
An attractive addition to the pleasures of dining at the Kit-Cat Restaurant in Haymarket, central London; an entertaining nine-hole golf course in miniature, laid out in the Bray Room

Racing yacht tests in a tank by G. H. Davis
Did trials of models bring Ranger victory? Tests in a tank. How science is called in to help the designers of racing yachts in the United States

Advert for Kenneth Durward sports suits 1934
The KD sports suit for comfort and distinction.. The house of Durward has long studied the needs of the out-of doors man. KD sports suit is eloquent, not only of style, quality and fine tailoring

Advert for Brenner Sports - womens clothing 1936
Women wearing navy blue jersey suit, with matching red cuffs, leather belt, hat and wrist gloves. Walking with her black Scottish Terrier. Date: 1936

Athletics event for under-elevens, Seaford, Sussex
An athletics event, a 100-yard sprint for under-elevens at Seaford, East Sussex. The boys stand ready for the starting signal. Date: 1934

Boy standing in garden with rugby ball, Eltham, London
A boy standing in a garden wearing sports kit, with a rugby ball under his arm, at Eltham, south-east London. Date: 1933

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