Sports Collection (page 9)

W Percy Carpmael, Blackheath and Barbarians Rugby player. 1890s

F H Maturin, Blackheath Rugby Club player. 1890s

Durham County Rugby Team: Parkinson, Stephenson, Swinburne, Marston, Wilson, Bell, Johnston, Humphreys, Todd, Troup, Thompson, Poole, Martin, Kassell, Swainston, Geenty, Hill, Oakes, Gibbon, Hall

Poster, Winter Sports in France, by French National Railways -- Jura, Alps, Vosges, Pyrenees, Auvergne. Designed by Vecoux. 1947

Greyhound racing board game
Board game based on the sport of greyhound racing, reflecting its popularity during the 1920s and 30s. Date: c.1930

Rugby School with pupils playing rugby
Exterior view of Rugby School with pupils playing rugby in foreground. Date: 1906

Charles Wood, English horseracing jockey
Charles Wood (1856-1945), English flat racing jockey. late 19th century

Three hunt members, horses and foxhounds, Somerset
Three hunt members, horses and foxhounds in a field at Lea Hill, near Porlock, Somerset. Date: circa 1960s

South Devon Foxhounds, Cockington, near Torquay
South Devon Foxhounds with huntsmen and horses at Cockington, near Torquay, Devon, getting ready to set off. Date: circa 1960s

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

R C Gosling, footballer and cricketer
Robert Cunliffe Gosling (1868-1922), footballer for the Old Etonians, the Corinthians and England. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge and Essex. 1890s

Pierce Egans Anecdotes: hopping race Clapham
Colour plate: The hopping match on Clapham Common: Jackson the runner exhibiting his agility from Pierce Egans anecdotes of the turf, the chase, the ring and the stage, 1827

George T Neilson, Scottish rugby player. He played for Scotland, as well as the West of Scotland FC. He was also a president of the Scottish Rugby Union. 1890s

Finsbury Rifles Dart Club, North London
Group photo, Finsbury Rifles Dart Club outside their headquarters and drill hall, 17 Penton Street, Islington, North London. Date: 1930

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - Bowled
Run-It-Out card game - Bowled. mid-20th century

Caricature of Captain Charles Francis Buller, cricketer
Caricature of Captain Charles Francis Buller (1846-1906), cricketer. 1880

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Strong the Weight Lifter. circa 1930s

Advert for Happy New Year Costume Ball 31st December 1925
Black and white advertisement in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 28th November 1925 for the Happy New Year Costume Ball at the Albert Hall on 21st December 1925

Charlie Smirke, British jockey, on Mahmoud
Charlie Smirke (1906-1993), British jockey, on the Aga Khans horse, Mahmoud. Date: circa 1936

Robert Abel, Surrey and England cricketer
Robert (Bobby) Abel, Surrey and England cricketer, nicknamed The Guv nor. Date: 1890s

Cover design, Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, XIII
Cover design, Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, Part XIII, edited by C W Alcock. With a portrait of Lord Hawke, and a photograph of Essex County Cricket Ground, Leyton. Date: 1895

View of paddock and grandstand, Newbury racecourse. Date: circa 1910

Poster for The Upper Austrian Tourist Board - Ski Scene Date: circa 1937

Illustration, Black Beauty by Anna Sewell -- Lord George took Ginger for hunting. Date: circa 1930

Sutton Ambion, Atherstone Hunt area, Leicestershire
View of Sutton Ambion, Leicestershire, in the Atherstone Hunt area, with a hunt in progress. Date: 1936

Footballers Battalion attending HQ at Kingsway for pay, WW1
Mr F. J. Wall, secretary of the Football Association, sits at a table at the associations headquarters, ready to pay members of the Footballers Battalion

Ping Pong at Denham Court
A game of ping pong (table tennis) in progress inside Denham Court, Denham, Buckinghamshire. Date: circa 1904

Blackheath v Rosslyn Park rugby match
A throw in at the first match of the Blackheath teams Jubilee year, against Rosslyn Park (in light and dark stripes), a north London team

Silhouette of hunting scene
Silhouette of a hunting scene, showing a horsewoman leaping a stream while a dog follows the scent of the fox

Silhouette of polo stables, horses and players

The Old Time Sportsman by A. K. Macdonald
A double page spread of vignettes showing an early 19th century gentleman indulging in some winter sport, shooting anything that moves with his muzzle loading gun. Date: 1930

Castleford Cricket Team, Yorkshire
A group photo of the Castleford Cricket Team, Yorkshire, with umpires on either side. Date: 1920

Front cover, Derby Supplement
The front cover of the Derby Supplement, with vignettes of Lady James Douglas and Lord Woolavington at the top, and a reproduction of a painting by Alfred Munnings

Foxhunting lady in studio photo, Mid Wales
A foxhunting lady poses in full hunting gear in the photographers studio, Mid Wales. She sits sidesaddle on a table, rather than on her horse

Winter Sportings by Lewis Baumer
I looked at her, she looked at me. Illustration showing a flirtatious glance between two winter sports enthusiasts

The All-Age Stakes: Everyone a Trier at St. Moritz! By Joyce
A humorous colour illustration by Joyce Dennys showing winter sports being played on a large ice rink

Cambridge Blue 1907
Douglas Stuart dressed for sport in short sleeved vest with pale blue trim & flannel shorts. English sports clothes were to have an increasing influence on fashion

Ancient Roman athletes throwing the discus

Marseilles, France - scene at the racecourse, Parc Borely. Date: circa 1910s

Foxhunting scene on a greetings card by Ernest Griset -- The first fox of the season. The fox hides inside a hollow tree trunk as the horses and hounds race by. Date: circa 1890s

Birmingham FC football team 1936. Back row: Evans (Assistant Trainer), Grosvenor, Lea, Clack, Fillingham, Hibbs, Booton, Morral, Gibson (Trainer)

Billiards champion with trophy
Billiards champion with the trophy he has won. Date: circa 1910s

Sharp shooters, Sea Girt, New Jersey, USA
Sharp shooters in action, firing at targets in Sea Girt, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1910

Blind soldiers regatta at Putney, WW1
Blinded soldiers from St. Dunstans home for blinded sailor and soldiers in Regents Park, rowing in the boat they rowed to victory over the students of Westminster College

Royal Horse Artillery Hounds, Shooters Hill, London
Captain Reed-Scot of the Royal Horse Artillery (Woolwich) leading out his draghounds at Shooters Hill, London. The pack consisted of 18 couples of hounds, kept in adjoining kennels to some foxes

Darts Team celebrate with a jug of ale, Walton, Essex
Members of the Pier Hotel Darts Team celebrate their victory with a jug of ale. 1947

JAGUAR 100
An early member of Britains renowned sports family, this is the S.S. 2.5 litre Jaguar 100, priced at just under a thousand pounds. Date: 1937

M. G. Magnette
The archetypal sports car popular with fresh air enthusiasts and motorists who value performance : this is the N type. The MG slogan is Safety Fast. Date: 1936

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