Sportsmen Collection

Tancy Lee, Scottish boxer
Tancy Lee (1882-1941), flyweight Scottish boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Hockey - Footwork, Dribbling and Passing demonstrated. Date: circa 1910s

Harlequins Rugby Team: Hindley, Phillipps, Hunt, Clarke, Hill, Whittaker, Surtees, Cipriani, Pauk, Peech, Wood, Wells, Susmann, Saward, Wells. 1890s

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Bike race between Girona and the Aragonese front (14th-18th April 1937)

England World Cup winners, West Ham players, Martin Peters, Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst, with the Jules Rimet Trophy. Date: 1966

Eric Liddell celebrating his Olympic win at Edinburgh Univer
Eric Liddell, the 400m gold medallist at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, crowned and chaired at Edinburgh University where he had studied science

Frank Wykoff at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic stadium
Frank Clifford Wyckoff (1909 1980) was an American athlete and triple gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games in 1924, 1928 and 1932

Billy Bancroft, Welsh international rugby player
William John Billy Bancroft (1871-1959), Welsh-born international rugby player who played for Swansea and Wales. He also played county cricket for Glamorgan. 1890s

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

Fred Archer
FREDERICK JAMES ARCHER (1857 - 1886). Phenomenally successful jockey from the 1860s to the 1880s. Committed suicide after death of his wife, and owing to ill- health through excessive diet

Rowing crew photograph, 1911
Rowing crew from Cambridge University posing for a team photograph with a trophy. Date: 1911

H B Daft, English footballer and cricketer
Harry Butler Daft (1866-1945), English footballer with the Corinthians, Notts County, Nottingham Forest, Newark and England, also a first-class cricketer with Nottinghamshire. 1890s

Texas Longhorns with steer mascot, USA
Texas Longhorns (American football team) with their mascot Big Boy, a Longhorn steer), Austin, Texas, USA. Date: 1941

Golf Clubs & Golfers - Harewood Downs by Mel
The Harewood Downs Golf Club pictured by caricaturist Mel and featuring W. E. Stewart, J. A. B. Davidson, Jock Watt, Sir Herbert Wright, Dr. H. J. Henderson, M.C. A. E

Silhouette of Hurlingham Club House and polo players
Silhouette of the Hurlingham Club House and five polo players on horseback

Steve Donoghue by W. Smithson Broadhead
Steve Donoghue (1884-1945), leading flat race jockey of the 1920s, pictured in a portrait by W. Smithson Broadhead specially commissioned by The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

A Subtle Competition by H. M. Bateman, golfing fashion
Cartoon by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman showing two men in competition to wear a series of increasingly outrageous golf outfits

Ks Ranjitsinhji and C B Fry, cricketers
The leading batsmen of the year in 1901, cricketers K.S. Ranjitsinhji (1872-1933) and C.B. Fry (Charles Burgess Fry 1872-1956)

West Auckland football team - they beat Juventus in 1910 and 1911. 1910

Some English lawn tennis players
A group of English tennis players. From left at top: E. d S. H. Browne, Rev. J. T. Hartley (Wimbledon Champion 1879, 1880), C. W. Grinstead, Miss Maud Watson (Lady Champion, 1884), H. F

Ahmed Madrali, Turkish wrestler known as the Terrible Turk

Jack Dempsey just before defeating Jess Willard in a boxing match

William Eldon Tucker, rugby player
William Eldon Tucker (1872-1953), Bermuda-born rugby union player for Cambridge University, St Georges Hospital, Blackheath and England. He later qualified as a medical doctor. 1890s

Arthur J Gould, Welsh rugby player
Arthur J Gould (1864-1919), Captain of Newport Rugby FC and Welsh International rugby union player. 1890s

Danahar or Danaher, boxer
A boxer named Danahar or Danaher (there were several), seen here in what appears to be a turn of the century studio photo with painted backdrop, and a trophy on the right. Date: circa 1900

John Devey, footballer and cricketer
John Henry George Jack Devey (1866-1940), footballer for West Bromwich Albion, Mitchells St George s, Aston Villa and England, and a first-class cricketer for Warwickshire. 1890s

G O Smith, footballer and cricketer
Gilbert Oswald Smith (1872-1943), amateur footballer who played for Oxford University and the Corinthians, and was captain for England. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Surrey

Bob Fitzsimmons v Peter Felix in heavyweight boxing match
Bob Fitzsimmons (1863-1917), British boxer, v Peter Felix (1866-1926), Australian boxer

Walter Hagen, American professional golfer
Walter Charles Hagen (1892-1969), American professional golfer, seen here at Royal Lytham St Annes golf course on 24 June 1926. Date: 1926

Tennis player Captain A. F. Wilding in caricature
New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian, N. E

Victorian Otter Hunt
Victorian sportsmen hunting otters with the help of Otterhounds

Yorkshire, The Champion County Cricket Team 1919
The champion county cricket team of the 1919 season. Date: 1919

Golfer James Braid at the PGA on Romford Links
Black and white photo of golfer James Braid playing the seventeenth green at the Professional Golfers Association tournament on the Romford Links. Braid went on to win the match. 1902

W G Grace, legendary cricketer, batting. late 19th century

The Australian Cricket Team 1890. 1890

Blackheath Rugby Team: Latter, Carpmael, Stokes, Lohden, Spurling, Tarbutt, Dixon, Rigby, Finlinson, De Winton, Fegan, Maud, Thomson, Harris, Maturin, Cope, Cattell, Wilson. 1890s

Yorkshire Rugby County Football Team, 1894-95: Hirst (Hon Sec), Donaldson, Barraclough, Nowell, Riley, Walton, Millar (President), Broadley, Arnold, Toothill (Captain), Jackson, Dobson, Firth, Riley

Scottish International Association Football Team, 1895, at the time they played against Scotland: Harrison (Vice-President), Drummond, Lambie, Sliman (President), Russell, Gibson, Dixon (Treasurer)

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

James F Byrne, rugby player and cricketer
James Frederick Byrne (1871-1954), rugby player for England and the British and Irish Lions, and first-class cricketer for Warwickshire (captain). 1890s

Irish International Rugby Team, 1895, at the time they played Scotland: Thompson, McCluskey, Reid (IFA), Scott, Alexander, McAteer (Trainer), Brown, Crawford, Wright, M Clutchey, Thompson, Clugston

Aston Villa FA Cup Winners, 1894-5: Grierson (Trainer), Dunkley (Hon Sec), Johnstone, Spencer, Wilkes, Lees, Rinder, Margoschis (Chairman), Reynolds, Devey (Captain), Welford, Ramsay (Secretary)

Essex Cricket Team, 1898. 1898

Rockliff Northumberland Rugby Team: Steward, Roxby, Greenwell, Styan, Jackson, Nesbit, Taylor, Thompson, Taylor, Anderson, Greenwell, Lee, Taylor, Taylor, Alexander, Stephenson, Thompson, Nicholson

Rowers on the River Cam, c. 1912
A crew rowing past the Cambridge University club boathouse on the River Cam, c.1912. Date: c.1912

James Hannan, Welsh international rugby player
James Jim Hannan (1864-1905), Welsh international rugby player who also played for Newport. 1890s

P Maud, rugby player for Blackheath and England
P Maud, rugby player for Blackheath (captain) who made one appearance for England. 1890s

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

Northamptonshire CCC Cricket Team
Group photo, Northamptonshire CCC Cricket Team. Date: circa 1936

Jack Hobbs by Smithson Broadhead
Jack Hobbs (Sir John Berry Hobbs), English cricketer (1882-1963), in a painting by W. Smithson Broadhead, specially done for The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News in 1925

Captain F. O. Grenfell V. C. of the 9th Lancers
Grenfell was 33 years old, and a Captain in the 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers

G Jefferson fails at pole vault, 1932 Olympics
A falling American pole-vaulter grips the cross bar as he makes his descent at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, failing to make a height of 13 feet 9 inches. Date: 1932

Bob Fitzsimmons, heavyweight boxing champion
Bob (Robert James) Fitzsimmons (1863-1917), English-born World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. circa 1900s

Four world boxing champions (left to right): Jack Dempsey, Gene, Tunney, Joe Louis, James J Braddock

Yorkshire Cricket Team 1898. 1898

The Australian Cricket Team 1886. 1886

Middlesex Cricket Team, 1898. 1898

Lancashire Cricket Team, 1898. 1898

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

Fred Clegg, 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

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

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

Athletics. Race. Early twentieth century. Engraving

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

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

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

Comic postcard, Our Demon Bowler Date: 20th century

Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI
The Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI (1 player short!)

Bill Edrich and Denis Compton coming out to bat at Lords Cricket ground during the legendary summer of 1947 when Compton scored 3, 816 runs and Edrich 3, 539. Date: 1947

Cartoon, The Winning Stroke (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Winning Stroke -- a satirical comment on the Conservative Partys success in the recent General Election

Dixie Dean, Everton and England international footballer
William Ralph (Dixie) Dean (1907-1980), Everton and England international footballer. mid-20th century

Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketers, coming out to bat. They formed an opening partnership for the England team between 1924 and 1930. circa 1920s

R Es Wyatt, Warwickshire County and England cricketer. Date: 1934

Henry Pearce, The Game Chicken, boxer
Henry (Hen) Pearce (nickname The Game Chicken), boxer

Boxing match, Jack Johnson v Jess Willard, Havana, Cuba
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, African-American world heavyweight champion boxer, 1908-1915, in the world heavyweight title match (in Havana)

Petty Officer Matthew Curran, Irish boxer
Petty Officer Matthew Curran (1882-1938), nicknamed Nutty Curran, Irish heavyweight boxer. Date: circa 1910s

Jack Burke, Irish-born English boxer
Jack Burke (1861-1897), nicknamed The Irish Lad, Irish-born English middleweight boxer. Date: circa 1890s

Charlie Hardcastle, English boxer
Charlie Hardcastle (1894-1960), English featherweight boxer Date: circa 1910s

Freddie Mills fighting Bruce Woodcock at White Cty in 1949
Frederick Percival ( Freddie ) Mills (1919-1965) - English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950

William Perry, boxer, nicknamed The Tipton Slasher

Tom Hickman, boxer, nicknamed The Gasman

Tom Cannon, boxer, nicknamed The Great Gun of Windsor

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