Tournament Collection (page 6)

Waiting for the tennis courts to dry
The Botanical Hard Court tennis tournament is postponed due to torrential rain. 1927

Regimental Hockey Team of the 1st Brahmans
Photograph: Regimental Hockey Team of the 1st Brahmans, 1910 (c).Sport was always important in the Indian Army. Hockey in particular was, and is, very popular in the Indian sub-continent

Photograph: Capture of Benin - Military Tournament. From photograph album of 174 photographs compiled by Maj N Burrows, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 1893-1897. Date: 1893

Women playing chess in a tournament. Date: circa 1960s

Knight back from a tournament, rests on a monastery. Miniatu
Knight back from a tournament, rests on a monastery. Compilation of Treaties of Devotion (Traites de Devotion). Miniature. 15th century. Castle of Chantilly. France

Knight with shield and spear. Pula. Croatia
Knight with shield and spear. Detail of the facade of the City of Pula. Croatia

Struggle between two warriors. Mosaic. Italy
Struggle between two warriors. Mosaic. Sant Evasio Cathedral. Casale Monferrato. Piedmont Region. Italy

Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret arrive at Olympia
Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, arriving at Olympia, London for the Royal Tournament in 1935 accompanied by her daughters Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II)

13th Earl of Eglinton
ARCHIBALD WILLIAM, thirteenth earl of EGLINTON, Scottish statesman whose chief claim on our attention was the famous tournament (of which we have splendid illustrations). Date: 1812 - 1861

Military / Dress / 15th Cent
Armour and helmets - the more fancy ones were intended for use in the tournament rather than the battlefield Date: 14th/15th centuries

Lady of the Tournament presenting the prize
The Lady of the Tournament presenting the prize to the victor. Date: circa 1450

The Prince of Wales wears checks & pullover for golf, 1930
Article featured in the magazine, Man and his Clothes commenting with interest on the ensemble worn by Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor) to play golf

Jousting tournament, St Erth, Cornwall
Jousting tournament taking place at St Erth, near Hayle, Cornwall. The two jousters have their helmets on, ready to charge. Date: circa 1970s

International tennis players at Wimbledon, 1911
Page from The Sketch magazine featuring photographs of international players competing at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis championships in 1911. Top row from left: Miss M. Reick (Germany), Mr R

Rain at Wimbledon, 1914
The centre court at Wimbledon, with covers over the grass to protect it from rain during the summer of 1914 - the last tournament before the outbreak of war. Date: 1914

Joust with swords between knights at a tournament, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th

Jousting knights at a tournament, 14th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries

Tournament lance heads and jousting armor, mid-16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

German tournament armor from the first half of the 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

Tournament jousting shields or roundels molded around the arm, e. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

Champrons, early 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Tournament saddles from the 15th century.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 18th Century, Frankfurt, 1883

Tournament joust from 1471 from a pen and ink drawing in the Stadel schen Instituts at Frankfurt.. Two knights in plate armour and elaborate helmets fighting with short swords

Ludwig, Duke of Bavaria (died 1449), mounted on horseback for a tournament.. He wears elaborate heraldic colours over his suit of plate armour and helmet. A page waits on him

Carved comb from the 15th century showing a scene from Tristan and Isolde.. The other side shows a tournament with jousting knights in suits of armour

Trumpeters at a tournament, reign of Francis I of France.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F

Scene at a festival in Nuremburg, a tournament between the Hirshvogel and Riet noble families.. Handcolored illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F

Edwardian tennis tournament showing a man serving at a match inthe Stockport area - the shutter speed must have been excellent for the time as the ball is captured in flight Date: 1906

Two ladies at tennis tournament outside buildings at Moorfield Tenis Club, Stockport Date: 1913

Group having tea at Tennis Tournament, Moorfield Tennis Club, Stockport. A picture of refinement and calm, just under a year before the start of World War One - this represents a high water mark of

Tennis Tournament at Moorfield Tennis Club, Stockport Date: 1913

Moorfield Tennis Tournament, Stockport 1913 Date: 1913

Scene of a tournament. 17th century. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Lord Lothian and Lady Astor play a golf tournament
Over eighty politicians gathered at Walton Heath to contest the early rounds of the Parliamentary Handicap. Lady Astor was the only female competitor and beat Lord Lothian on the last green

Elizabethan Pageant, Olympia, London
Elizabethan Pageant in the Royal Naval & Military Tournament at Olympia, London. The Call to Arms, a display showing the uniforms and accoutrements of the age of Queen Bess. Date: 1912

Re-enactment at Royal Tournament, Olympia, London
A re-enactment of the Invasion of Britain by the Romans, at the Royal Tournament, Olympia, London. Date: 1921

German postcard, athletes carrying flags
German postcard showing athletes carrying flags at the start of a sports tournament. Date: 1920s

Britannia, Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia
A young woman dressed as Britannia, at the Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia, London. Date: 1910

An Indian military tournament at Lucknow showing the Royal Artillery Musical Drive, the Boy Scouts display and a jumping display of a light cavalry regiment. Date: 1917

Royal Tournament - Olympia May 18th to June 3rd 1922
Royal Tournament. Last Week. Olympia May 18th to June 3rd 1922. Twice Daily at 2.30 and 8pm.Colour lithograph by A Martinet, 1922, after Thomas Rowlandson, 1790 (c) and I H Bailey

Chromolithograph poster - British Military
Royal Naval and Military Tournament OLYMPIA MAY 18TH TO JUNE 3RD TWICE DAILY AT 2.30 AND 8PM. Chromolithograph poster by Dudley Hardy, published by Dobson Molle and Co, 1910 (c)

Scotland Wins Calcutta Cup 1938
A page of The Illustrated London News reporting on victory for Scotland over England at Twickenham in the annual Calcutta Cup match, part of the Home Nations Rugby Union tournament

Winners of the Grand Army Soccer Tournament, WW1
Winners of the Artillery group in the Grand Army Sports Tournament competed for on the Western Front. The names, from left, are Lieut. R. G. Hitchings, Captain C. W. Allen, Lieut. W. T

Polo Victory 1914, Menu card from Buckingham Palace
The menu card at the dinner given by King George V at Buckingham Palace to the England polo team after they had won the International Polo Trophy - or Westchester Cup - from America in 1914

Duchess of Sutherland playing tennis in aid of war charity
The Duchess of Sutherland, formerly Lady Eileen Butler, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Lanesborough, taking part in a tennis tournament at Surbiton, organised in aid of war funds

England and America polo teams, 1913
The British and American polo teams who played in the International Polo Trophy (Westchester Cup) in 1913. The American team were known as the Big Four and were J. M

The Royal Tournament
A stylised view of the Royal Tournament, the annual show of military skill usually held during the Season. Previously held at Olympia, it comprised men of the Army

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

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