Players Collection (page 8)

Warrington Rugby Team, strategizing ahead of their first ever match at Wembley Stadium, the Rugby League Cup Final against Huddersfield due to be played on May 6th. Huddersfield won. Date: 1933

Davis Cup Tennis
Scenes from the Second Round of the Davis Cup tennis contest, played between Great Britain and Rumania in Torquay. This year, Britain ultimately made it through to the semi-finals

Vivian McGrath
Australian tennis player Vivian Viv McGrath (1916-1978), here aged sixteen. He was famous for his two-handed backhand. Date: 1932

F. K. Scott and Kay Stammers
Tennis players F. K. Scott and Katherine Kay Stammers (1914-2005), at a tournament. Stammers went on to become Wimbledon Women's Doubles Champion with Freda James in 1935. Date: 1932

Newcastle v Arsenal at Wembley
Members of the Newcastle United and Arsenal teams, due to compete at Wembley Stadium in the Cup Final. Also pictured is Herbert Chapman (1878-1934) the Arsenal manager. Date: 1932

A Controversial Tennis Cup
Tennis players Joan C. Ridley (1903-1983) and Elsie (Mrs J. B.) Pittman (1904-1975) caused controversy when they decided to retire part way through their American Trophy match

Soccer Action
Coventry City's goal-keeper colliding with a Fulham player during a soccer match at Craven Cottage. Date: 1931

Water Polo By Night
A nocturnal women's water polo match at the Stadio del Littoria in Rome, attended by Benito Mussolini. Date: 1931

British Wightman Cup Team
The Wightman Cup was an annual women's tennis competition between British and American teams, held from 1923 until 1989. In 1931 the U. S. Team was victorious. Date: 1931

Ranjitsinhji at the Oval
Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja (1872-1933), also known as Ranji, was ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar, and had been a Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team

Cilly Aussem and Hilde Krahwinkel at Wimbledon
Cilly Aussem (1909-1963) had just won the women's singles final at Wimbledon - becoming the first German competitor, male or female, to win a singles title there

Polo at Roehampton
A polo match at the Roehampton Club between the Royal Air Force and the Chinchillas. Date: 1931

Helen Jacobs and Daniel Maskell at Wimbledon
American tennis player Helen Hull Jacobs (1908-1997) with English player and coach Daniel Dan Maskell (1908-1992) who later became a celebrated tennis commentator for the BBC. Date: 1931

Wimbledon Exertions
Scenes from the 1931 Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Pictured are Fred Perry (1909-1995), Ian Glen Collins (1903-1975), Helene Nicolopoulos, George Patrick Pat Hughes (1902-1997), I

Eileen Bennett
British tennis player Eileen Bennett (1907-1979), also known as Eileen Bennett Fearnley-Whittingstall. Pictured here near the beginning of her career

Herbert Sutcliffe, Cricketer
Herbert Sutcliffe (1894-1978) was a professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. He was part of the M.C.C

The Save!
Cartoon by Alfred Leete showing a close encounter with a determined goalkeeper. Date: 1925

The Draughts Players by Joseph Clark - rustic cottage interior with family playing board game

Eton Wall Game, Collegers v Oppidans Date: 1909

Bolton Wanderers footballers in Royal Artillery, WW2
Bolton Wanderers FC professional footballers serving in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, L-R Ithwell, Winter, Roberts, Catterall, Howe, Gosling Date: circa 1940s

Torquay United football team on a rock with trainer Jones
Torquay United FC trainer Jones encourages players to paddle which he says is good for their feet Date: 1946

Footballers Sproston and Doherty of Manchester City
Two Manchester City £10, 000 football players Sproston, left and Doherty, right Date: 1946

Frontispiece, The Boys Book of Soccer for 1946 Date: 1946

Sunderland and Preston footballers playing billiards
Sunderland and Preston North End footballers playing billiards after the FA Cup Final 1937. L-R Beresford, Gurney, Tremelling, Carter, Dougal and Milne Date: 1937

Sheffield United footballers in communal bath
Sheffield United footballers hosed in the communal bath by their trainer Date: 1946

Preston North End v Huddersfield, FA Cup Final, Wembley
Preston North End score winning penalty against Huddersfield Town in FA Cup Final 1938 at Wembley Stadium Date: 1938

Newport County footballers, method of attack
Newport County footballers working out a new method of attack Date: 1946

Jack Jeffries, Millwall football trainer, with players
Millwall trainer Jack Jeffries giving tips to football players R W Bower, Jack Sykes, and George Lea

Clapton Orient footballers Jones, Fletcher and Ellis
Clapton Orient (later known as Leyton Orient) players Jones, Fletcher and Ellis enjoying their pre-war keep-fit diet of oranges Date: circa 1930s

Birmingham City football players on the golf course, Jennings driving off, Hibbs, Dearson and Trigg Date: 1946

Cardiff City Players keep fit using a punch ball, C Smith punching Date: 1946

Going with the Wind
Cartoon, punning on the title of the recently released film Gone with the Wind'. Date: 1940

Golfers Bobby Locke and R. Burton
South African golfer Arthur Bobby Locke (1917-1987) with English golfer Richard Dick Burton (1907-1974). Date: 1939

Advert for Player's cigarettes
A young, fashionable couple smoking on the beach, in this advert for Player's cigarettes. Date: 1939

Golfer Bobby Locke
South African golfer Arthur Bobby Locke (1917-1987) playing a practice round at St Andrews, prior to the Golf Open. Date: 1939

Kay Stammers, tennis player
British tennis player Kay Stammers (1914-2005), shortly before her appearance in the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Final. On this occasion she lost to Alice Marble. Date: 1939

Elwood Cooke and Bobby Riggs at Wimbledon
Both Elwood Cooke (1913-2004) and Bobby Riggs(1918-1995) were newcomers at Wimbledon tennis tournament. Here they are flanking British tennis player Miss Mary Hardwick (1913-2001) and George Godsell

Margot Lumb and Simonne Mathieu
Tennis players Margot Lumb (1912-1998), Simonne Mathieu (1908-1980) and Helen Jacobs (1908-1997) all competed at Wimbledon in 1939. Date: 1939

Player's advert using Ernest Prater painting
This advert for Player's cigarettes uses a painting by Ernest Prater (1864-1950) of a Regency game of cricket. Date: c1939

A golf club and its members
Cartoons of golfers at Broxbourne Golf Club in Hertfordshire. Date: 1939

Polo players
A polo game being played at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham in 1910. The players shown below are the Duke of Westminster (1879-1953) and Lord Shrewsbury (1860-1921). Date: 1910

Caricatures of players from the English cricket team, by Kerwin Maegraith. Including Tate, Bryan, Whysall, Hendren, Hobbs, Woolley, Sutcliffe, Kilner, Tyldesley, Freeman, Sandham, Chapman, Strudwick

Women's football teams in action Date: 1919

Mark Twain, celebrity endorsement advertising tobacco, Player's Navy Cut cigarettes Date: 1909

Protest against Lions playing South Africa
Anti-Apartheid Movement demonstrators picketing in Twickenham to stop the British national rugby team playing against South Africa. Their placards read don't play with apartheid'. Date: c

Mongolian Yatga players
Artists of the Folk Song and Dance ensemble, Ulan Bator, play yatgas, traditional Mongolian stringed instruments similar to a zither. Date: 1970s

Trying to carry on as usual! Tennis players camouflaged from above in case of invasion. Date: 1941

A German custom where walnut shells are floated in a bowl of water, either the walnut comes together or drawn to the side, according to their movements it brings good luck or ill-luck. Date: 1908

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