RM2M3K2N2–E.V. Hanegan, who introduced the game of 'pushball' to England (the sport was invented in the USA). Hanegan is seen standing beside a 'pushball', which weighed 50lb, at the Crystal Palace sports ground, October 1902.
RMAYK9C9–Cricket Lords
RMMHMG96–Rioters wreck Lillie Bridge Sports Ground when prize race is called off - the stadium ablaze Date: 1887
RM2M3T23A–Bill Edrich and Denis Compton coming out to bat at Lord's Cricket ground during the legendary summer of 1947 when Compton scored 3,816 runs and Edrich 3,539.
RM2M3T1XA–Wales win the Rugby Championship with a win over Ireland at Cardiff Arms Park. Hundreds of people scale the walls of the ground to gain entry after the gates were closed, in defiance of the police.
RM2M3K2KX–A game of 'pushball' between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports ground. This match, one of the first played in Britain of this American game, was won by Anerley by 1 goal and 3 tries. The ball itself weighed 50lb.
RM2M3T2RE–A game of 'pushball' between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports ground. This match, one of the first played in Britain of this American game, was won by Anerley by 1 goal and 3 tries. Photograph showing the ball raised and 'lipped' over opposing side, the two men on the left follow the ball to get it away.
RMANJP56–Sport Football
RM2M3T1J9–Albert Craig, the so-called Surrey Poet (1859-1909) a popular character who composed poems which he recited at football and cricket matches, afterwards selling printed sheets of his verse to crowd. Seen here giving a recital to crowds in the stands at the new Chelsea club.
RMG384WW–The pavillion at Lord's Cricket Ground, London. Date: circa 1895
RMG38BCE–TENNIS / OFF THE GROUND
RMG3AM0M–The Lord's Ground in 1837
RMD86CN3–Entrance to Chelsea football ground, c. 1920.
RMK07W79–Everton football ground, Liverpool
RMG3D841–Roller skating rink at Prince's Ground, Brompton
RMHH4HK8–Shanghai Cricket Club and Recreation Ground, China
RMDRDGDN–Cricket & Football Ground, Raijak, India
RMG3D8MW–Recreation ground, Mafeking, South Africa
RMDRJ4XK–Chamba, India, seen from the hockey ground
RMG3BGJ7–Dr Syntax Loses his Money at the Race Ground at York
RMDP9MM6–Lillie Bridge Sports Ground Riot, London
RMG380PK–A swordsman versus a net- thrower on open ground.
RMHH4J2C–Polo ground hall, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India
RM2M9C8M1–Hampden Park Football Ground, Glasgow, Scotland
RMG3BRAX–Football ground, Simon's Town, Cape Town, South Africa
RM2RGCNCF–Cricket at the Imperial Tobacco Company's Athletics Ground, Knowle, Bristol
RMHH4J10–Cherat Hill club and sports ground, India (now Pakistan)
RMMHPGWM–Sports ground, Rock Island area, Illinois, USA
RMG3D4E4–Crosley Field sports ground, home of the Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1940s
RMK07TT3–Polo Ground, New York City, USA - New York Giants - McCraw
RM2M99GAM–Lunch interval at Lord's Cricket Ground, NW London, during a University Cricket Match.
RM2M99GAX–Lunch interval at Lord's Cricket Ground, NW London, during a University Cricket Match.
RM2K64J28–Football Team, Cook's Ground, 1948-1949 - the tall man (top left) is identified as Reg Pearce
RM2RGDYG1–Damaged stands at Sheffield United Football ground (Bramall Lane) following bombing raids on the city during World War Two.
RM2M96RKP–Damaged stands at Sheffield United Football ground (Bramall Lane) following bombing raids on the city during World War Two.
RMG3B9J2–A cricket match at the Artillery Ground, London. The 18th century bat was a longer, heavier, curved version and just one two-stump wicket was used. Date: 1743
RM2RGDYHW–The bomb damaged main stands at Upton Park (the Boleyn Ground), the home of West Ham United Football Club following bombing raids during the blitz on London in World War Two.
RM2M96RM4–The bomb damaged main stands at Upton Park (the Boleyn Ground), the home of West Ham United Football Club following bombing raids during the blitz on London in World War Two.
RM2RGDN53–King George V and Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor), pictured at Lord's cricket ground where its centenary was being celebrated in June 1914. The occasion was marked by a match between M.C.C. South African heroes and the Rest of England. The King is pictured chatting to Mr C. B. Fry, Mr Johnny Douglas and Lord Hawke. Prince Albert (later King George VI) is seen just behind the King, and the Prince of Wales is talking to Mr F. E. Lacey. On the right are Sir C. Cust and the Duke of Devonshire.
RMA9X4P8–Tennis Off The Ground
RMD86CN4–Entrance To Tottenham Hotspur Football Ground C. 1906.
RM2RGDPRJ–A military band on the parade ground, beating their drums.
RM2RGDR59–The city of Muscat, Oman, Middle East, is the city of too many canons. Some the citizens threw into the sea, others, like these are simple stuck into the ground!
RMK07W7F–Scene during the annual Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lords Cricket Ground in NW London, 13 July 1934. Showing people strolling about during the lunch interval, with traditional carriages in the foreground. The match itself was a draw. Date: 1934
RM2M3T1H1–The determined-looking ladies of the 'South' football team who played the 'North' team at the in the opening match of the British Ladies' Football Club at Nightingale Lane ground at Crouch End in March 1895. The Sketch magazine was not terribly positive about their abilities and claimed the ten thousand spectators were only there to satisfy their curiosity.
RMDRDM4M–The Cricket Ground, Sidmouth
RMAYK87C–Eton Vs Harrow 1864
RMAHCAT6–Sport Football
RMMHNM4Y–The Cricket Ground, Harrow School, Middlesex. Two games are being played simultaneously. Date: circa 1906
RM2M3T1HW–Craig, The Surrey Poet, haranguing the crowd at the Oval cricket ground on the subject of Max Pemberton and professional football. Albert Craig (1849-1909) was a well-known character who would attend cricket and football matches to write verses and short essays describing the players and events, then have them printed on broadsheets and sold to the crowd.
RM2M3RMTH–The Blockade of Crete: British Officers Playing Rounders in Suda Dockard. The Englishman must have his sport wherever he goes and the naval officers on board our ships lying off Crete are no exception to the rule. Having obtained leave to land, a dozen officers, principally midshipmen, one afternoon took on shore some stumps and a ball. Rounders was the game chosen. On account of the ground a rule was made that either side hitting the ball into the sea or onto the roofs should be out. Some remarkable fielding was witnessed. Once the ball went into the sea and the fielder after it! D
RMAYKD43–Cricket Match 1743
RMAY2N18–Lords Nets
RMD86B0A–Spectators Watching A Cricket Match At Lords
RM2M991KE–The Old Albert Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia.
RM2M3REHN–Americans playing baseball at Prince's Ground, Chelsea, 1874. Date: 1874
RM2M991JX–The England Cricket Team, Lord's Cricket Ground, 1899.
RM2M3PAPP–Spectators watching a nets practice session at the Lord's Cricket Ground, Marylebone, London. Date: 1894
RM2M3RT84–The new LCC ground at the Crystal Palace - Australians v. South of England, cricket match 1899 Date: 1899
RM2M3PAR5–Specators gather round eagerly to watch this match taking place at Lord's cricket ground between All England Elevens and NSW. 1863
RM2M3NMAR–A grand Olympic festival held by the Liverpool Athletic Club at the Mount Vernon Parade-ground, Liverpool. Date: 1862
RM2M3RCCY–View of the famous polo ground at Mandelieu, where, throughout the Season, the world of fashion assembles to watch the matches in the Riviera sunshine. 1926
RM2M991KG–The Players' Cricket Team, W G Grace's Jubilee Match, Lord's Cricket Ground, 1898.
RM2M991K0–The Gentlemen's Cricket Team, W G Grace's Jubilee Match, Lord's Cricket Ground, 1898.
RM2M3K0GR–Sketches of a number of scenes at the Eton vs. Harrow cricket match, held at Lords Cricket Ground, London, July 8th and 9th, 1910.
RM2ARBENF–Aerial view of the racecourse with rooftops and baseball ground, skirted by Bubbling Well Road with the high rise Park Hotel, Shanghai, China.
RM2RGDPYD–Mr. G. Koizumi, the Japanese expert, giving a JUJITSU lesson to female motorists to enable them to deal with bandits. Here they hold the 'bandits' to the ground!
RM2M3NNC8–The new ground at Murrayfield inaugurated by Scotland's first winning of the international championship (against England) since 1907 before a record crowd of 60,000. Date: 1925
RM2RGBGHT–Cook's Football Team, unknown location, group photo on a sports ground with four well-dressed men and a child.
RM2M3NJF7–A unique event of the General Strike was a football match between police and strikers on the Plymouth Argyle ground. The strikers won by 2-1. Date: 1926
RM2M983A7–Rather unusual hand-drawn and painted French Birthday Greetings postcard featuring a cricketing Duck, dispatching the ball out of the ground!
RM2M3NPPB–Royal spectators at Badminton. Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother sit on the ground to watch the horse trials on the Duke of Beaufort's estate at Badminton House in 1958. Date: 1958
RM2M98KDD–Illustration in The World's Wonder Ships -- the Queen Elizabeth Cunard liner, with three acres of deck space for recreation, equal to the ground area within the Yale Bowl at New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
RM2M966H9–Sketches at the County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham - the home of Warwickshire CC. The main pavilion is shown in the centre, surrounded by notable players for the county and a scene showing the crowd 'shaking hands' with the great W G Grace (although they appear to be mobbing him!)
RM2M3K0K6–The Scotland vs. England Friendly of 30th November 1872, played at West of Scotland Cricket Club Ground, Partick, near Glasgow. This was the first international football match played in Scotland under Football Association rules. The match resulted in a goal-less draw. 1872
RM2M3T2RW–A game of 'pushball' between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports ground. This match, one of the first played in Britain of this American game, was won by Anerley by 1 goal and 3 tries. The ball itself weighed 50lb. The ball itself weighed 50lb. Photograph showing the defending team waiting to receive the flying change. Date: 4th October 1902
RM2RGDK8H–A light-hearted, humorous but also quite prescient look at what England might be like if German. A scowl from a soldier with a bayonet reminds a spectator that cheering during a match is forbidden at Lord's cricket ground. The cartoon reinforces stereotypes of the increasingly militarised German nation leading up to the outbreak of World War I.
RM2M3NM4M–A light-hearted, humorous but also quite prescient look at what England might be like if German. A scowl from a soldier with a bayonet reminds a spectator that cheering during a match is forbidden at Lord's cricket ground. The cartoon reinforces stereotypes of the increasingly militarised German nation leading up to the outbreak of World War I. Date: 1909
RM2M3K0JT–Final between Newcastle United and Barnsley, with one of the Barnsley defenders (in dark shirts) chesting down the ball; Crystal Palace Football Ground, 23rd April 1910. This game ended in a 1-1 draw. A re-match was played 5 days later in Liverpool and resulted in a 2-0 win for Newcastle. 1910
RM2M9BT6E–Final between Newcastle United and Barnsley, with one of the Barnsley defenders (in dark shirts) chesting down the ball; Crystal Palace Football Ground, 23rd April 1910. This game ended in a 1-1 draw. A re-match was played 5 days later in Liverpool and resulted in a 2-0 win for Newcastle.
RMG3C7JC–Panoramic scene during the annual Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lords Cricket Ground in NW London, 13 July 1934. Showing a social scene during the lunch interval, with some people in traditional carriages and others strolling about. The match itself wa
RM2M3P44E–Frederick Nicholas Charrington (a member of the brewing family) protesting against the playing of football during the First World War. He seized his opportunity during half-time at Fulham football ground. He believed that it was cowardly for men to be paid to play football while other men were fighting on the Western Front -- professional players could only join the armed forces if their clubs agreed to cancel their contracts. Date: September 1914
RM2M3NW7E–The South Team, representing South London, who played the opening match of the British Ladies Football Club to a crowd of 10,000 at Nightingale Lane Ground, Crouch End. Back row from from left to right: Miss Hicks, Miss Clarke, Miss A. Hicks, Miss Edwards, Miss Clarence. Front from left to right: Miss Lewis, Miss Roberts, Miss Ellis, Miss Fenn.
RM2M3NJ0X–Page from the Illustrated London News showing the Eton versus Harrow cricket match at Lords cricket ground in 1925. In the top picture, J.P.T. Boscawen is chaired after his stand with H.P. Hunloke largely saved Eton from defeat. Here's seen being mobbed by what is basically a small number of well-dressed spectators. The security seems rather over the top considering the occasion and the appearance of the well-to-do crowd. Date: 1925
RM2M3NW8P–The North Team, representing North London, who played the opening match of the British Ladies Football Club to a crowd of 10,000 at Nightingale Lane Ground, Crouch End. Back row from left to right: Miss Lynn, Miss Nettie J. Honeyball(Captain), Miss Williams, Miss Edwards, Miss Ide. Front row from from left to right: Miss Coupland, Miss Fenn, Miss Gilbert, Miss Smith, Miss Thiere, Miss Biggs. Miss Ide appears in conventional attire, while the other ladies are dressed for the game.
RM2M3K0MD–Series of illustrations from the Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F.A. Cup Final at the Crystal Palace ground, London, 23rd April 1904. Billy Meredith can be seen scoring the only goal of the game for Manchester in the centre image. The other images show (clockwise from top left): two fans and their umbrellas; British Prime Minister Arthur Balfour buying a programme; an excited fan embracing a policeman; White of Bolton Wanderers being helped from the pitch; the Hon. A. Lyttelton ready to present the F.A. Cup; two fans watching the game from a nearby tree. 1904
RMDRDFBK–Adelaide, 1930s
RM2M3P7R9–New grounds of the London Athletic Club at Stamford Bridge, Fulham in London. Date: 1877
RM2RGDN4A–New grounds of the London Athletic Club at Stamford Bridge, Fulham in London.
RM2M3NGKR–Arsenal player Alec James tries out the Vita Gymno Frame in the Gym at Arsenal's Highbury Football Ground. Date: 1932
RM2RGBFP6–Sports Club House (viewed from football ground), Cherat Hill Station, North-West Frontier, British India (now in Pakistan).
RM2K64JG7–Steve Bloomer (1874-1938), English footballer and manager. He played for Derby County, Middlesbrough and England during the 1890s and 1900s, and was famous for his prolific scoring of goals. He remains a legend at Derby County, the Club anthem is entitled 'Steve Bloomer's Watching', and a portrait bust of him was unveiled at the Pride Park ground in 2009.
RM2M3RX0B–The Waterloo XV rugby team pictured in 1950. Standing, G. Davis, J. Tanner, D.A. Breese, L. Thompson, J. Bartlett, I. Stempton, J. Hurst. Sitting, R. Cottom, E. Bole, G. Rimmer, Richard Uren, W. Cartmell, E. Marsden, J. Hill. On ground: G. Hurst Date: 1950
RM2M3NY5M–Thomas "Tommy" Hampson (1907 1965), British athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Pictured on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News lying unconscious on the ground, surrounded by concerned officials, after winning in a record breaking time. Several minutes elapsed after the race before Hampson recovered and could celebrate his victory. Date: 1932
RM2M3RT2C–A jolly crowd of football fans at the Leicester ground for the semi-final of the Football Association cup between Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal in March 1928. According to The Graphic, "The uproar when Arsenal were beaten by 1-0 could have been heard over half the shire, and was echoed in the crowded trains which bore the disappointed supporters of the London team home." It being 1928, football crowds comprised almost exclusively of men, as evidenced in this photograph. 1928
RM2M3P7NK–Captain Frederick Barrett, captain of the 1914 England polo team, pictured with Lord Wimborne, a supporter and helper of the team, at a practice game on Leopold de Rothschild's ground at Gunnersbury Park. The Tatler entitled the image, 'The White Hope - of downtrodden English polo in the Anglo-American contests.' England had been beaten by America in the recent previous contests over the Westchester Cup, but in 1914, they achieved a historic and emphatic victory with the team of Captains Barrett, Cheape, Tomkinson and Lockett. Date: 1914
RM2RGDN41–Captain Frederick Barrett, captain of the 1914 England polo team, pictured with Lord Wimborne, a supporter and helper of the team, at a practice game on Leopold de Rothschild's ground at Gunnersbury Park. The Tatler entitled the image, 'The White Hope - of downtrodden English polo in the Anglo-American contests.' England had been beaten by America in the recent previous contests over the Westchester Cup, but in 1914, they achieved a historic and emphatic victory with the team of Captains Barrett, Cheape, Tomkinson and Lockett.
RM2M3P7TK–King George V and Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor), pictured at Lord's cricket ground where its centenary was being celebrated in June 1914. The occasion was marked by a match between M.C.C. South African heroes and the Rest of England. The King is pictured chatting to Mr C. B. Fry, Mr Johnny Douglas and Lord Hawke. Prince Albert (later King George VI) is seen just behind the King, and the Prince of Wales is talking to Mr F. E. Lacey. On the right are Sir C. Cust and the Duke of Devonshire. Date: 1914
RM2M3T3CJ–Francis Phillips Fenner (1811 - 1896), English cricketer for Hampshire (right-arm fast bowler). He established Fenner's cricket ground in 1848 on land which he had leased. The ground is still used by Cambridge University for their home fixtures. Date: 1893
RM2M9BWG3–Kent's County Cricket Ground at Tunbridge Wells
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