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Sport Collection (#31)

Background imageSport Collection: Bat And Ball Inn

Bat And Ball Inn
9th September 1908: The Bat and Ball Inn in Hambledon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Goodwood Races

Goodwood Races
circa 1907: A corner of the enclosure at Goodwood. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Death Curve

Death Curve
16th March 1914: J B Marquis in a 1913 GP Sunbeam racing car overturns on Death Curve during the 35th lap of the International Grand Prix at Santa Monica. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Water For Cars

Water For Cars
June 1906: Water provided for cars at Inverness during the Scottish Reliability Trial. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Test Cricket

Test Cricket
August 1912: The England team practice in the nets before a match against Australia at Leeds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Horse Cups

Horse Cups
14th June 1907: A policeman guarding the prizes at the Richmond Horse Show. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Starting Off

Starting Off
January 1908: A skeleton competitor taking off in his toboggan at the Cresta Run, Saint Moritz, Switzerland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Motor Racing

Motor Racing
8th June 1908: Three cars are lined up at the start of Brooklands Motor Car Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Split Decision

Split Decision
1st December 1908: A woman having a little difficulty controlling her skis in the snow at Northampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Rotten Row

Rotten Row
May 1910: People riding horses down Rotten Row in London, while pedestrians use the tree lined pavements. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Himalayan Ascent

Himalayan Ascent
1st May 1913: Members of the Bullock Workman expedition in the Himalayas ascending an ice wall near the summit of Junction Peak. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Bicycle Gymkhana

Bicycle Gymkhana
July 1905: A young woman competes in a gymkhana for bicycle riders at Richmond. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Scottish Rally

Scottish Rally
June 1908: A car ascends Amature Hill to Kenmore on the Glasgow to Aberdeen motor race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Bathing Huts

Bathing Huts
1907: A lone bather heads for the bathing huts. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Canal Full Of Punts

Canal Full Of Punts
22nd June 1913: A crowd gather at Boulters Lock on Ascot Sunday to see the laden punts go through the lock. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Moonlight Dipper

Moonlight Dipper
August 1911: A nude swim by moonlight for a bather in Westcliffe during the heatwave of 1911. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Skating

Skating
January 1907: Four lads skating hand in hand on the Cowpit Wash, Spalding. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Skating Rink

Skating Rink
2nd March 1910: Plenty of room for skating at the Princess skating rink. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Crowded River

Crowded River
1912: Crowds in punts on the Thames watching the Henley Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Air Race

Air Race
25th September 1913: Claude Grahame White in the First International Air Race at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Tourist Trophy Race

Tourist Trophy Race
10th June 1914: Lee Guinness at speed on Quarter Bridge in his Sunbeam I during the Tourist Trophy Race for Cars, Isle of Man, June 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Air Race

Air Race
August 1910: Cattaneo in open competition at the Lanark Aviation Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Watching Polo

Watching Polo
circa 1905: Spectators watch a polo match at Hurlingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Rowers Carry Boat

Rowers Carry Boat
circa 1907: The Furnivall Rowing Eight bringing in their boat. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Henley Parasols

Henley Parasols
August 1908: Varsity oarsmen with paper parasoles at the Henley Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Boat Race

Boat Race
1913: Cambridge leading as they pass under Barnes Bridge during the Varsity Boatrace. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Oxford Cambridge

Oxford Cambridge
21st February 1913: Cambridge crew at Marlow during practice. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Bumping Race

Bumping Race
19th May 1909: A bumping race during the Oxford Eights Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Model Boat

Model Boat
June 1912: Two young children playing with a boat on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Golf Fans

Golf Fans
18th May 1914: A crowd watching play from a hill at the Amateur Golf Championship at Sandwich. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: At St Andrews

At St Andrews
1st October 1905: Golfers gathered at the famous clubhouse at St Andrews, Fife. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews was founded in 1754

Background imageSport Collection: Biplane

Biplane
1911: The biplane Coanda at an aviation meeting at Reims. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Henley Regatta

Henley Regatta
1908: People taking part in the Henley Regatta on the Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Tour Buses

Tour Buses
28th June 1926: An Athletic Club Outing on a convoy of open-topped omnibuses for private hire. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Sun Protection

Sun Protection
25th May 1937: Sunbathers wearing towels on their heads as protection against the sun at the Hyde Park Lido, London. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Safe With Mum

Safe With Mum
27th May 1934: A mother and daughter standing hand in hand at the edge of Chiswick Open Air Swimming Pool, west London. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Ski Jumping

Ski Jumping
February 1923: Ski jumper Accola Rene in action during the ski championships at Grindelwald, Switzerland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Out Walking

Out Walking
29th March 1948: Two young hikers out for a walk near Wray Windmill, Surrey. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Himalyan Expedition

Himalyan Expedition
1st May 1913: Members of the Bullock Workman expedition forcing a path through a snow cornice crowning a snow peak above Masherbern in the Himalayas. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Holiday Beach

Holiday Beach
June 1909: People paddling in the sea and playing on Lowestoft beach on the Whit Monday. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Park Paddlers

Park Paddlers
August 1911: A crowd of people take to the water of the Serpentine in Hyde Park to cool off, during the heatwave. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Scouts Camping

Scouts Camping
14th April 1909: A group of Boy Scouts make camp. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Scout Camp

Scout Camp
circa 1908: A group of Boy Scouts on camp haul a log of wood. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Motorcycles Line Up

Motorcycles Line Up
11th December 1908: Ready to start racing: three Oxford undergraduates on motorcycles at Brooklands racetrack. From left to right, A K Wilkie, M B MacKenzie and Ds McMinnies

Background imageSport Collection: Race Begins

Race Begins
13th April 1914: The start of the second motorcycle race at the ARA Easter meeting at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Motorcyclists

Motorcyclists
11th December 1908: Oxford undergraduates on motorcycles at Brooklands racetrack. From left to right, A K Wilkie, M B Mackenzie and Ds McMinnies. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Junior Tourist Trophy

Junior Tourist Trophy
19th May 1914: Hugh Mason is off at the start of the junior Tourist Trophy race on the Isle of Man (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSport Collection: Horse Drawn Skier

Horse Drawn Skier
1st December 1908: A woman skier about to be pulled along by a horse in Northampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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