Sports Personality Collection (page 3)

Fred Tate, Sussex and England cricketer, c1899. Artist: Hawkins & Co
Fred Tate, Sussex and England cricketer, c1899. Fred Tate (1867-1943) was an off-spin bowler who played for Sussex from 1887 until 1905, taking a total of 1331 first-class wickets

Gentlemen XI for the fixture vs Players at Lords Cricket Ground, London, 1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Gentlemen XI for the fixture vs Players at Lords Cricket Ground, London, 1899. Gentlemen vs Players was an annual fixture between teams of amateurs (the Gentlemen) and professionals (the Players)

Oxford University cricket XI, c1899. Artist: Stearn
Oxford University cricket XI, c1899. A print from The Book of Cricket, a Gallery of Famous Players, edited by CB Fry, George Newnes Ltd, London, c1899

Mr HGP Owen, Essex cricketer, c1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Mr HGP Owen, Essex cricketer, c1899. Hugh Glendwr Palmer Owen (1859-1912) played for Cambridge University, Essex and the MCC in a career lasting from 1882 until 1902

Cambridge University cricket XI, c1899. Artist: Stearn
Cambridge University cricket XI, c1899. Gilbert Jessop, the captain of the side, is front centre. A print from The Book of Cricket, a Gallery of Famous Players, edited by CB Fry, George Newnes Ltd

Dr WG Grace, English cricketer, walking out to bat, c1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Dr WG Grace, English cricketer, walking out to bat, c1899. Regarded as possibly the greatest cricketer of all time, WG Grace (1848-1915)

The England Test cricket XI at Lords, London, 1899. Artist: Hawkins & Co
The England Test cricket XI at Lord s, London, 1899. The England team for the second Test of the 1899 Ashes series against Australia. The Australians won the match by 10 wickets

Thomas Russell, Essex cricketer, c1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Thomas Russell, Essex cricketer, c1899. A wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman, Thomas Russell (1863-1927) played 170 matches for Essex and the MCC between 1894 and 1905

Mr COH Sewell, Gloucestershire cricketer, c1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Mr COH Sewell, Gloucestershire cricketer, c1899. Born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Cyril Otto Hudson Sewell (1874-1951) played 173 matches for Gloucestershire and the MCC between 1895 and 1919

Worcestershire County Cricket Club XI, c1899. Artist: Bennett
Worcestershire County Cricket Club XI, c1899. Worcestershire obtained first-class status and entered the County Championship for the first time in 1899, finishing twelth

Mr P Perrin, Essex cricketer, c1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Mr P Perrin, Essex cricketer, c1899. Percy Perrin (1876-1945) played for Essex from 1896 until 1928. He scored 66 centuries, the third highest total amongst players who never played Test cricket

South of England XI cricket team vs The Australians, c1899. Artist: Russell & Sons
South of England XI cricket team vs The Australians, c1899. Back row: VA Titchmarsh (umpire), Bill Brockwell, Charlie Townsend, Gilbert Jessop, Jack Mason, Jack Board, Bobby Abel

Mr A Cs Glover, Warwickshire, c1899. Artist: Hawkins & Co
Mr ACS Glover, Warwickshire cricketer, c1899. Alfred Charles Stirrup Glover (1872-1949) played for Warwickshire from 1895, when they were first admitted to the County Championship, until 1909

Robert Carpenter, Essex cricketer, c1899. Artist: Hawkins & Co
Robert Carpenter, Essex cricketer, c1899. A print from The Book of Cricket, a Gallery of Famous Players, edited by CB Fry, George Newnes Ltd, London, c1899

Mr PF Warner, Middlesex and England cricketer, c1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Mr PF Warner, Middlesex and England cricketer, c1899. A right-handed batsman, Pelham Plum Warner (1873-1963) played for Oxford University

Bill Storer, Derbyshire and England cricketer, c1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Bill Storer, Derbyshire and England cricketer, c1899. Bill Storer (1867-1912) was a wicketkeeper-batsman who played for Derbyshire from 1887 until 1905

Johnny Briggs, Lancashire and England cricketer, c1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Johnny Briggs, Lancashire and England cricketer, c1899. A left arm spin bowler, Johnny Briggs (1862-1902) played for Lancashire from 1879 until 1900

Johnny Sharpe, British boxing manager, 1938. Among the fighteres managed by Sharpe was Archie Sexton, who fought unsuccessfully for the British middleweight championship in 1933

Arthur J Elvin, British boxing promoter, 1938. A Churchmans Cigarettes picture card

Sydney Hulls, British boxing promoter, 1938. A Churchmans Cigarettes picture card

John E Harding, British boxing manager and match-maker, 1938. A Churchmans Cigarettes picture card

Victor Berliner, boxing promoter and manager, 1938. Berliner and his business partner Manny Lyttlestone staged promotions at Premierland, a famous boxing venue in Whitechapel, between 1924 and 1930

Sam Russell, British boxing manager, 1938. A Churchmans Cigarettes picture card

Jack Smith, British boxing referee, 1938. A Churchmans Cigarettes picture card

Jack Hart, British boxer and referee, 1938. A Churchmans Cigarettes picture card

Cecil Pickles Douglas, boxing referee, 1938. As well as being on of the foremost referees in British professional boxing in the 1930s, Douglas (1886-1954) played county cricket for Essex

Jimmy Walsh, British boxer, 1938. A lightweight, Walsh (1913-1964) fought 91 times during his career, with 68 wins, 20 losses, 2 draws and 1 no contest

Paulino Uzcudun, Spanish boxer, 1938. Nicknamed the Basque Woodchopper, Uzcudun (1899-1985) is regarded as the best heavyweight boxer to come out of Spain

Walter Neusel, German boxer, 1938. Nicknamed Der Blonde Tiger, Neusel (1907-1964) won the German heavyweight championship three times, in 1938, 1940 and 1942

Max Schmeling, German boxer, 1938. Schmeling (1905-2005) was world heavyweight champion from 1930 until 1932. He is best remembered for his two fights against Joe Louis in the late 1930s

Jock McAvoy, British boxer, 1938. Born Joseph Patrick Bamford, McAvoy (1908-1971) changed his name in order to hide the fact he was boxing from his mother

Joe Louis, American boxer, 1938. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis (1914-1981) is one of the iconic figures of heavyweight boxing history

Ted Kid Lewis, British boxer, (1938). Lewis (1894-1970) won the world welterweight title in 1915 when he defeated Jack Britton of the United States

John Henry Lewis, American boxer, 1938. Lewis (1914-1974) was world light-heavyweight champion from 1935 until 1939. In 1939, in his final fight

Action from an Arsenal v Chelsea football match, c1936-c1944. Artist: Sport & General
Action from an Arsenal v Chelsea football match, c1936-c1944. Arsenals Eddie Hapgood and Chelseas Peter Buchanan in a strange pose

Stanley Matthews and Eddie Hapgood pause between shots during a round of golf, 1945. England footballers Hapgood (1908-1973) (left) and Matthews (1915-2000) off duty in Germany

Action from an Arsenal v Sheffield United football match, c1927-1937. Artist: London News Agency
Action from an Arsenal v Sheffield United football match, c1927-1937. A split second interception, and Ball (Sheffield United) is beaten to the ball by Arsenals Eddie Hapgood

Introductions before a RAF vs Metropolitan Police football match, Wembley, London, 1942. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Phillip Game (1876-1961) is introduced to the RAF team before the match

Acrobatics in a Arsenal v Chelsea match at Stamford Bridge, London, c1933-c1938. Artist: Sport & General
Acrobatics in a Arsenal v Chelsea match at Stamford Bridge, London, c1933-c1938. Arsenal captain Eddie Hapgood clears the ball watched by Chelseas George Gibson (centre)

En route for Wolverhampton for the England v Wales football match, 1936. Artist: Keystone
En route for Wolverhampton for the England v Wales football match, 1936. Left to right: Secretary of the Football Association Stanley Rous (1895-1986)

English footballer Eddie Hapgood meeting King George VI, c1937-c1944. Edris Albert Eddie Hapgood (1908-1973) captained Arsenal and England in the 1930s

The Prince of Wales and WG Grace, 1911 (1951). The great English cricketer with The future King Edward VIII A print from 100 Years in Pictures, A panorama of History in the Making

Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight boxing champion, 1908 (1951). Nicknamed the Galveston Giant, Jack Johnson (1878-1946)

Alphonse Kirchoffer, French fencer, 1904. Alphonse Kirchoffer, French fencer, 1904. Kirchhoffer (1873-1913) won a silver medal in the masters foil at the 1900 Olympic Games held in Paris

The Demon, 1882. Artist: Spy
The Demon, 1882. George Fordham, British jockey. Fordham (1837-1887) was Champion Jockey on 13 occasions between 1855 and 1869

Charlie Wood, 1886. Artist: Liborio Prosperi
Charlie Wood, 1886. Charles Wood, British jockey. Wood (1856-1945) won 11 Classic victories over the course of his career

John Evelyn Watts, British jockey, 1903. Artist: Ao
John Evelyn Watts, British jockey, 1903. Watts followed in his fathers footseps as a jockey and later as a racehorse trainer. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, 1st October 1903

Danny, 1903. Artist: Ao
Danny, 1903. Daniel A Maher, American jockey. Maher (1881-1916) was a successful jockey on both sides of the Atlantic. He won 9 Classic victories in Britain

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