A little behind on #archive30 but this pamphlet from the Frederic Kenyon archive on the game of #football at Winchester College in 1876 is an early account of the rules of the game & is a great entry for #sportarchives #britishmuseum #archives

Get your trainers on and do some stretching its time for some #SportArchives 🏃⚽🏉🎾🏊⛷️🏇🚴

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A Cob cartoon in the 'Imber Courier' magazine, named after Imber Court, showing a puny basketball player in vest and shorts being easily picked up off the ground by a tall hirsute man in a kilt, whilst the latter bounces a basketball with his other hand.

In May 1968 a Met team set off from Cannon Row police station to join a basketball competition north of the border, where they attributed their poor performance to injury and "the Scotch beer and whisky".
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Two men in light-colored clothes with hats, holding tennis raquets in front of a net, with a partially-constructed building in the background

Black and white photo of five people with tennis raquets. Women are in knee-length skirts with opaque tights. Men are in dress shirts with ties.

We love these tennis pictures. They show off tennis's wide popularity - it was for everyone. For those with keen eyes, you can also see one of the Admin Building wings under construction.

Group photo: date unknown, likely 1910s or 1920s
Pairs photo: early 1910s
#SportArchives #Archive30 #tennis

Hand-coloured engraving of a cricket match, in which all the players are women. The text below the image reads: 'On Wenesday [sic] October 3rd 1811 a singular Cricket Match took place at Balls Pond Newington. The players were 22 women, 11 Hampshire against 11 Surrey. The Match was made between two Amateur Noblemen of the respective Counties for 500 Guineas a side. The Performers in the Contest were of all Ages and Sizes.'

The first recorded women’s county cricket match was played on the 3rd of October 1811 between Hampshire and Surrey at Balls Pond on Newington Green, as drawn here by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. Hampshire won.

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Day 9: #SportArchives

We have an active sporting community in the Falklands, however in the 1920's the Athletic Club faced some unique challenges to playing their weekend game of football!

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Black and white photo of a man in a white t-shirt and shorts sat on top of a penny farthing bicycle. Another man in a dark suit is helping to steady the bike.

We're getting sporty for today's #Archive30!
Love this photo (c.1885) of past president of our College, John Freeland Fergus. Fergus was a member of the Scottish International Penny Farthing Cycling team. Definitely a sport we'd like to see make a bit of a comeback! #SportArchives

Football team of ten women workers in Banbury

It's April which means it's #Archive30!

For today’s #SportArchives we love this football team photograph of women workers in Banbury from 1917

Female munitions factory workers during WW1 were encouraged to take part in sports to improve their health in the midst of long hours and hard work

Sepia photograph of man in running outfit with race number 39.

You may remember a highlight from last year about the 1908 Reading marathon race that almost didn't happen. The race was won by Lewis Southwell. A relative has been in touch & shared this lovely photo of him which has been added to the article. Read it here: bit.ly/4eKhJqe #SportArchives #Archive30

Black and white photo of a ladies hockey team wearing pinafores and blazers posing seated holding hockey sticks

For @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 #SportArchives theme today, we have this photo from our collection of the Crostyx Hockey Club ladies team, Woodford, about 1930 🏑

Sporting Heritage The University Archives works to preserve and promote Scotland’s sporting heritage through the development and care of our sporting collections and the provision of advice and support to sporting clubs and organisations across the country. At the core of our sporting heritage collections sits the Commonwealth Games Scotland Archive which preserves a detailed record of […]

Today's #Archive30 theme of #SportArchives is the perfect opportunity for us to introduce our brand new guide to our fantastic #SportingHeritage collections which have the archives of Commonwealth Games Scotland at their core.
collections.stir.ac.uk/archive-coll...
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Bowling game in progress

April 1910 Evening Express Cardiff City Mental Hospital Hockey Team Newspaper clipping showing a hockey team, all named underneath

Annual sports program from June 1910

Cardiff mental hospital football players South wales daily news April 1911 Newspaper clipping showing the team, names included underneath

Day 9 @arascot.bsky.social

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Whitchurch Hospital has a long #cricket history
#Sport played a very important role in the life of the hospital.
Annual sports day when staff and patients took part.
Bowling green opened in 1927 & continues to be played at the Hospital

For #SportArchives here's a football from our Engineers collection. We also have a print of this image. But which team is this? Is it the City Engineers or is it the certain team that plays in Dark Blue? Take a look at our investigations here: dundeecityarchives.w...

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What recollections do you have of school sports, supporting your favourite team, or enjoying Wimbledon or the Olympics? Join us on Weds 22 April at 2pm to see some documents and have a chat about your sporting memories. #Archive30 #SportArchives #NorfolkHistory www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982179325...

The Thakar Collection spans everything from everyday objects to ceremonial pieces. #SportArchives isn’t an obvious match, but this riding coat from Togo or Ghana qualifies for #Archive30. @arascot.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

Sport in Northern Ireland - View media Over 129 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2026, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.

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Well how about a film simply called "SPORT in Northern Ireland"?

All the sports you want and then some in this colourful 1971 film from the NI Tourist Board.

And as always, below the film itself are links to even more sports. You'll be tired just watching it all!

Black and white photograph of a group of men playing cricket in front of a historic building. The players are dressed in 1940s clothing (not sportswear) and are wearing gas masks on their faces. [The National Archives’ catalogue reference PRO 50/59.]

Combining #ArchivePast & #SportArchives with this marvellous photo of some of my WWII-era predecessors from the then-PRO playing cricket. (Yes, they are wearing gas masks.)
The National Archives (UK) 📷 PRO 50/59 www.flickr.com/photos/natio...
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We hold a variety of sport collections here at Explore York Archives including :

⚽Records of York City Football Club 

🏏York Charity Cricket Cups 

👟Railways Athletics Association

And many more!

You can find these by searching on our archives catalogue. 

https://shorturl.at/nc9hS

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Nursing Staff Badminton Cup🏸

#gri Golf Trophies⛳️ Donated by @malcdaniel 1st woman to win was @cathstirling

St Mungo’s 1936⚽️ team Dr Henry W. Gray (2nd R) is Dr Harry Gray’s dad.

Used to be tennis courts at #gri but we don’t have a pic yet 😉

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Short one today for #SportArchives
The Nursing Staff Badminton Club Cup.
There used to be tennis courts at #gri & several football teams over the years too 🎾⚽️🏸 #Archive30