The Development of Sports in Victorian England — Participation and Spectatorship (original) (raw)
| General Thomas Hughes on the value of team sports in secondary education "Let the remembrance of it take care of itself" — Thomas Hughes on the transience of athletic fame The Public Schools' Cult of Sport in Victorian Times Archery National Archery Meeting (image) Bathing (i.e. swimming) Passing the Swimming Test at Eton (image) Victorian bathing machine (image) Learning to swim (image) Bicycling [Woman's cycling outfit (Punch)] The Line of Beauty (Punch) Happy Thought New Regulations for the safety of bicyclists. A man with red flag must precede all horsemen (Punch) Boxing John "Gentleman" Jackson's monument in Brompton Cemetery Thomas Sayers, bare-knuckle boxer Cricket The Eton-Harrow Cricket Match (image) The Eton-Winchester Cricket Match (image) The Cricket Fields at Eton (image) Waiting for His Innings (sculpture) Grand Cricket Match at Brighton, 1844 Fishing Fishing punt and fly fishing Fishing for gudgeon from a punt (H. R. Robertson) Dibbing for Chubb (H. R. Robertson) How very kind (Punch Mr. Bill Pothunter having permission for “One day only” — determines to improve the occasion (Punch) Fly-dressing in the holidays (Punch) Thames Fishing (John Leech) Our friend Briggs contemplates a Day's Fishing (John Leech) Mr Briggs starts on his fishing expedition (John Leech) [Mr Briggs fishing in the rain] (John Leech) Minnow caught by Mr. Briggs; exact size of life (John Leech) Mr Briggs has another day's fishing (John Leech) The triumphant success of Mr. Briggs (John Leech) Mr. Briggs, anxious to become a “complete angler,” studies the “Gentle Art” of Fly-fishing (John Leech) The Pike is a Voracious fish, and bites very readily in the winter months (John Leech) Angling in the Serpentine — Saturday, P.M. (John Leech) Bottom Fishing (John Leech) An Enthusiastic Fisherman (John Leech) Angling Tournament at Orleans House, Twickenham — Double-handed Fly-casting by Professionals (The Graphic) Football The Wall Game (image) Rugby 1899 Golf Harry Vardon |
Horse racing Derby Day by William Powell Frith Kingston, Winner of the Goodwood Cup, 1842 Pony-Races on Blackheath Horse riding [Riding in Hyde Park] (image) Hunting Shooting an Otter Flight Shooting Approaching the fowl with stalking-horse Shooting with the stalking-horse Hunting with the stalking-horse The stalking-horse in Shakespeare and other authors Moor-hen shooting Mountain climbing Sir Leslie Stephen and Alpine Mountaineering: A New Sport Sir Leslie Stephen and Alpine Mountaineering: A Companionable Pursuit Punting (see Oxford and fishing) Woman punting (1) (Mortimer Menpes) Woman punting (2) (Mortimer Menpes) Rowing and paddling for leisure Man paddling (Mortimer Menpes) Woman paddling (Mortimer Menpes) The Gentle Craft (John leech) Competitive rowing Racing boat, single oarsman The Eight-oared cutter The Thames Wherry Henley-on-Thames: the Regatta Course (I) Henley-on-Thames: the Regatta Course (II) The Captain of the Boats at Eton (image) [The Victorious Boat] at Eton (image) The Rowers (sculpture) Manchester Regatta, 1844 The Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race in The Illustrated London News of the 1860s and 70s Rugby Sculpture (Ruby Levick) The Ardor and the Joy of a Game at Foot-Ball (Fred Barnard) Skiing Doyle and the introduction of skiing in Switzerland Tennis Hygienic Exercise Punch Track and field Bibliography Games in Victorian Literature: A Bibliography |
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