Category: Basketball

JC Masterman: From the MCC to MI5

by Bill Williams | Apr 1, 2024 | Archival Research, Cricket, Hockey, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Team Sports | 0

J.C. Masterman is not a name that is perhaps very widely known, despite the fact that in the early...

Keeping it in the Family:
The Story of a Remarkable Cheltenham Sporting Dynasty and its Role in the Development of Women’s Sport in the UK

by Bill Williams | Feb 26, 2024 | Hockey, Team Sports, Tennis, Women in Sport | 1

It is 85 years since Margaret Eyre (nee Lidderdale) became one of the first female professional...

PATRIOT GAMES:
THE REMARKABLE STORY OF OXFORDSHIRE’S JOHN SMITH AND HIS NFL ODYSSEY.

by Bill Williams | Jan 29, 2024 | Rugby, Sport & Leisure History, Team Sports | 0

The world of rugby union was shocked earlier this month with the announcement that Wales’ Louis...

Lily Parr:
St Helens Ladies FC Legend

by Steve Bolton | Jan 19, 2024 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

St Helens Ladies FC + Lily Parr Much of what is known and written about early women’s football is...

Carrying the torch of Italian women’s football
Tales from an interview with Natalina Ceraso Levati

by Marco Giani | Jan 7, 2024 | Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

On 23rd of June, 2022 I had the chance to interview Natalina Ceraso (born in 1944), daughter of ...

Shining a Light on Arthur!
A New Film Explores the Legacy of the World’s First Black Professional Footballer

by Bill Williams | Oct 31, 2023 | Football, Team Sports | 0

Arthur ‘Kwame’ Wharton is perhaps not a name that is as renowned as it should be in the history...

The Catalyst: Forty years since Mark Brown became Wales’ first black Rugby Union international

by Bill Williams | Oct 13, 2023 | Rugby, Team Sports | 0

When Wales play Argentina in their RWC 2023 Quarter Final on Saturday 14th October in Marseille...

DENIED!
Welshman, Cuthbert Taylor and the abolition of Boxing’s ‘Colour Bar!’

by Bill Williams | Sep 28, 2023 | Boxing, Olympics, Physical Culture | 1

This year ( 2023), will mark 75 years since the ‘Colour Bar’ in British boxing was...

Once Upon a Time in the West Of Wales:
How a Game Invented in an English Public School became a National Obsession

by Bill Williams | Sep 7, 2023 | Rugby, Team Sports | 0

When Wales take to the field in Bordeaux on Sunday 10th September, in their opening match of the...

MOB RULES!
The Bourton River Match and other forms of ‘Mob Football’ still played in the UK today

by Bill Williams | Aug 28, 2023 | Football, General, Team Sports | 0

On August Bank Holiday Monday each year at around 4pm, the usually calm River Windrush , which...

Sisters with Drive:
Early Women Golf Coaches and Professionals

by Jodie Neville | Aug 25, 2023 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Golf, Women in Sport | 2

Towards the end of the long nineteenth century there was an expansion in leisure pursuits for...

THE PRINCE OF PIONEERS: 90 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF K.S. RANJITSINHJI

by Bill Williams | Aug 21, 2023 | Cricket, Team Sports | 0

The period 1890-1914 has long been referred to as ‘Cricket’s Golden Age’ with the formidable...