Author: Mark Evans

John ‘Jack’ Henry Tyers
‘The Amateur Champion of the World’

Posted by Mark Evans | Sep 10, 2025 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Indoor Sport, Olympics, Sport & Leisure History, Swimming & Diving, Team Sports | 0

In the 1890’s and up until around 1903 the most successful swimming and water polo team in the...

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Nellie Halstead:
Once known as “Britain’s Greatest Woman Athlete”

Posted by Mark Evans | Jan 26, 2023 | Athletics, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Olympics, Women in Sport | 3

I was recently reading part two of Steve Bolton’s article on Manchester Ladies F.C. on the Playing...

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The Hartley Brothers and their Hockey Careers

Posted by Mark Evans | Oct 6, 2022 | Archival Research, Hockey, Team Sports | 0

The Hartley family lived in Shipton-Under-Wychwood, West Oxfordshire. There were seven children, 5...

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Osborne Swimming Club
Manchester’s Water Polo Champions

Posted by Mark Evans | Feb 7, 2022 | Archival Research, Olympics, Swimming & Diving, Team Sports | 0

Introduction As a Mancunian I have always been interested in the sporting history of Manchester...

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League hockey, not for us, insist the Hockey Association

Posted by Mark Evans | Jan 14, 2021 | Archival Research, Hockey, Women in Sport | 2

In 2017 I wrote an article for “Playing Pasts” entitled “Women’s Hockey and the Introduction of...

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