Category: Leisure
Croquet and Codification Mania in the 19th Century
Posted by Bill Williams | Aug 22, 2022 | Leisure, Sport & Leisure History | 0
How Many Flat race Jockeys Were There in 1861?
Posted by Mike Huggins | Feb 28, 2022 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Equestrian, Leisure, Sport & Leisure History | 0
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...
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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...
Read MorePATRIOT 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...
Read MoreLily 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...
Read MoreCarrying 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 ...
Read MoreShining 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
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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...
Read MoreOnce 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...
Read MoreMOB 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...
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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...
Read MoreTHE 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...
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