Category: British Society of Sports History [BSSH]
Shining a Light on Arthur!
A New Film Explores the Legacy of the World’s First Black Professional Footballer
Arthur ‘Kwame’ Wharton is perhaps not a name that is as renowned as it should be in the history...
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The Catalyst: Forty years since Mark Brown became Wales’ first black Rugby Union international
When Wales play Argentina in their RWC 2023 Quarter Final on Saturday 14th October in Marseille...
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DENIED!
Welshman, Cuthbert Taylor and the abolition of Boxing’s ‘Colour Bar!’
This year ( 2023), will mark 75 years since the ‘Colour Bar’ in British boxing was...
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Once Upon a Time in the West Of Wales:
How a Game Invented in an English Public School became a National Obsession
When Wales take to the field in Bordeaux on Sunday 10th September, in their opening match of the...
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MOB RULES!
The Bourton River Match and other forms of ‘Mob Football’ still played in the UK today
On August Bank Holiday Monday each year at around 4pm, the usually calm River Windrush , which...
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Sisters with Drive:
Early Women Golf Coaches and Professionals
Towards the end of the long nineteenth century there was an expansion in leisure pursuits for...
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THE PRINCE OF PIONEERS: 90 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF K.S. RANJITSINHJI
The period 1890-1914 has long been referred to as ‘Cricket’s Golden Age’ with the formidable...
Read MoreThe History of the ‘Scudetto’
Introduction The scudetto is the symbol that most represents the Italian-speaking communities in the world. Generally, we tend to believe it is an ancient symbol, and instead it has a recent birth that does not go beyond the...
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When Americans played cricket:
150 years since the birth of Bart King,’The King of Swing’
Nowadays, everyone knows that Americans don’t play cricket. It may then be surprising to know that...
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“The Dagenham Invincibles”
Part 2
The Chelmsford Scene
36 Games Undefeated In Part 1 of this series [to read click HERE] I gave an overview of the...
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Briton seals First Boys’ Wimbledon win since Stanley Matthews!
British teenager, Harry Searle from Wolverhampton has ended a 61 year wait for a Junior Boys’...
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Douglas Jardine:
Sixy-Five Years since the Death of England’s Bodyline Captain
It is now 90 years since England Cricket Captain, Douglas Jardine, known by many as , ‘The Iron...
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