JC Masterman: From the MCC to MI5
J.C. Masterman is not a name that is perhaps very widely known, despite the fact that in the early...
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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...
Read Moreby 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 Moreby 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 Moreby 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 Moreby 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 Moreby 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 Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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 Moreby 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 Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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 Moreby 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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