Two Albums with Press and Other Clippings of a Variety of Sports Late 19th/ Early 20th Century. Crica 560 Clippings.

The first album is a foolscap size notebook with over 160pp. and in excess of 300 clippings across a variety of sports. The second album is a 4to of over 60 pp. with over 200 items. They cover a broad range of sport including: Athletics, Boxing, Wrestling, Rugby, Soccer, Cycling, Walking, Hurdling, Olympics, Pole Vault, Athletic Sports and more. While much of the material relates to the British Isles and Ireland there are also items of international interest. Among the Irish materialis the finish of the 100 yards handicap of The Royal Irish Constabulary (All Ireland) Sports, Dublin; boxer Lance-Corporal O'Keeffe; The Old Celtic Harriers from which the County Dublin Harriers were formed; Irish Guards Cross country team; H. McDermott winning the100 yards race at the Metropolitan Police Sports, Ball's Bridge, Dublin; runners in the Galway Marathon; Irish Life Saving Champions East End Team Belfast; Members of The Dublin Sporting Club; Irish and English rugby teams at Dublin.Ireland won by one try to nil; Shelbourne and Bohemians football teams; Irish Bantam champion Johnny Curran; Irish Boxers in training; R.I.C. at play; Scotland v Ireland Athletic sports; Irish team that competed in a relay race at Jones's Road; North Belfast Harriers Irish National Junior and Northern Cross-Country Champions1911-1912; Ireland's Champion Gymnastic Team; Championship Athletic Sports at Ballsbridge. Other entries include Manchester United team (1911-12); R.E. Walker Olympic sprint champion winning at Stamford Bridge; Oval drawings of Jack Johnson 1st African World Heavyweight Boxing champion 1908-15 & Stanley Ketchell; Rutt and Clarke after winning six day cycle race in Berlin; Great Men in the Athletic World- Haley, Stanton & others; London Athletic Club Sports; Homper and Queal winners of the New York Marathon; Hallamshire Harriers Cross-Country team; World's Championship Long Distance Walking team; boxer Jim Driscoll; Inter Empire Athletic Championship; Harvard & Yale v Oxford & Cambridge and hundreds more. A labour of love by an ardent lover of sport. Images are both large and small and generally in good condition. With all faults as found.

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Title
Two Albums with Press and Other Clippings of a Variety of Sports Late 19th/ Early 20th Century. Crica 560 Clippings.
Author
Sports Clippings
Condition
Fair