Sports

Illustration to download showing the Oval in 1880. England are battling in a Test Match against Australia. A crowd of 25,000 enjoyed W G Grace displaying his batting skills and…

Victorian illustration to download showing young men and women playing croquet on the beach in windy weather.

Victorian illustration to download showing hare coursing. Riders wearing top hats and eager greyhounds wait for the hare to run.

Victorian illustration to download showing a steeplechase. Two riders clear a jump, but a third is tumbling off his horse as it falls.

Victorian illustration to download showing two gardeners mowing a croquet lawn with scythes. A family waits to play holding mallets and a ball.

Victorian illustration to download showing a man putting the shot at a sporting contest. A large, well-dressed crowd watches.

Victorian illustration to download showing a rugby football match. Most of the players have formed a ruck; a few wait on the alert for the ball to emerge.

Victorian illustration to download showing a shooting party sheltering from a rainstorm in a shepherd’s cottage in the Highlands of Scotland.

Victorian illustration to download showing a man walking fast in a park, with spectators watching and running after him.