General

  • Thomas Hughes on the value of team sports in secondary education
  • "Let the remembrance of it take care of itself" — Thomas Hughes on the transience of athletic fame
  • The Public Schools' Cult of Sport in Victorian Times

    • Archery

  • National Archery Meeting (image)

    • Bathing (i.e. swimming)

  • Passing the Swimming Test at Eton (image)
  • Victorian bathing machine (image)
  • Learning to swim (image)

    • Bicycling

  • [Woman's cycling outfit (Punch)]
  • The Line of Beauty (Punch)
  • Happy Thought
  • New Regulations for the safety of bicyclists. A man with red flag must precede all horsemen (Punch)

    • Boxing

  • John "Gentleman" Jackson's monument in Brompton Cemetery
  • Thomas Sayers, bare-knuckle boxer

    • Cricket

  • The Eton-Harrow Cricket Match (image)
  • The Eton-Winchester Cricket Match (image)
  • The Cricket Fields at Eton (image)
  • Waiting for His Innings (sculpture)
  • Grand Cricket Match at Brighton, 1844
  • The professional

    • Fishing

  • Fishing punt and fly fishing
  • Fishing for gudgeon from a punt (H. R. Robertson)
  • Dibbing for Chubb (H. R. Robertson)
  • How very kind (Punch
  • Mr. Bill Pothunter having permission for “One day only” — determines to improve the occasion (Punch)
  • Fly-dressing in the holidays (Punch)
  • Thames Fishing (John Leech)
  • Our friend Briggs contemplates a Day's Fishing (John Leech)
  • Mr Briggs starts on his fishing expedition (John Leech)
  • [Mr Briggs fishing in the rain] (John Leech)
  • Minnow caught by Mr. Briggs; exact size of life (John Leech)
  • Mr Briggs has another day's fishing (John Leech)
  • The triumphant success of Mr. Briggs (John Leech)
  • Mr. Briggs, anxious to become a “complete angler,” studies the “Gentle Art” of Fly-fishing (John Leech)
  • The Pike is a Voracious fish, and bites very readily in the winter months (John Leech)
  • Angling in the Serpentine — Saturday, P.M. (John Leech)
  • Bottom Fishing (John Leech)
  • An Enthusiastic Fisherman (John Leech)

    • Football

  • The Wall Game (image)
  • Rugby 1899

    • Golf

  • Harry Vardon
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    Horse racing

  • Derby Day by William Powell Frith
  • Kingston, Winner of the Goodwood Cup, 1842
  • Pony-Races on Blackheath

    • Horse riding

  • [Riding in Hyde Park] (image)

    • Hunting

  • Shooting an Otter
  • Flight Shooting
  • Approaching the fowl with stalking-horse
  • Shooting with the stalking-horse
  • Hunting with the stalking-horse
  • The stalking-horse in Shakespeare and other authors
  • Moor-hen shooting

    • Mountain climbing

  • Sir Leslie Stephen and Alpine Mountaineering: A New Sport
  • Sir Leslie Stephen and Alpine Mountaineering: A Companionable Pursuit

    • Punting (see Oxford and fishing)

  • Woman punting (1) (Mortimer Menpes)
  • Woman punting (2) (Mortimer Menpes)

    • Rowing and paddling for leisure

  • Man paddling (Mortimer Menpes)
  • Woman paddling (Mortimer Menpes)
  • The Gentle Craft (John leech)

    • Competitive rowing

  • Racing boat, single oarsman
  • The Eight-oared cutter
  • The Thames Wherry
  • Henley-on-Thames: the Regatta Course (I)
  • Henley-on-Thames: the Regatta Course (II)
  • The Captain of the Boats at Eton (image)
  • [The Victorious Boat] at Eton (image)
  • The Rowers (sculpture)
  • Manchester Regatta, 1844
  • The Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race in The Illustrated London News of the 1860s and 70s

    • Rugby

  • Sculpture (Ruby Levick)
  • The Ardor and the Joy of a Game at Foot-Ball (Fred Barnard)

    • Skiing

    Tennis

  • Hygienic Exercise Punch

    • Track and field

    Bibliography

  • Games in Victorian Literature: A Bibliography
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    Last modified 22 November 2015