The illuminated address presented to Tipperary’s Tom Kiely by the GAA on his return from the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, where he won gold in the all-round; 10 events in one day. #explorearchives #SportingArchives

1793 #cricket by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm: bl.uk/collection-ite… #ExploreArchives #SportingArchives #PicturingPlaces

Another game we would love to see make a comeback: Knur & Spell #SportingArchives

A photo from the archives of Dan Breen presenting the Tipperary Co. Final Cup to Anacarty captain Tommy Ryan in 1943 TippCoCoLibraries Tipperary GAA TipperaryLive #SportingArchives

Charles Walker Cathcart & his surgical team at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1913. Cathcart achieved fame on the #rugby field by gaining three caps for Scotland, debuting against England in 1872. #ExploreArchives #SportingArchives

The British Ladies' Football Club from 1895 is kicking off our #SportingArchives today, with Emma Clarke, considered to be first known black women's footballer in Britain. COPY 1/420

Before the Wolves Molineux stadium, the area was the Molineux Pleasure Grounds, including cycling races, football, cricket & a boating lake. Races were still held there into the 20th century, so this area has long been associated with sports #SportingArchives #explorearchives

You want #SportingArchives we got them! Fusiliers seem to be able to get a team together where ever they are and for any sport - boxing, football and even polo. (Ist and 2nd Bn 1936,1895,1898) #ExploreArchives

One of the many #SportingArchives held at Gwent Archives includes the Newport Rugby & Athletic Club collection.

The Club features in the #CrowdCymru project which is seeking volunteers. Visit to find out more: tinyurl.com/bdfkda6m

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This account, from around 1680, must surely be one of the earlier accounts of violence at a football match... it describes 'a scuffle att football' where the petitioner 'was very ill beaten' #SportingArchives #ExploreArchives

Mike Hawthorn racing in a Ferrari at the British Grand Prix in 1958 #SportingArchives #ExploreArchives

And to finish off today’s #SportingArchives , we have this photograph of Heather Brewer and Jennifer Middleton at the Welsh Lawn Tennis Championships at Newport in 1954.

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The Archives hold a number of sporting collections including Newport Harriers Athletic Club.

In the photo is Thomas Arthur, winner of the Welsh Cross Country Championships 1906-1909.

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Running late for work? Not to fuss, just explain to your boss that you were playing football with the fairies and were delayed en-route: bit.ly/2BrRsvF
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We hold a number of sporting collections including Newport Harriers. Formed in Sept 1896 at Newport, the club’s treasurer, Frank Liddington Johns, was instrumental in the creation of the International Cross Country Championships.

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#ExploreYourArchive Day8 is #SportingArchives . Here is a clip from our Oral History Project of Retired Col. Seán Norton, remembering running against Olympic Gold Medallist Ronnie Delaney(late 1940s) bit.ly/2QGeBjf. The Collection can be found here bit.ly/2B4LxfS

Beautiful colour drawing of a mass football match at #Kingston market dating from around 1847 #ExploreArchives #SportingArchives

Arrangements were made to welcome team members to a Lodge joined by the English cricketer, Cyril Washbrook, during the tour by Australia in 1948. #ExploreArchives #SportingArchives #cricket

Today's #ExploreArchives is all about #SportingArchives , and Wolverhampton has been home to many sporting heroes and achievements, not least our close neighbours, Wolves, seen here in the 1880s

You may not have thought it, but #Sussex has it's own 'national' sport! Stoolball, a bit like cricket, has a history of being a sport for men and women and was even around in Shakespeare's time. This women's team from Fittleworth look like they mean business. #SportingArchives