What a day – the weather held off after the week long down pours and hurricanes, as if a higher ...
Find out more This year the South Wales Police Heritage Centre has led a research project to tell the story of former Glamorgan police officer and sportsman, Billy Spiller.
Find out more 14 January 2016, marked 140 years since Essex County Cricket Club was established at a public meeting at the Shire Hall in Chelmsford.
Find out more Sporting Heritage is delighted to once again team up with The Events Room in this exclusive Ashes Cricket Lunch with Sir Ian Botham OBE. Book your tickets now!
Find out more Sport is undoubtedly an integral part of contemporary British cultural life, yet there is an uneasy relationship between sports and heritage institutions, which sometimes seem to be from completely different worlds.
Find out more One hundred and ten years ago, two doctors confronted one another in South London.
Find out more Conan Doyle, a slow-to-medium paced bowler for the MCC, had had a quiet game: taking no wickets in the first innings, and scoring only 4. Now, on the final day, he found himself wheeled in to bowl again...
Find out more “There is something really special about the history that has shaped the sport of today. Not only does it allow ...
Find out more Evolution of Women’s Cricket is the first major exhibition on the women’s game. It traces the development of women’s cricket from its burlesque beginnings in the 18th century to a pioneering professional sport. The exhibition runs July 2021 until March 2023
Find out more Cricket was born in Surrey, Sussex and Kent. The first recorded local game was at Mickleham Downs in 1730. By the 1760s it was well established on the Cotmandene.
Find out more The parallels between cricket and art are vast, as both involve skill, strategy, and a deep sense of passion. Whether it's the meticulous strokes of a bat on the cricket pitch or the intricate brushwork on a canvas, both cricket and art continue to enchant and inspire individuals.
Find out more The cricket bat, recently acquired by The Friends of Wakefield Art Galleries and Museums for Wakefield Museum, was signed by all the players in the 1935 England-v-South-Africa test match.
Find out more The National Archives published this piece as part of their series of First World War Military Service Tribunal posts, and it looks at a cricketing-themed case.
Find out more Having moved from a local tribunal application form to the appeal form, we get a very different insight into the specifics of the case.
Find out more Tom Wills, educated at Rugby School, Warwickshire, was an Australian sporting genius.
Find out more This year, Purton Cricket Club will be celebrating its 200th anniversary. It is said to be the oldest cricket club in Wiltshire. An early member was the famed E. H. Budd, the first man to score a century at Marylebone Cricket Club ground (`Lords`) in 1816.
Find out more The first president of the new club was Lord Willoughby de Broke, who also played in a number of the early fixtures.
Find out more As part of our project's scoping survey, we caught up with the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC). Celebrating their centenary in 2021, the CSSC were very happy to take a look back through their archives for us, including those highlighting the early sporting success of women and disabled employees.
Find out more This flexible PowerPoint resource and accompanying teacher’s guide uses interviews with leading past and current players and a narrated history to creatively explore a series of specific and wider themes in relation to the history and development of the women’s game.
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