Photographs compiled by Netta Rheinberg. The file also contains correspondence with Rheinberg relating to the use of her photographs. Includes a scorecard and team photographs from the Leicestershire Ladies vs. Notts Ladies match at the County Ground in Leicester in 1930, correspondence with Marion Collin relating to the filming of an item on women’s cricket and memorabilia, held at Lord’s, for the television programme ‘Collector’s Lot’ in 1997, copy of a Weald and Downland Open Air Museum Exhibition pamphlet in 1997 attached with six photographs of an unknown women’s cricket team that played at Weald and Download, reproduction of a photograph of a plaque to commemorate the first women’s cricket match played on 26 June 1745 between Eleven Maids of Bramley and Eleven Maids of Hambledon, newspaper photograph of members of Withernsea Ladies Cricket Team in 1908, drawing of Barton Abbey, location for Women’s Country House Cricket matches in the 20th century, three photographs of an Edwardian Ladies Team, one photograph of the barn at Tamford where Christina Willes bowled round arm to her brother circa 1800, one photograph of the England team which played against Scotland at Worcester in 1932, one photograph of Mabel Bryant holding a bat in 1920, one photograph of Martha Grace, one photograph of Violet B Westbrook, captain of the Red team, correspondence between Mary Hamlyn, journalist, and Rheinberg, photograph of Maud Brand and Madge Thomas, each holding a cricket bat in 1885, reproduction of drawings of ‘A Ladies Cricket Match – Harrow versus Pinner’ in 1888, portrait photograph of Mrs Beckenham of the Original English Lady Cricketers, newspaper cutting of the ‘Original’ Lady Cricketers, photograph of the White Heather Cricket Club, photograph of Women Cricketers at Victor Park cricket ground at St. Lucia in 1928, newspaper cutting relating to Lucia Nichols of Birmingham Women’s Cricket Club from the Birmingham Post, c1933, photograph of a member of Noumea Women’s Cricket Team batting, photograph of an unknown men and women’s cricket team, reproduction of postcard of Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger in 1770, photograph of Bessie Grace, daughter of W G, who played for Clifton Ladies, newspaper article from ‘The Graphic’ relating to Ladies’ Cricket in 1890, reproduction of a picture from the Illustrated London News, 24 May 1890, reproduction of a photograph of a Ladies’ Cricket Team at Cavuswall Castle, Staffordshire, in 1898, reproduction of a photograph of the Original Lady Cricketers, 1890, reproduction of a photograph of the ‘Red’ Eleven and ‘Blue’ Eleven, photograph of a country house cricket group including members of the White Heather Club, photograph of Mabel Bryant in 1901, photographic copy of an article in the Morning Post of January 22, 1778 with reference to Elizabeth Burrell, photograph of an Edwardian Ladies’ Team, photograph of Tonford Manor (the home of John and Christina Willes), photographic copy of an article published in the Daily Sketch of July 11th, 1930 titled ‘The Girl Who Invented Modern Cricket’ (Christina Willes), silhouette picture of John Willes, brother of Christina who promoted the adoption of round arm bowling having been bowled to roundarm by his sister.
Some of these photographs contain captions and were used in the women's exhibition of Cricketana to commemorate the tour by Australia in 1963, curated by Rheinberg and Molly Hide.
