Friday, 2 May 2014

Tony Sheldon / Sport in View - Sport in View ~ The Sporting Art of Amos Ramsbottom ~ Set 1/7


2012

Sport in View ~ The Sporting Art of Amos Ramsbottom ~ Set 1/7
Tony Sheldon / Sport in View
16/10 cards

Amos Ramsbottom was an artists based in Manchester in the Edwardian period. I'd like to thank ganninalang for allowing me to use his illustrations. Here's a link to the cards he currently has for sale eBay - ganninalang
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UPDATE (01-11-2020 14:08):  John Levitt has provided a scan of card number 1 from the first series.

Sport in View - The Sporting Art of Amos Ramsbottom - Set 1 - Football

16 cards

1.  Walter White (Bolton Wanderers) 

2.  Joe Leeming (Bury F.C.)
3.  G.W. Smith (N.Z. Rugby Union)
4.  J. Hanson (Oldham Athletic)
5.  Sam James (Broughton Rangers - RL)
6.  R. Crompton (Blackburn Rovers)
7.  W.E. “Walter” Smith (Manchester City)
8.  Albert Spepherd (Bolton Wanderers)
9.  George Stewart (Manchester City)
10.  J. Lomas (Salford - Rugby League)
11.  W. Meredith (Manchester United)
12.  John Baxter (Rochdale Horents - RU)
13.  H.R. Wright (N.Z. Rugby Union) 
14.  Herbert Burgess (Manchester United)
15.  R. Wilson (Broughton Rangers - RL)
16.  S. Greenhalgh (Bolton Wanderers)

Sport in View - The Sporting Art of Amos Ramsbottom - Set 2

10 cards

Woolwich Arsenal lose at Clapton, 12 November, 1906

Birmingham Beat the Blades - Birmingham v Sheffield United, 17 December, 1906
England v Scotland at Newcastle United, 6 April, 1907
1907 F.A. Cup Final
Northamapton Town v Bradford Park Avenue, 30 September, 1907
Oldham
Football in the Fog - Everton, 6 January, 1908
Millwall lose at Bury, 13 January, 1908
A Clever Display by Blackburn Rovers, v Leicester Fosse, 30 November, 1908
Woolwich Arsenal win at Barnsley, 11 March, 1907

Sport in View - The Sporting Art of Amos Ramsbottom - Set 3 - Cricket

Sport in View - The Sporting Art of Amos Ramsbottom - Set 4 - Cricket
Sport in View - The Sporting Art of Amos Ramsbottom - Set 5 - Rugby Union
Sport in View - The Sporting Art of Amos Ramsbottom - Set 6 - Rugby League
Sport in View - The Sporting Art of Amos Ramsbottom - Set 7 - Athletics / Lacrosse / Cycling

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