- SPO-SPO/1-SPO/1/1
- Sub-Series
- 1860 - 2018
Part of Sports
This sub-series focusses on team photographs of cricket teams since 1860, first teams as well as second XI and junior teams.
Photoscene
Part of Sports
This sub-series focusses on team photographs of cricket teams since 1860, first teams as well as second XI and junior teams.
Photoscene
This collection covers the multitude of sports that pupils can do at Oakham School. Sports include cricket, rugby, hockey, athletics, netball and swimming as some of the richest in terms of items in the sub-series.
Most sub-series have a good photographic record of first teams, alongside comprehensive fixture and team lists. Some sub-series will contain correspondence, programmes and administrative documents.
There is an extensive collection of trophies and shields awarded to pupils and Old Oakhamians for their sporting achievements.
Oakham School
Mike Atherton on the roll call of talent cut down in the Great War
Part of The World Wars
An article published in a newspaper regarding the publication of a new book, "Wisden on the Great War", and focussing on the 1914 Oakham School cricket team and the five boys who fell in the First World War.
N/D
Hornets' Cricket Club fixtures, 1911
Part of Sports
A fixture card for the 1911 season containing the fixtures for the Hornets' Cricket Club team. Some results hand-written.
Oakham School
Part of Sports
This file contains various fixtures cards, and full scoresheets and season reports from 1887.
Oakham School
Five players of the Cricket 1st XI, 1882
Part of Sports
A photograph of players of the boys' Cricket 1st team. Date '1887' is written (modern addition) but does not coincide with names of the pupils on the photograph and their leaving year. Date is now thought to be in 1882. Some names written on the item are not on the register and have been amended below in 'Access Points'.
John Burton & Sons, Photographers and Artists
Part of Sports
A photograph of the boys' Cricket U16 team in Summer 1971, captained by Jon Wills.
N/D
Part of Sports
A photograph of the boys' Cricket U15 team in Summer 1984.
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
Part of Sports
A photograph of the boys' Cricket U15 team in Summer 1983.
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
Part of Sports
A photograph of the boys' Cricket U15 team in Summer 1981.
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls