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Toynbee Collection

Sports Activities

The Salt Spring Island Ladies' Cricket Club. (c1920s) (Daisy (Lang) Cartwright)

Standing l to r: Mrs DJ Halley, Miss Sharpe, Mrs R Prince, ? , Miss Aitkens, Mrs B Cartwright
Sitting l to r: Miss B Medd, Miss Donna Layard, Miss G Lang, Miss F Lang, Mrs W Evans. Ladies challenged Men to a match! Played at Edward Walter's farm at The Spit

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1920

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Daisy (Lang) Cartwright

Dimensions: 8.75cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.055

Sports Activities

Pender Island team visits Ganges (c1932) (Hubert deBurgh)

Standing: Laurie Auchterlonie Centre: Laddie Aughterloni, Horace Logan, Arthur Bowerman, Bill Falconer, Hubert deBurgh (Provost)
Front: James Bradley, Cliff Brackett, Leslie Bowerman, George Logan, George Grimmer

Soccer, or football, as it was called then.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1932

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Hubert deBurgh

Dimensions: 9cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.056

Sports Activities

Bob Collins – resting! (c1913) (Colin Mouat)

Bob arrived on Salt Spring 1894-5. He died aged 88

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1913

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Colin Mouat

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.057

Sports Activities

Tennis Tournament at Beaver Point. (July 1927) (Miss L Rowan)

Ferguson-Polak Resort. Resort now (1998) property of Joan Ingram, at the foot (waterfront) of King Road on Minhinnick. Long time employee of Resort was Lotus (Fraser) Ruckle

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: July 1927

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Miss L. Rowan

Dimensions: 8.75cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.058

Sports Activities

“Chaldecott fisheth in Lake!” (1896) (M and I Scott) Alfred Scott. Cusheon Lake with rowers, Frank Scott and fiance Kathleen Wilson

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: 1896

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: M. and I. Scott

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.059

Regatta in Ganges, September 1924. (1924) (Miss L Rowan)

Mr Speed tows a lifeboat to the starting point of the race. (Boats from “Patrician”)

Home of Major Rowan at head of harbour.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: 1896

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: M. and I. Scott

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.060

Fulford Harbour swimmers. (c1920) (Bob Akerman)

Deena Cotsford, Molly Akerman, Eliza Maxwell, Dorothy Akerman, Inex Maxwell, Tillie Akerman

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1920

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Bob Akerman

Dimensions: 8.75cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.061

Bullock Lake swimmers (c1911) (Jesse Bond)

Jesse Bond and three friends swim in Bullock Lake

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1911

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Jessie Bond

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.062

Harbour House beach. (c1919) (Beryl (Scott) Weatherall)

water sports

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1919

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Beryl (Scott) Weatherell

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.063

Ganges (soccer) Football Team (c1913) (Jessie Toynbee)

Rear l to r: Robbie Norton, Gavin Mouat, Stanley Dean, Godfrey Milne
Centre: Tom Lang, Eric Springford, Henry Emerson (killed WWII)
Front: Cecil Springford, HH Robinson, Ernest Stanford, Vernon Cass-Morris, Basil Cartwright

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1913

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Jessie Toynbee

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.064

Fulford Upstarts win McPhillip Cup 1911 (1911) (Pat Lee)

Uniforms donated by Cecil Abbot

Rear l to r: Art Williams, John Sparrow, Leon King
Centre: Adolph Trage, Billie Shepherd, Tommy Williams
Front: Claude Hamilton, ? McIntyre, Jack Lumley, Mike Gyves, Bill Hamilton

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1913

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Jessie Toynbee

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.065

The Salt Spring Island Ladies' Cricket Club (c1920s)

Repeat of photo #55 - (Daisy (Lang) Cartwright)

Standing l to r: Mrs DJ Halley, Miss Sharpe, Mrs R Prince, ? , Miss Aitkens, Mrs B Cartwright
Sitting l to r: Miss B Medd, Miss Donna Layard, Miss G Lang, Miss F Lang, Mrs W Evans
Ladies challenged Men to a match! Played at Edward Walter’s farm at The Spit

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.066

Tennis Tournament Winners and Trophies (c1930) ( Dermott K Crofton)

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.067

Grass Hockey - Men (c1919) (Valerie (Lowther) McMillan)

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1919

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Valerie (Lowther) McMillan

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.068

Grass Hockey - Mixed (c1912) (Daphne Cass-Morris - Bradley)

Standing l to r: Dunn Halley, Sadie Lang, Vernon Cass-Morris, Greda Lang, Norman Heaton, Pat Fry
Front: Basil Cartwright, Daisy Cartwright, Tom Lang, Violet Cass-Morris

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1912

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Daphne (Cass-Morris-Bradley)

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.069

Senior Foursome at Barnsbury 1965 (c1965) (Jessie Toynbee)

SH Adams, 85; Wm Mouat, 80; Doctor Lockhart, 97; Henry Hill, 84

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: 1965

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Jessie Toynbee

Dimensions: 9cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.070

“Barnsbury” (c1930) (S. Wagg)

“Barnsbury”, The clubhouse, was originally the home of Rev EF Wilson and his family and later his son, Norman, who farmed the surrounding land before converting it into a golf course. Barnsbury was the scene of many parties, family gatherings and weddings. Salt Spring Island Golf Club

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1930

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: S. Wagg

Dimensions: 9cm x 12.75cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.071

Slippery log contest. (c1913) (Bittancourt Collection)

Watching the slippery log contest from Ganges Wharf

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1913

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Bittancourt Collection

Dimensions: 8.75cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.072

Lifeboat race (1924) (Miss L Rowan)

Race of the lifeboats from the “Patrician” in Ganges Harbour

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.073