Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Chapman J & C 1999, The history of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club, 1904 to 1908. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Large wood and silver plate perpetual trophy shield awarded to the winner of the Victorian Bowls Association Champion Rink 1909-10.VICTORIAN BOWLING ASSOCIATION / CHAMPION RINK 1909-10 / WON BY AUBURN HEIGHTS BOWLING CLUB / DR TG RYAN LEADER, R FRANCIS KEEP NO 2, ALEX B? NO 3, AEHT HILLIER CAPTAINclubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic), auburn heights recreation club - barkers road - kew (vic), auburn heights recreation club - trophies

This photograph is part of a series taken at the Willsmere (Kew) Mental Hospital. The photographs were gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2018 by Rosemary Barnes. The photos had been in the possession of her former husband, Dr Fred Stamp, the last medical superintendent of the hospital. In 2019, the photographs were transferred to the State Archives as Permanent Government Records, as the Society is only entitled as a Class-B Place of Deposit to hold Temporary Government Records. The Society was permitted to keep and publish a digital copy of each photograph. Many of the photographs include information on the reverse about individuals or locations. Where this is the case, these have been published here as images that can be viewed in the picture carousel. Permission for third parties to reproduce this record must be granted by the Public Record Office Victoria.One of a series of photographs of the centenary celebrations at the Willsmere Mental Hospital in 1972.THE PREMIER OF VICTORIA AT OFFICIAL CENTENARY GATHERING L-R MR JACK EVANS (DEPUTY CHAIRMAN), MR ROSSITER (REP MINISTER FOR HEALTH), HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA, DR C.G. BURT (* SUPERINTENDENT), LADY ? IN WAITING, LADY DELACOMBE, MR WOODS M.H.A., DR STOLLER CHAIRMAN M.H.A.willsmere mental hospital, willsmere unit, kew mental hospital, kew lunatic asylum, willsmere hospital

A wooden racquet with cloth tape supports and whipping, and a grooved handle. Inscription across green and red throat on obverse: CALIFORNIA/MODEL/F. Trademark, in red and black, on throat on reverse features company monogram 'CBP/CO' with the inscription: CALIFORNIA/ATHLETIC GOODS. Decal inscription along right side of handle: M[ANU]F[ACT]URED BY/CALIFO[R]NIA BY-PRODUCTS CO./SA[N] FRANCISCO, U.S.A. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Cloth tape, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Painttennis

A Rawlings, Earl Buchholz Signature tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, and mottled leather handle grip. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat. Inscription: LAMINATED CONSTRUCTION, features along shaft. Rawlings 'R' trademark features on lower shaft, and plastic butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Paint, Rubbertennis

A Rawlings, Earl Buchholz Signature tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with floral perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat. Inscription: FIBRE/FUSED features across shaft. Rawlings 'R' trademark features on lower shaft, and plastic butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Enamel, Leather, Rubbertennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe Signature tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, and mottled leather handle grip. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat. Inscription: LAMINATED CONSTRUCTION features along shaft. Rawlings 'R' trademark features on lower shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Paint, Leather, Rubber, Bambootennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe Personal Model tennis racquet, with plastic whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Model name features across throat. Rawlings red, black and white 'R' trademark features on lower shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Fibreglass, Leather, Rubber, Clothtennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe Flash Junior tennis racquet, with plastic whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat and along shaft. Rawlings red, black and white 'R' trademark features on lower shaft, and black 'R' on butt cover. Shaft also features autograph by Newcombe. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Paint, Leather, Rubbertennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe Meteorite tennis racquet, with plastic whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat. Rawlings red, black and white 'R' trademark features on lower shaft, and black 'R' on butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Paint, Leather, Rubbertennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe, 'The Mark of A Pro' tennis racquet, for young players, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat and along shaft. Rawlings red, black and white 'R' trademark features on lower shaft, and black 'R' on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Paint, Leather, Stringtennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe, 'The Mark of A Pro' tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat and along shaft. Rawlings red, black and white 'R' trademark features on lower shaft, and black 'R' on butt cap. Adhesive tape, with feint remnants of former owner's name features across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Paint, Leather, Stringtennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe Signature tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, and mottled leather handle grip. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat. Inscription: LAMINATED CONSTRUCTION features along shaft. Black Rawlings 'R' trademark features on lower shaft. Red, white and black 'R' trademark features in sunken butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Paint, Leather, Plastic, Bambootennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe Court King tennis racquet, with plastic whipping around shoulders and shaft, and mottled leather handle grip. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat. Inscription: LAMINATED CONSTRUCTION features along shaft. Gold Rawlings 'R' trademark features on lower shaft. Red, white and black 'R' trademark features in sunken butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Paint, Leather, Plastic, Cloth tapetennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe tennis racquet, with cross-laminations from shoulders to handle, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat, in between two red, white and blue arrow devices. Red, white and black cursive 'R' trademark features on lower shaft and in sunken butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leathertennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe Finalist tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping on shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with triangle-patterned perforations. Rawlings logo features across crown, and base of head. Model name features across throat. Cursive 'R' trademark features on lower shaft and in sunken butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leather, Ribbontennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe Court King tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping on shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with triangle-patterned perforations. Rawlings logo features across crown, and along shaft. Model name features across base of head and throat. Cursive 'R' trademark features on lower shaft and in sunken butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Leather, Ribbon, Enameltennis

A Rawlings, Bicentennial Model tennis racquet, with string whipping on shoulders, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Rawlings logo features across crown, and across base of head, flanked by red and white stripes. Model name features across throat. A row of white stars on a blue background features along the shaft. The United States flag, with the dates '1776' and '1976' situated above and below it, respectively, features on the lower shaft. Cursive 'R' trademark features in sunken butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Leather, String, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A Rawlings, Brian Fairlie Signature tennis racquet, with string whipping on shoulders, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features along the shaft. Cursive 'R' trademark features on lower shaft (along with 'Mark of a Pro' motto), and in sunken butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Leather, Ribbon, Enameltennis

A Rawlings, Billy Martin Big Shot tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping on shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat and along the shaft. Cursive 'R' trademark features on lower shaft and in sunken butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Leather, Ribbon, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe Autograph tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping on shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features along the shaft. Cursive 'R' trademark features on lower shaft and butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Leather, Ribbon, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A Seamco Ken Rosewall Professional tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and, leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Seamco logo features across base of head. Shield device with 'R' in centre features on throat. Model name features along the shaft. Seamco trademark symbol features on lower shaft and plastic butt cap (along with logo). Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Plastic, Ink, Adhesive tape, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Enamel, Stringtennis

A Revelation Professional Model tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Revelation logo features across base of head. Model name features along shaft. 'R' trademark features on plastic butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ribbon, Paint, Adhesive tape, Plastictennis

A wooden tennis racquet with solid, convex throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements, and a fine-grooved handle. Impressed inscription across throat on obverse, accompanied by impressed crown device: KING EDWARD. Impressed inscription on reverse: R. ALTSCHULER/MANNHEIM. Inscription along left side of shaft: JAQUES LONDON. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Ink, Gut, Cloth tapetennis

A Regent Junior Pro tennis racquet. Model name features across base of head. 'R' trademark features on the throat. Regent logo features across shaft and on butt cap. hand written name: T./EILAND features across throat and shaft, on both sides. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Paint, Vinyl, Plastictennis

A Regent Court Star tennis racquet. Model name features across base of head. Regent trademark, (comprising of a red 'R' on a gold cup trophy, in front of a blue wall hanging), features on the throat. Regent logo features along length of shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Paint, Leather, Adhesive tape, Plastictennis

A Regent, Alex Olmedo Driver tennis racquet. Regent logo features across the base of the head and on the butt cover. Model name, with a decal head image of Olmedo, encircled by gold wreath, features on the throat. 'R' trademark features on the shaft. Endorsement and model details feature on the sides of the shaft. Leather handle grip features lozenge-patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Leather, Ribbon, Cloth, Ink, Adhesive tapetennis

A Regent, Leslie Wonderling tennis racquet. Regent logo features across the base of the head. Model name features on the throat, accompanied by a triple fleur-de-lis. 'R' trademark features at base of shaft. Model details feature on the right side of the shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Leather, Ribbon, Ink, Cloth, Adhesive tapetennis

A Regent, Flight II tennis racquet. Regent logo features across the base of the head and plastic butt cap. Model name featuresalong the shaft. 'R' trademark features at base of shaft. Model details feature on the right side of the shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Ribbon, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tapetennis

A Regent, Flight II tennis racquet. Regent logo features across the base of the head. Model name featuresalong the shaft. 'R' trademark features at base of shaft. Model details feature on the right side of the shaft. Leather handle grip features X-formation perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Ribbon, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leathertennis

A Regent Triumph tennis racquet. Regent logo features across the base of the head and plastic butt cap. Model name features across the throat. 'R' trademark features at base of shaft. Model details feature on the left side of the shaft. Leather handle grip features quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leathertennis