Gerald - ITTF

Table Tennis Heritage
Museum Website
1. Gossima, 1891, with 10-inch high
net and pair of vellum battledores.
The first commercial boxed set of
tennis on a table. Extremely rare.
2. Gossima or Ping-Pong, c.1900,
pair of vellum battledores.
3. Table Tennis, by Frank Sugg, England
c.1902, with very rare wire freestanding
net.
Part 1:
Early Sets
www.tabletennismuseum.com
Chuck Hoey, the curator of the Table Tennis Heritage Museum, has established an absolutely
awesome website. If any of you surfers have not yet paid it a visit, do so today.
Those of you who are not online - borrow a friend’s machine for a few hours. I have not
counted the number of photographs on this site but there are several hundreds.
The Heritage Museum collection is up for sale - Chuck would be pleased to hear from any
would-be sponsors. His contact information can be found in the membership list elsewhere
in this publication.
In this issue I have concentrated on early sets, choosing some of the most interesting of
the 50 photographs in that section.
4. Ping-Pong, Parker Bros. (USA)
with Hamley reference on boxlid.
Hamley Bros. had the original trademark
for the name Ping-Pong, soon
thereafter joining Jaques.
5. Spalding boxed set with single
sheet vellum cane bamboo rackets,
c.1902.
6. Parlour Tennis, 1902, pair of vellum
battledores. Manufactured by T.
Ordish & Co.
All photographs © Table Tennis Heritage Museum and may
not be used without the express permission of Chuck Hoey.
7. Table Tennis, J.W.Spear, Bavaria,
c.1902, with 4 vellum battledores,
rare ball retriever and wire ball basket.
8. Table Tennis, McLoughlin Bros.,
c.1902, with 4 bats trimmed in red
leather, and very rare ball retriever.
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