Chad Valley Sporting Snap Game Cards and Checklist

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Chad Valley Sporting Snap Game Cards
Year	Unknown
Size	2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″
Images	Color
Type	Game
Number in Set	60

Chad Valley Sporting Snap Game Cards Overview

Chad Valley Sporting Snap Tennis Chad Valley Sporting Snap Boxing Chad Valley Sporting Snap Golf These unique cards were part of a game produced sometime around the Turn of the Century (1900). I have seen dates vary on them to include the late 1890s or early 1900s.

A total of 60 cards make up the set with each depicting a particular sport. While there are 60 total cards, only 15 sports are represented with four cards per sport. Some sports included are more popular, such as boxing, tennis, and golf. Others, such as bowls and steeplechasing, are less so. And some, like ping pong, are barely seen on sports cards. Collectors should also be aware that cards for ‘football’ and ‘hockey,’ as is the case in many international pre-war issues, represent the sports of soccer and field hockey.

The cards feature cartoon images with mostly humorous pictures. The boxing card, for example, displays two particularly skinny fighters. The ping pong card shows a game between two contestants with balls all over the floor. Each card displays only the name of the sport on the front.

The box for the game calls this the ‘most popular round card game.’ It also indicates that the drawings on the card were created by Max Pollock. The front of the box shows a slight variation to the shooting card included in the set, depicting a white rabbit instead of a black one and showing the hunter without a bag (while he is shown with one on the shooting cards).