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Champion Russell
Champion Branfill Russell (April 1860 – 8 September 1945), was an English tennis player in the later half of the 19th century. In the most notable tournaments of the time he reached the second round of the 1881 Wimbledon Championships, and in 1883 was a finalist at the Northern Championships. He was active from 1880 to 1888 and he contested 5 career finals won 2 titles. Career Champion played his first tournament at the Essex County Cricket Club Tournament at Leyton, Essex in 1880. The same year he then reached his first event final at the Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament, in Leicester where he lost to Stuart Macrae. In June 1881 he won his first title at the Victoria Park Lawn Tennis Tournament at Exeter against Spencer Cox. In July 1881 he took part in the Wimbledon Championships where he reached the second round before losing to HC Jenkins. In the late summer of 1881 he won his second and final title at the Teignmouth Open in Teignmouth defeating Charles John Cole. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Ockendon
North Ockendon is the easternmost and most outlying settlement of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Havering. It is east-northeast of Central London and consists of a dispersed settlement within the Metropolitan Green Belt. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Essex, which was abolished for civil purposes in 1936. North Ockendon is the only area in Greater London outside the M25 London Orbital Motorway. North Ockendon is north of South Ockendon, in Thurrock, Essex. History North Ockendon ancient parish had an elongated east–west shape, thus contrasting with a series of perpendicular parishes to its north and west. With the adjoining parishes this formed a large estate that is at least middle-Saxon or, perhaps, even Roman or Bronze Age. The parish church, dedicated to Mary Magdalene, was built in the fourteenth century, on the site of an earlier church. From 1894 until it was abolished in 1936, North Ockendon formed a parish in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |