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Fitzwilliam Plate
The Fitzwilliam Plate also known as the Irish Championships Consolation Plate was a tennis competition held at the Irish Championships. The tournament consisted of players that lost in the second round of the all comers singles event. The first edition, for male players only, was held in 1883. The event was discontinued in 1900. History TheFitzwilliam Plate was a tennis tournament founded in 1883 for players who had lost in the second round of the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships. It was played at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland. The tournament was staged annually until 1900 when it was discontinued. The Fitzwilliam Purse was another tournament established in 1883 that was for players who were defeated in the first round of the Irish Championships, that tournament also ended in 1901. Finals (Incomplete roll) See also * All England Plate The All England Plate, also referred to as the Wimbledon Plate, was a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kings of Dublin, Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baldwin (tennis)
James Baldwin (25 August 1858 – 21 July 1934), was British tennis player who competed at the Wimbledon Championships between 1889 and 1890. He was active from 1884 to 1891 and won 16 career singles titles. Career Jamest was born Aitken's Gap Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... on 25 August 1858. He played and won his first tournament at the Hayesland LTC Championship in Bath in 1884. He won the Tenby Open two times (1885–1886). He played and won his final singles title and tournament at the Burton-on-Trent Open in 1891. Family James Baldwin married Adelaide Dunbar Yescombe, the daughter of the late Reverend Morris Yescombe and Mrs Yescombe ée Mary Jane Crosbiein 1880 they had two sons and one daughter.Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All England Plate
The All England Plate, also referred to as the Wimbledon Plate, was a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is pla ... which consisted of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition. The first edition, for male players only, was held in 1896 and the winner was awarded £5 prize money and the runner-up £3. In 1933 the first women's edition was held. In 1975 the competition also became open to players who had lost in the third round of the singles competition as well as players who only participated in the doubles competition. The last edition of the men's tournament was held in 1981 and for the women in 1989. Finals Men Women References {{reflist External links Official Wimbledon Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Caridia
George Aristides Caridia ( el, Γεώργιος Αριστείδης Καρυδιάς; 20 February 1869 – 21 April 1937) was a male tennis player from Great Britain and a two-time Olympic silver medalist. Career At the 1908 London Olympics Caridia won those medals in the men's singles and doubles (with George Simond) event (both were contested ''indoor''). In both finals he lost to fellow British player Arthur Gore. Caridia reached the singles semifinals of Wimbledon in 1903 (losing in four sets to Major Ritchie) and the quarterfinals in 1904 and 1909. Caridia was reportedly best on covered courts which suited his strong half-volley, he won the Welsh Covered Court Championships nine times between 1899 and 1909, playing at Craigside, Llandudno, Wales for 20 consecutive years. In 1900 he won the French Covered Court Championships in Paris against Harold Mahony. In addition he was a finalist at the London Covered Court Championships (1906) losing to Tony Wilding, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ball-Greene
George Courtney Ball-Greene (December 1861 – September 1939) was an Irish born tennis player. He was a two time semi-finalist at the Wimbledon Championships in the mens doubles event in 1902 and 1903. He was active from 1890 to 1919 and won 10 career singles titles. Career George was born on 25 November 1870 in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland. He played his first tournament at the North of Ireland Championships in 1890 where he reached the semi-finals. He competed at the Wimbledon Championships nine times between 1894 and 1919. In the men's singles events his best result was reaching the fourth round in 1908 where he lost to the Canadian player Robert Powell. He was somewhat more successful in the men's doubles reaching the semi-finals twice in 1902 partnering with Herbert Roper Barrett where they lost Clement Cazalet and George Hillyard, and in 1903 partnering with William Wilberforce where they were beaten by the Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty. His main career singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Adair Nisbet
Harold Adair Nisbet (22 June 1873 – 12 March 1937) was a British lawn tennis player who was active at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. During his career he reached four doubles finals at the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ... (1896, 1898, 1899, 1900) as well as the doubles final at the U.S. National Championships in 1897. In singles, Nisbet reached the all-comers final of the U.S. National Championships in 1897 (losing to Wilberforce Eaves) and the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1896 (losing in five sets to Harold Mahony) and 1900 (losing to Sydney Smith in straight sets). Grand Slam finals Singles (1 final) All-Comers Doubles (5 runner-ups) References 19th-century English people 19th-century mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Greville (tennis)
Turketil George Pearson Greville (13 March 1868 – 9 March 1958) was an English tennis player with a career of record length. He began playing in the 1880s and last entered the singles of the Queen's Club tournament in 1933 aged 65. A. Wallis Myers said of Greville "his powers at the net are unquestionable" and "he knows the game thoroughly". Greville first entered the Wimbledon singles in 1896 and last entered in 1927 aged 59 (the oldest competitor ever in the Wimbledon men's singles). Greville reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 1897 (losing to Wilberforce Eaves), 1899 (losing to Harold Mahony) and 1902 (where he beat George Caridia before losing to eventual winner Laurence Doherty in four sets). After losing early at Wimbledon in 1904, he didn't play again in the singles until 1926. His last appearance was in 1927. Greville was the son of Rear Admiral John Stapleton Greville, and was an heir of the Earls of Warwick. In 1899, he married fellow tennis player Edith Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Roy Allen
Roy Allen born Edward Roy Allen (March 1859 – 26 October 1930) was a British tennis player active in the late 19th century and early 20th century. In major tournaments of the time he was an all-comers finalist in the men's doubles at the 1896 Wimbledon Championships partnering with his twin brother Charles Gladstone Allen where they lost to Reggie Doherty and Harold Nisbet. Roy played 28 consecutive seasons from 1887 to 1914, and won 97 singles titles. Career Roy played his first tournament 1887 at the Stevenage tournament where he reached the semi finals before losing to Arthur Gore. In 1891 he won his first title at the Boulogne, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France against Charles Gladstone Allen. In February 1913 he won his final title at the San Remo tournament in Italy. In 1914 he played his final tournament at the Monte Carlo Championships (today's Monte Carlo Masters) in France Roy won numerous singles titles throughout his career, he won the Nottinghamshire Championships f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Stoker
Francis Owen Stoker (29 May 1867 – 8 January 1939) was an Irish tennis and rugby union player.Fran Cotton (ed.) ''The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records'' (Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. 1984. )Player profile on scrum.com, retrieved 27 February 2010 He was a member of the pair that won the Wimbledon doubles title in 1890 and 1893 and is the only rugby international to have been a Wimbledon champion. Birth and background Frank Stoker was born at Dublin on 29 May 1867, the youngest of the five sons of Edward Alexander Stoker, FRCSI, and his wife Henrietta, née Wisdom, of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Mahony
Harold Segerson Mahony (13 February 1867 – 27 June 1905) was a Scottish-born Irish tennis player who is best known for winning the singles title at the Wimbledon Championships in 1896. His career lasted from 1888 until his death in 1905. Mahony was born in Scotland but lived in Ireland for the majority of his life; his family were Irish including both of his parents, the family home was in County Kerry, Southwestern Ireland. He was the last Scottish born man to win Wimbledon until the victory of Andy Murray at the 2013 championships. Career Mahony was born at 21 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to Richard John Mahony, an Irish barrister and prominent landowner. The family had a home in Scotland but spent most of their time at Dromore Castle, in County Kerry, Ireland. Harold trained on a specially built tennis court at Dromore. Mahony made his Wimbledon debut in 1890 exiting in the first round. He reached the semifinal in 1891 and 1892. Mahony spent some time in America in the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest George Meers
Ernest George Meers (1849 – 20 August 1928) was an English tennis player, organist and gum merchant. Biography Meers was born in Kingsnorth, near Ashford, Kent. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Queen's College, Oxford and was later chairman and managing director of Watts Ltd, gummakers. He married Eliza Rose, daughter of Captain Henry Douglas-Hart of the Madras Army, who was assassinated while serving in India in 1858. They had three sons and two daughters who survived him. Tennis career His played first tournament at the North of England Championships in Scarborough in 1884 going out in the round of 16. He reached his first final at Sittingbourne in 1885 losing to Ernest Wool Lewis. Meers played at the Wimbledon Championships between 1890 and 1895, reaching the quarterfinals of the all-comers competition in 1894 and the semifinals in 1895. He reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1889 and won the British Covered Court Championships in 1892. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Wilberforce
Sir Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce (8 February 1864 – 28 March 1941) was a British male tennis player. He was vice-president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club from 1911 to 1921 and served as its president from 1921 to 1936. In 1887, he and Patrick Bowes-Lyon won the doubles in Wimbledon. In 1888 they were unable to defend their title when they were beaten in the Challenge Round by Ernest and William Renshaw. His best singles performance at Wimbledon came in 1886 when he reached the semifinal of the All Comers tournament in which he lost in five sets to compatriot Ernest Lewis. He also reached the quarter-finals of the singles in 1882, 1883 and 1888. Herbert was a brother of physicist Lionel, son of judge Edward, grandson of archdeacon Robert and great-grandson of abolitionist William Wilberforce. He later served as president and chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1931 New Year Honours. Grand Slam finals D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
