Cecil Parr (2 August 1847 – 13 January 1928) was a British

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player in the early years of Wimbledon. He only entered the Wimbledon singles once (in 1879) and beat George Montgomerie, Hubert Medlycott, Thomas Hoare and Charles Barry before losing in the semi finals to Reverend John Hartley.

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1847 births 19th-century male tennis players 1928 deaths English male tennis players British male tennis players Tennis people from Cheshire {{UK-tennis-bio-stub