Ernest William Hicks (14 January 1877 – 3 September 1956) was an Australian

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 who was a player/manager of his nation's Davis Cup team. Hicks was born in

Balmain, New South Wales Balmain is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Balmain is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council. It is located on the Balmain peninsula su ...

, the fourth of eight children and second of four sons of Henry Hicks and Emily Garrett. His older brother was tennis administrator Thomas Hicks (1869–1956). Living in Stanmore, he was educated at

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

commencing in 1891 aged fourteen.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 88

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hicks, Thomas 1877 births 1956 deaths Australian male tennis players People educated at Newington College Tennis players from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales