Emily Margaret Moore (née Bracewell 13 May 1861 – 14 May 1940) known as Margaret Bracewell during her playing days was an English tennis player active in the late 19th century. She was considered one of the best contemporary English lawn tennis players of the mid to late 1880s.
She was a two time finalist at the prestigious
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in 1885 and 1887. She was active from 1884 to 1889 and contested 17 career singles finals, and won 13 titles.
Career
Emily Margaret Bracewell was born 13 May 1861 in
Gargrave
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, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Edmund Bracewell, a cotton manufacturer and his wife Jane. (The Bracewell sisters took part in tournaments in several of the Yorkshire tournaments during their lawn tennis careers.)
Bracewell was considered one of the best contemporary English lawn tennis players of the mid to late 1880s, and one of a handful of players along with Grace Gibb to challenge the dominance of
Maud Watson
Maud Edith Eleanor Watson, MBE (9 October 1864 – 5 June 1946) was a British tennis player and the first female Wimbledon champion.
Biography
Born in Harrow, Middlesex, the daughter of a local vicar Henry William and Emily Frances Watson. Sh ...
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She died on 14 May 1940 in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England.
Family
The Bracewell family had several children, including two tennis playing daughters, Emily Margaret Bracewell and Gertrude Mary Bracewell, both of the girls were the daughters of Edmund Bracewell, a cotton manufacturer, and his wife Jane, and were born six years apart Margaret in 1861 and Gertrude in 1867, in Gargrave in Yorkshire. Margaret married George Moore in 1890 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England.
Career finals
Singles:17 (13) titles , (4) runners-up
(*) Denotes All-Comers final (w.o.) denotes walkover.
Key
Doubles:2 (0) titles, (2) runners-up
Mixed doubles:6 (5) titles, (1) runners-up
References
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1861 births
1940 deaths
19th-century British people
19th-century female tennis players
British female tennis players