Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameTournament of the Liverpool Cricket Club
Founded1881
Abolished1883
Editions3
LocationAigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
VenueLiverpool Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass

The Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.[1] was an early Victorian era men's grass court tennis tournament first staged in June 1881 at the Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.[2] The inaugural men's singles event was won by Richard Taswell Richardson a two time Wimbledon finalist. It was staged only three times until 1883.[3]

History

The Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament was an early open men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first stage in 1881 at the Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.[4] This was same venue where the prestigious Northern Championships were also held in alternating years between the Northern Lawn Tennis Club in Manchester and the Aigburth ground.

A description of the event that concluded on 18 June 1881:

On Thursday, 16th, the tournament of the Liverpool Cricket Club commenced, the Gentleman's singles in this competition proving a very easy affair for R.T. Richardson, who had no opponent worthy of his steel.

Lawn Tennis in 1881, Routledge's Sporting Annual (1882). p. 68.

Finals

Incomplete Rolls

Gentleman's singles

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1881.[5]United Kingdom Richard RichardsonUnited Kingdom Reginald Herbert Jones6–0, 6–0

Gentleman's pairs

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1881.[6]United Kingdom E. T. Richardson
United Kingdom Richard Richardson
United Kingdom Reginald Herbert Jones
England C.P. Smith
6–1, 6–4

Ladies pairs

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1881.[7]England Miss. Hunt
England Miss. Eyton
United Kingdom Mrs. Nixon
England Miss. Black
beat

References

  1. Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.68.
  2. The Field. Saturday 18 June 1881. Tournament of the Liverpool Cricket Club. London. England. p.39.
  3. The Field. Saturday 14 July 1883. Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament to be held at the ground of the Liverpool Cricket Club. Aigburth. London. England. p.273.
  4. The Field. Saturday 18 June 1881
  5. Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.68.
  6. Routledges Sporting Annual (1882)
  7. Routledges Sporting Annual (1882)

Sources

  • Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London.
  • The Field. Saturday 18 June 1881. London. England.
  • The Field. Saturday 14 July 1883. London. England.
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