Camilla Rimington
Full nameAnnie Camilla Beatrice Rimington
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born17 January 1883
Kensington, London, England
Died2 February 1953 (age 70)
London, England
Turned pro1907 (amateur tour)
Retired1927
Singles
Career titles9
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (1922)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1922, 1923)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1922)

Annie Camilla Beatrice Rimington (17 January 1883 - 2 February 1953) was an English tennis player known later by her married name Camilla Neville-Smith towards the end of her tennis career. She played at Wimbledon two times in 1922 and 1923.[1] She was active from 1907 to 1927 and contested 15 career singles finals, and won 9 titles.

Career

Camilla was born in Kensington, London, England on 17 January 1883.[2] In 1907 she played her first tournament at the Cumberland Tournament played at the Eden Tennis Club at Stanwixm, she took part in the a women's doubles event partnered with Agnes Morton where they beat Mrs Beatrice Draffen and Maude Garfit in the fourth round,[3] but then lost in the quarter finals.

She would go on to win the Cumberland Tournament six times (1919, 1921-23, 1925, 1927).[4][5] She also won the North Wales Championships at Criccieth three times (1921–1923) In addition she was also a finalist at Hornsey (1921), Stratford-on-Avon (1922), Brockenhurst (1923), Wallingford-on-Thames (1923) and Conishead Priory (1926)

Family

Her younger sister was Alice Margaret Emma Rimington (1884-1955) who was also a tennis player. She married Neville Hardcastle Smith in the first quarter of 1924 in Penrith, Cumbria.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "C. Rimington (GBR) - Ladies' Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Lawn Tennis: Carlisle:Fourth round: Miss Morton and Miss Rimington beat Mrs. Draffen and Miss Garfit, 6-3, 6-4". Manchester Courier. Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 31 August 1907. p. 8. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "LOCAL TENNIS PLAYERS AT CARLISLE: Cumberland Tournament. In the final of the ladies' open singles Miss Camilla Rimington (Penrith), beat Miss Kathleen Aitchison". Penrith Observer. Cumberland, England: British Newspaper Archive. 2 September 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "CUMBERLAND TITLES". The Scotsman. Midlothian, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 27 August 1927. p. 14. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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