Ealing Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1880 (1880)
Abolished1880 (1880)
LocationEaling, Middlesex, England
VenueEaling Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass

The Ealing Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis event staged only one time in September 1880 .[1] It was held on the grounds of the Ealing Cricket Club (f.1870), Ealing, Middlesex, England.

History

In 1870 the Ealing Cricket Club was founded.[2] In September, 1880 it established lawn tennis tournament that was played on the Ealing Cricket Club Ground.[3] The tournament was staged only one time. It featured a men's singles event that was won by F.W. Rawson who defeated Alfred Penn Gaskell,[4] who would later be a finalist at the East of England Championships. It also featured a mix doubles event that was won by Mr. Rawson, and a 17 year old Blanche Bingley,[5] she would go onto to win her first Wimbledon singles title in 1886.

In 1882 following this tournaments short lived existence, the Ealing Lawn Tennis & Archery Club was formally established at St. Leonards Road, West Ealing.[6] This club would go on to stage the Ealing LTC Open Tournament in its first year, that continued until 1884 when it staged their first Ealing LTC Championship.[7] Bingley became a member of the Ealing LTAC and, went onto to win five more titles at Wimbledon whilst representing her club.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Lawn Tennis Fixtures: May to September". The Field. London, England. 28 April 1880. pp. 35–37.
  2. ↑ "Ealing Cricket Club information". www.ealingcc.co.uk. Ealing Cricket Club. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sports and Pastimes". Bazaar Exchange and Mart, and Journal of the Household. London. 23: 335. 29 September 1880.
  4. ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Edition – Ealing Cricket Club 1880". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Tennis Archives
  6. ↑ "Club History". ELTC Tennis Club. London: Ealing Lawn Tennis Club. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Ealing Lawn Tennis Club
  8. ↑ "From the archive: Remembering Blanche Bingley-Hillyard". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2022.


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