Ealing Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament

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.

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

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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