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Essex Championships

The Essex Championships [1] also known as the Essex County Lawn Tennis Championships or Essex Grass Court Championships was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament established in 1881 at Brentwood, Essex. In 1946 it was moved to the Frinton Lawn Tennis Club, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, Great Britain until 1983 when it was discontinued.

Essex Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Essex Championships
TourILTF Circuit (1913-1983)
Founded1881
Abolished1983
Editions85
LocationBrentwood (1881-84)
Leyton (1887, 1890)
Chingford (1888-1889, 1892-1893)
Colchester (1891, 1894-1914)
Frinton-on-Sea (1919, 1946-1983)
Southend-on-Sea (1920-1922)
Westcliff-on-Sea (1923-1937)
VenueVarious

History edit

The Essex Championships were established in 1881 at Brentwood Essex, England [2] and continued to be staged there until 1884. In 1887 the event was then staged Leyton. It changed location again in 1888 and was held in Chingford till 1889. It switched back to Leyton, Essex for one year only in 1890. From 1891 it moved to the Cambridge Grounds, Colchester[3] where it remained until 1918. Staged briefly at Frinton-on-Sea in 1919 it then moved to Southend-on-Sea until 1922.[4] In 1923 the championships were held at Westcliff-on-Sea[2] till 1946. The championships returned to Frinton-on-Sea and stayed there till the tournament was abolished after eighty five editions in 1983. The event featured both men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions.[5]

Finals edit

Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) [6] in some tournaments not all.

Men's singles edit

 
Herbert Roper Barrett won 13 men's singles titles.

Included:[5][7]

(Incomplete roll)
Year Champion Runner Up Score
1881 [a]   Dale Womersley   Nalton Womersley 6-0 6-4
1882 [b]   Charles Walder Grinstead   Nalton Womersley 6-2 6-3
1883 [c]   Charles Walder Grinstead (2)   P. Colley 6-1 6-3 6-4
1884 [d]   Charles Walder Grinstead (3)   E. N. Cubitt. 6-0 6-4
1887 [e]   Ernest George Meers   P. M. Evans 6-0 6-1 6-1
1888 [f]   Charles Gladstone Eames   F. O' Shaughnessy Belli Reade 6–3, 6–2
1889 [g]   E. H. Christy   A. R. Stephenson w/o
1890 [h]   Ernest George Meers (2)   Edward Henry Christy 10-12 2-6 6-2 6-3 6-3
1891 [i]   Arthur Gore   Charles Gladstone Eames 12–10, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6, 3–6
1892   H.Knox   Cecil E. Owen. 4-6 6-3 6-3
1893   Herbert Ramon Yglesias   J. A. E. Hickson 8-6 6-2
1894   Herbert Ramon Yglesias (2)   Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 7-5 6-3
1895   Reginald Doherty[8]   Herbert Ramon Yglesias 6-3 6-1 6-0
1896   Reginald Doherty[8](2)   Roy Allen 6-4 6-2 7-5
1897 [9]   Herbert Roper Barrett   C. B. Sharpe 6-1 3-0 RET
1898[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (2)   R. W. Wallace 7-5 6-2
1899 [9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (3)   A, H, Green 6-1 6-3
1900   Roy Allen   Laurence Joseph Petre 6-2 6-3
1901[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (4)   Roy Allen 6-2 6-3
1902[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (5)   Harry A. Parker 6-3 6-1
1903[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (6)   Roy Allen 7-5 6-4 ret.
1904[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (7)   Roy Allen 6-2 6-1 6-3
1905[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (8)   H. Norman Marrett w/o
1906[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (9)   H. W. Davies 6-1 6-2 6-1
1907   C.E. Hunter   David Marc Hawes 6-1 6-4 7-5
1908[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (10)   C. E. Hunter. 6-2 8-6 ret.
1909[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (11)   Andrew Leicester Irvine 6-3 6-1
1910[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (12)   H.J. Weston 6-2, 6-2
1911   A. L. Bentley   Xenophon Casdagli 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1912[9]   Herbert Roper Barrett (13)   Andrew Leicester Irvine 6-3 6-3
1914   G. M. Wilson ?, ? ?
1915–1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919 [j]   Frank Fisher   Bunny Ireland 6-3, 6-4
1920 [k]   H.N. Marrett   Neville Wilford 6-4 6-8 6-4 0-6 6-2
1921   Athar-Ali Fyzee   Neville Wilford 6-8 6-2 2-6 6-3 6-2
1922   Jack Weakley   G. W. Todd 2-6 11-9 5-7 6-3 6-1
1923 [l]   C. E. St John Evers   W. E. Cooke 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-1
1924   Jack Weakley (2)   C. E. St John Evers 5 7-5 2-6 8-6 [7]
1925   John Pennycuick   C. V. L. Prowse 6-1 6-4 6-3
1926   Pat Hughes   John Pennycuick 8-6 6-0 6-3
1927   Henry Standring   Pat Hughes 6-2 6-3 6-0
1928   John Shales   K. A. Latter. 3-6 6-1 6-4
1929   W. E. Turner Cole   G. S. Best 6-3 6-2 6-2
1930   Donald Leahong[10]   Jack C. Warboys 2-6 6-0 6-2 6-4 [7]
1931   A. M. Dudley Pitt   R. W. H. Grey 6-0 6-2 6-3
1932   David Williams   John Shales 7-5 6-2
1933   Jimmy Jones   David Williams 6-0 6-1 6-4
1934   George Lyttleton Rogers   Jimmy Jones 6-4 6-8 6-4
1935   Jimmy Jones (2)   Uberto De Morpurgo 6-4 5-7 6-2
1936   Laurie Shaffi   Jimmy Jones 6-3 5-7 7-5
1937   Jimmy Jones (3)   Laurie Shaffi 6-3 6-1 6-3
1939   Ghaus M. Khan   John Olliff 3-6 7-5 6-0
1940–1945 Not held (and due to world war two)
1946 [m]   Brian Kenton Burnett   R. C. F. Nichols 6-1 6-2
1947   Iftikhar Ahmed Khan   Choy Wai-Chuen 6-1 3-6 7-5
1948   Franjo Kukuljević   Derek Bull 6-1 6-1
1949   Geoff Brown   Choy Wai-Chuen 6-4 6-1 [11]
1950   Bill Sidwell   Geoff Brown 6-4 4-6 6-2
1951   Don Candy   Kurt Nielsen 6-1 6-4 [12]
1952   Bryan Woodroffe   Armando Vieira 6-2 11-9
1953   Tony Mottram[13]   Jack Arkinstall 6-4 6-1
1954   Jeff Robson   John Barry 6-2 6-2
1955   Bob Howe   George Worthington 3-6 6-3 6-4
1956   Ian Clyde Vermaak   Gordon Forbes 6-4 5-7 6-3
1957   Naresh Kumar   Ramanathan Krishnan 3-6 6-3 9-7
1958   Mal Anderson   Carlos Alberto Fernandes 6-1 7-5
1959   Mark Otway   Lew Gerrard 6-2 6-2
1960   Neale Fraser[13]   Brian Woolf 6-4 6-2
1961   Lew Gerrard   Ian Crookenden 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-2
1962   Roger Taylor   Warren Woodcock 6-3 6-4
1963   John Fraser   Jaidip Mukerjea 6-3 6-2
1964   Ken Fletcher   Roger Taylor 6-8 7-5 6-1
1965   Owen Davidson   Tony Roche 6-4 8-6
1966   Brian Fairlie   Mark Cox 6-4 10-8
1967   Bobby Wilson   Paul Hutchins 5-7 6-4 6-3
Open era
1968   Dick Crealy   Keith Woolridge 6-3 4-6 6-4
1969   Graham Primrose   Keith Woolridge 6-4 6-3
1970   Keith Diepraam   Roger Dowdeswell 6-4 6-1
1971   Gerald Battrick   Anand Amritraj 6-3 6-2
1972   Torben Ulrich   J. D. Edmond 7-5 6-4
1973   Philip Siviter[14]   Geoffrey Newton 6-4 6-4
1974   David Schneider   Willem Prinsloo 3-6 6-4 6-4
1975   Hugh Thomson   Roger Webb 7-9 9-7 9-7
1976   Mark Farrell   Noel Phillips 6-3 6-4
1977   Willie Davies   Colin McHugo 6-3 6-2
1978   Robert Booth   Chris Wells 6-3 6-4
1979   Willie Davies (2)   Neil Rayner 6-3 6-4
1980   Martin Guntrip   David Crichton-Miller 6-4 1-6 7-5
1981   Rohun Beven   R. Coull 6-2 6-1
1982   Leighton Alfred   Martin Robinson 6-4 7-6

Women's singles edit

 
Agnes Mary Morton won 7 women's singles titles.

(Incomplete roll)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1887   Brenda James   May Jacks 6-8, 6-2, 6-4
1888   Miss Triscott   Brenda James 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
1889   Miss Norman   Helen Kersey 6-2, 6-2
1890   Brenda James (2)   Miss Swift 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
1890   Winifred Kersey   Agnes Morton 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
1891 Womens event not held
1892   Miss. C. Day   Miss. E. Brown 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1893/1894 Womens event handicap only
1895   Agatha Templeman   Agnes Morton 6-4, 6-2
1896   Ruth Pennington-Legh   Agatha Templeman 6-4, 7-5
1897   Henrietta Horncastle   Ursula Templeman 6-0, 6-2
1898   Beryl Tulloch   Henrietta Horncastle 6-0, 6-2
1899   Beryl Tulloch (2)   Agnes Morton 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
1900   Ruth Winch (2)   Beryl Tulloch 6-0, 6-0
1901   Dorothea Douglass   Agnes Morton 6-3, 6-3
1902   Winifred Longhurst   Dorothea Douglass 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
1903   Edith Austin Greville   Agnes Morton 6-1, 6-3
1904   Agnes Morton   Miss Tootell 6-1, 6-3
1905   Agnes Morton (2)   Miss Tootell 6-2, 6-0
1906   Agnes Morton (3)   Miss Tootell 6-2, 6-0
1907   Agnes Morton (4)   Mrs C.E. Hunter walkover
1908   Agnes Morton (5)   Miss. E. White 6-0, 6-0
1909   Agnes Morton (6)   Mildred Brooksmith 6-1, 6-0
1910   Mildred Brooksmith   Madeline Fisher O'Neill 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
1911   Agnes Morton (7)   Mrs C.E. Hunter 6-1, 6-1
1912   Elizabeth Ryan   Jessie Coles 6-3, 6-4
1913 Womens event not held
1914   Mrs Leigh-Day   Miss Daniell 6-,1 3-6, 6-3
1915/1919 Womens event not held due to World War I
1920   Irene Bowder Peacock   Mrs Malleson 6-2, 6-1
1921   Irene Bowder Peacock (2)   Geraldine Beamish 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
1922   Irene Bowder Peacock (3)   Eleanor Rose 6-4, 6-4
1923   Miss. M. Best   Mrs. P. Wilkin 6-2, 6-1
1924   Mrs P. Wilkin   Davina Gordon 6-1, 6-1
1925   Joan Ridley   Mrs B.H. Wilkin 6-3, 6-2
1926   Joan Ridley (2)   Mary Cambridge 6-4, 6-2
1927   Eleanor Rose   Joan Ridley 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
1928   Eleanor Rose (2)   Sybil Johnson 6-0, 6-1
1929   Eleanor Rose (3)   Joan Marshall 11-9, 3-6, 6-2
1930   Billie Yorke   D. Sloane-Stanley 6-2, 6-4
1931   Billie Yorke (2)   Miss. E. Weakley 6-1, 6-1
1932   Jean Saunders   Billie Yorke 7-5, 6-8, 6-4
1933   Patricia Brazier   Gladys Southwell 3-6, 6-4, 9-7
1934   Sheila Chuter   Joan Marshall 6-3, 6-2
1935   Gladys Southwell   Sheila Chuter 7-5, 6-2
1936   Gladys Southwell (2)   Nina Brown 6-4, 6-2
1937   Gladys Southwell   Nina Brown 6-2, 8-6
1938   Elsie Goldsack Pittman   Alexandra Ostrich McKelvie 9-7, 2-6, 6-1
1939   Valerie Scott   Kay Stammers 6-0, 5-7, 7-5
1940/1945 Womens event not held due to World War II
1946   Jean-Nicoll-Bostock   Kay Stammers Menzies 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1947   Jean-Nicoll-Bostock (2)   Gem Hoahing 6-1, 6-1
1948   Jean-Nicoll-Bostock (3)   Natalia Zinovieff 6-2, 6-1
1949   Patricia Canning Todd   Molly Blair 6-2, 6-2
1950   Patricia Canning Todd (2)   Betty Wilford 6-1, 6-0
1951   Althea Gibson   Arvilla McGuire 6-0, 6-2
1952   Jean Walker-Smith   Jean Rinkel-Quertier 7-5, 6-3
1953   Joan Scott   Betty Wilford Dawes 6-2, 6-0
1954   Anne Shilcock   Judy Burke 6-3, 6-3
1955   Beryl Penrose   Mary Carter 8-6, 4-6, 6-3
1956   Anne Shilcock (2)   Margaret H. O'Donnell 6-4, 6-2
1957   Ruia Morrison   Heather Redwood Robson 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
1958   Christine Truman   Anne Shilcock 6-3, 7-5
1959   Shirley Bloomer Brasher   Patricia Hird 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
1960   Deidre Catt   Patricia Hird 6-2, 6-4
1961   Patricia Hird   Caroline Yates-Bell 6-2, 6-3
1962   Jan Lehane   Robyn Ebbern 6-3, 6-2
1963   Deidre Catt (2)   Christine Truman 7-5, 7-5
1964   Deidre Catt (3)   Carole Rosser 8-6, 6-4
1965   Lesley Turner   Robin Blakelock-Lloyd 6-4, 6-3
1966   Judy Tegart   Nell Truman 6-2, 6-0
1967   Ann Haydon Jones   Gail Sherriff 6-0, 6-2
Open era
1968   Robin Blakelock-Lloyd   Nell Truman 6-3, 8-6
1969   Margaret Smith Court   Patricia Walkden 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1970   Margaret Smith Court (2)   Ann Haydon Jones 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
1971   Kerry Harris   Helen Gourlay 6-2, 6-4
1972   Lindsay Beaven   Cherry Panton 6-2, 6-0
1973   Corinne Molesworth   Greer Stevens 7-5, 8-6
1974   Corinne Molesworth (2)   Beverley Vercoe 7-6, 6-4
1975   Annette Coe   Belinda Thompson 6-3, 6-4
1976   Corinne Molesworth (3)   Jo Durie 6-4, 9-8
1977   Ann Haydon Jones (2)   Debra Parker 6-3, 7-5
1978   Corinne Molesworth (4)   Ann Haydon Jones 6-3, 7-6
1979   Corinne Molesworth (5)   Annette Coe 6-2, 6-4
1980   Denise Taylor   Ellinore Lightbody divided title
1981   Joy Tacon   Debbie Stewart walkover
1982   Rina Einy   Lorrayne Gracie 6-0, 6-0
1983   Bernadette Randall   Vicki Marle 6-2, 6-3

Locations edit

The tournament was staged at different locations during its run the longest at Frinton-on-Sea.

Locations Dates
Brentwood (1881-1884)
Leyton (1887, 1890)
Chingford (1888-1889, 1891, 1892)
Colchester (1891, 1893-1914)
Frinton-on-Sea (1919, 1946-1983)
Southend-on-Sea (1920-1922)
Westcliff-on-Sea (1923-1937)

Tournament records edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 1881 edition held in Brentwood
  2. ^ 1882 edition held in Brentwood
  3. ^ 1883 edition held in Brentwood
  4. ^ 1884 edition held in Brentwood
  5. ^ 1887 edition held in Leyton
  6. ^ 1888 edition held in held in Chingford
  7. ^ 1889 edition held in held in Chingford
  8. ^ 1890 edition held in Leyton
  9. ^ 1891 to 1918 editions held in Chingford, Cambridge Road Ground
  10. ^ 1919 edition held in held in Frinton-on-Sea
  11. ^ 1920 to 1922 editions held in held in Southend-on-Sea
  12. ^ 1923 to 1937 editions held in held in Westcliff-on-Sea
  13. ^ 1946 to 1973 editions held in held in Frinton-on-Sea

References edit

  1. ^ "Essex Championships, Frinton-On-Sea - WTA Tournaments - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com. 2009–2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b Doubleday, Herbert Arthur (1923). The Victoria History of the County of Essex. London, England: A. Constable, Limited. p. 95.
  3. ^ Sport and Athletics in 1908: An Annual Register Including the Results of the Year 1908 (to November) of All the Important Events in Athletics, Games, and Every Form of Sport in the United Kingdom, Together with the Winners, Records, and Notable Achievements of Past Years ; Also a Full List of Results in the Olympic Games. London, England: Chapman & Hall. 1908. pp. 311–312.
  4. ^ Salmon, Edward; Worsfold, James (1923). The British Dominions Year Book. Cheltenham, England: Eagle, Star and British Dominions Insurance Company. p. 318.
  5. ^ a b Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Essex Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ^ a b c Morris, James; Hegedus, Tomas (2013). "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". www.stevegtennis.com. stevegtennis. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. ^ a b Orcutt, William Dana (1897). Official Lawn Tennis Bulletin Volume 4. White Plains, New York, USA: United States Lawn Tennis Association. pp. 247–248.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Max Robertson; Jack Kramer, eds. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York: Viking Press. p. 290. ISBN 9780670294084.
  10. ^ "WON ESSEX CHAMPIONSHIP. Donald Leahong". Kingston Gleaner. 17 July 1930. p. 35. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Geoff Brown Wins Three Essex Titles". Warwick Daily News (Qld. : 1919 -1954). 19 July 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  12. ^ "THREE TENNIS TITLES WON BY DON CANDY". Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954). 23 July 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Join Frinton's Clubs". Essex Life. Essex and Herts Magazines. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Tennis Events". The Illustrated London News Volume 263. London, England: Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1975. p. 12.

Sources edit

  • "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922.
  • Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954). 23 July 1951.
  • "Essex Championships, Frinton-On-Sea - WTA Tournaments - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com. 2009–2018.
  • Kramer, Edited by Max Robertson. Advisory editor: Jack (1974). The encyclopedia of tennis. New York: Viking Press.ISBN 9780670294084.
  • Morris, James; Hegedus, Tomas (2013). "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". www.stevegtennis.com. stevegtennis.
  • Nieuwland, Alex. (2009-2017). "Tournament – Essex Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV.
  • Orcutt, William Dana (1897). Official Lawn Tennis Bulletin Volume 4. White Plains, New York, USA: United States Lawn Tennis Association.
  • Sport and Athletics in 1908: An Annual Register Including the Results of the Year 1908 (to November) of All the Important Events in Athletics, Games, and Every Form of Sport in the United Kingdom, Together with the Winners, Records, and Notable Achievements of Past Years ; Also a Full List of Results in the Olympic Games. London, England: Chapman & Hall. 1908.
  • Tennis Events". The Illustrated London News Volume 263. London, England: Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1975.
  • Warwick Daily News (Qld. : 1919 -1954). 19 July 1949.

Further reading edit

  • Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers.
  • British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 to 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, UK.
  • Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK
  • Lawn tennis and Badminton Magazine, 1906 to 1973, UK.
  • Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode
  • Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.
  • The World of Tennis Annuals , Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.

External links edit

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