North Wales Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | North Wales Counties Challenge Cup (1883) North Wales Challenge Cup (1884-86) North Wales Championships (1891-1939) |
Founded | 1881 |
Abolished | 1939 |
Location | Criccieth Denbigh Trefriw |
Surface | Grass / outdoor |
The North Wales Championships were originally founded as the Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament in 1881. [1] In 1883 that tournament became known as the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup until 1884 when it was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup until 1886. [2] This first edition of the event lapsed, but was then revived by the Criccieth LTC at Criccieth in 1891 under its new name until 1939 when it was discontinued.
In September 1881 the Vale of Clwyd CLTC (f.1881), at Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, North Wales organised the Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament. [3] In 1883 at what was then, the third edition of the event, the club inaugurated the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup for men at Denbigh. [4]
In 1884 the tournament was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup. It continued to be staged until 1886. [5] In 1891 the Criccieth Lawn Tennis Club (formally established in 1892) [6] at Criccieth revived the North Wales Challenge Cup as the North Wales Championships, [7] that ran until 1939.
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament | |||
1881 | Percy John Frederick Lush | M. Lush | 5–2, 5–4 |
1882 | Arthur Bennett Mesham | H. Lloyd Williams | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup | |||
1883 | Arthur Bennett Mesham (2) | Major Mesham | 6-0, 6-3 |
North Wales Challenge Cup | |||
1884 [8] | G. Egerton | Arthur Bennett Mesham | w.o. |
1885 [9] | G. Egerton (2) | Captain H.T. Ravenhill | 6–4, 6–4 |
1886 [10] | G. Egerton (3) | J. E. Morris | 3–6, 6–3, 6–5 |
1887 | Henry James Wilson Fosbery | D.F. Pennant | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
1888 | George Whitely Hayes | Henry James Wilson Fosbery | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 |
1891 [11] | Manliffe Goodbody | ? | ? |
North Wales Championships | |||
1892 [12] | Manliffe Goodbody (2) | ? | ? |
1894 [13] | Edward Carey | Dylan Rhys Griffiths | 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 |
1895 [14] | Edward Carey (2) | Arthur Carey | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | |
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Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament | ||||
1881 | Miss L Williams | Miss Proctor | 5–3, 5–3 | |
North Wales Championships | ||||
1892 | Helen Jackson | Miss Moore | ? | |
1895 | Miss Turner | E. Moorhouse | w.o. | |
1896 | Mary Pick | Mrs Coxon | 6-3, 6-3 | |
1897 | Miss Makinson | Mary Pick | 6-3, 6-3 | |
1899 | E. Makinson | N. Forster | 6-3, 6-1 | |
1900 | Ellen Evered | C. Maw | 6-2, 6-1 | |
1901 | Maude Garfit | Ellen Evered | 6-4, 6-2 | |
1902 | Maude Garfit (2) | Ellen Evered | 6-2, 6-4 | |
1903 | Maude Garfit (3) | Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon | 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 | |
1904 | Maude Garfit (4) | Miss Russell Davies | 9-7, 6-3 | |
1906 | Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon | Hilda Hitchings | 6-4, 6-4 | |
1907 | Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon (2) | Agnes Daniell Tuckey | 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 | |
1908 | Mrs Walton | Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon | 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 | |
1909 | C.M. Jones | Mrs Macaulay | 10-8, 8-6 | |
1910 | Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon (3) | C. M. Jones | 6-2, 6-2 | |
1913 | A.M. Davies | C. Hollins | 6-4, 6-3 | |
1914/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
1919 | M. Platt | Miss Staffurth | 6-3, 7-5 | |
1920 | Dorothy Boadle | Mrs E.H. Harris | 6-0, 6-4 | |
1921 | Camilla Rimington | Edith Willock | 6-1, 9-7 | |
1922 | Camilla Rimington (2) | Edith Willock | 6-3, 6-3 | |
1923 | Camilla Rimington (3) | ? | ? | |
1924 | Joan Reid-Thomas | Mrs Benham | 6-1, 6-1 | |
1925 | Joan Reid-Thomas (2) | Evelyn Goldsworth | 6-2, 8-6 | |
1926 | Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson (3) | Miss Lindsay | 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 | |
1927 | K.M. Marriott | Thelma Cazalet | 6-8, 7-5, 6-2 | |
1928 | Thelma Cazalet | Lesley Cadle | 9-7, 6-3 | |
1929 | K.M. Marriott | Thelma Cazalet | 6-3, 7-5 | |
1930 | C.F. Sutherland | P. Padmore | 6-2, 6-3 | |
1931 | Dora Beazley | Eileen Connell Antrobus | 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 | |
1932 | E.M. Gunson | Eileen Connell Antrobus | 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 | |
1933 | Thelma Cazalet (2) | P. Hollins | w.o. | |
1934 | Mildred Nonweiler Freeman | I. Robinson | 6-4, 7-5 | |
1935 | Mildred Nonweiler Freeman (2) | Patricia Owen | 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 | |
1936 | Dora Beazley (2) | Manon Hargreaves | 6-3, 7-5 | |
1938 | Dora Beazley (3) | Mrs E. Allen | 6-1, 6-2 | |
1939 | Denise Huntbach | M. Watson | 6-4, 6-3 | |
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