Rochford Hundred Club Lawn Tennis Tournament

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Rochford Hundred Club Lawn Tennis Tournament[
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1881;142 years ago (1881)
Abolished1886;137 years ago (1886)
Location Rochford, Essex, England.
VenueRochford Hundred Club
Surface Grass

The Rochford Hundred Club Lawn Tennis Tournament [1] was a late Victorian era men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881. [2] It was organised by the Rochford Hundred Club, and played at the Rochford Hundred Cricket Club grounds, Rochford, Essex, England. Later editions were played at Southend Park, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The tournament ran till 1886.

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History

The Rochford Hundred Club Lawn Tennis Tournament was an late 19th century grass court tennis tournament founded in August 1881 at the Rochford Hundred Cricket Club grounds, South-on-Sea, Essex, England. [3] Later editions were played at Southend Park, South-on-Sea, Essex, England. The tournament ran till 1886. [4] The Rochford Hundred Club that consisted of the Rochford Hundred Cricket Club and Rochford Hundred Lawn Tennis Club, [5] and played at the Rochford Hundred Cricket Club grounds.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Men's doubles

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  3. Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser (1882)
  4. Cricket and Lawn Tennis on Southend Park: The Rochford Hundred Club will still continue to provide both of these outdoor games, as the Secretary of the Rochford Hundred Tennis Club, who is also a member of the cricket committee, spoke yesterday about the continuity in staging annual tennis tournaments. Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser. (Thursday 11 March 1886). The British Nedwspaper Archive. Essex, England. page.5.
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