Camilla Rimington | |
Fullname: | Annie Camilla Beatrice Rimington |
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Birth Date: | 17 January 1883 |
Birth Place: | Kensington, London, England |
Death Date: | 2 February 1953 (age 70) |
Death Place: | London, England |
Turnedpro: | 1907 (amateur tour) |
Retired: | 1927 |
Singlestitles: | 9 |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1922) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1922, 1923) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | 3R (1922) |
Annie Camilla Beatrice Rimington (17 January 1883 - 2 February 1953) was an English tennis player known later by her married name Camilla Neville-Smith towards the end of her tennis career. She played at Wimbledon two times in 1922 and 1923.[1] She was active from 1907 to 1927 and contested 15 career singles finals, and won 9 titles.
Camilla was born in Kensington, London, England on 17 January 1883.[2] In 1907 she played her first tournament at the Cumberland Tournament played at the Eden Tennis Club at Stanwixm, she took part in the a women's doubles event partnered with Agnes Morton where they beat Mrs Beatrice Draffen and Maude Garfit in the fourth round,[3] but then lost in the quarter finals.
She would go on to win the Cumberland Tournament six times (1919, 1921-23, 1925, 1927).[4] [5] She also won the North Wales Championships at Criccieth three times (1921–1923) In addition she was also a finalist at Hornsey (1921), Stratford-on-Avon (1922), Brockenhurst (1923), Wallingford-on-Thames (1923) and Conishead Priory (1926)
Her younger sister was Alice Margaret Emma Rimington (1884-1955) who was also a tennis player. She married Neville Hardcastle Smith in the first quarter of 1924 in Penrith, Cumbria.[6] [7]