Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament Explained

Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament
Type:	defunct
Event Name:	Tournament of the Liverpool Cricket Club
Founded:	1881
Editions:	3
Ended:	1883
Location:	Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Venue:	Liverpool Cricket Club
Surface:	Grass

The Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.^[1] was an early Victorian era men's grass court tennis tournament first staged in June 1881 at the Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.^[2] The inaugural men's singles event was won by Richard Taswell Richardson a two time Wimbledon finalist. It was staged only three times until 1883.^[3]

History

The Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament was an early open men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first stage in 1881 at the Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.^[4] This was same venue where the prestigious Northern Championships were also held in alternating years between the Northern Lawn Tennis Club in Manchester and the Aigburth ground.

A description of the event that concluded on 18 June 1881:

Finals

Incomplete Rolls

Ladies pairs

Sources

• Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London.
• The Field. Saturday 18 June 1881. London. England.
• The Field. Saturday 14 July 1883. London. England.

Notes and References

1. Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.68.
2. The Field. Saturday 18 June 1881. Tournament of the Liverpool Cricket Club. London. England. p.39.
3. The Field. Saturday 14 July 1883. Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament to be held at the ground of the Liverpool Cricket Club. Aigburth. London. England. p.273.
4. The Field. Saturday 18 June 1881
5. Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.68.
6. Routledges Sporting Annual (1882)
7. Routledges Sporting Annual (1882)