North Wales Championships Explained

North Wales Championships
Type:defunct
Event Name:North Wales Counties Challenge Cup (1883)
North Wales Challenge Cup (1884-86)
North Wales Championships (1891-1939)
Founded:1881
Ended: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.

History

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.

Finals

Incomplete Roll

Men's Singles

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1881 Percy John Frederick Lush M. Lush5–2, 5–4
1882 Arthur Bennett Mesham H. Lloyd Williams3–6, 6–2, 6–4
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup
1883 Arthur Bennett Mesham (2) Major Mesham6-0, 6-3
North Wales Challenge Cup
1884 [8] G. Egerton Arthur Bennett Meshamw.o.
1885 [9] G. Egerton (2) Captain H.T. Ravenhill6–4, 6–4
1886 [10] G. Egerton (3) J. E. Morris3–6, 6–3, 6–5
1887 Henry James Wilson Fosbery D.F. Pennant6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1888 George Whitely Hayes Henry James Wilson Fosbery6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1891[11] Manliffe Goodbody??
North Wales Championships
1892[12] Manliffe Goodbody (2)??
1894 [13] Edward Carey Dylan Rhys Griffiths7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1895 [14] Edward Carey (2) Arthur Carey6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4

Men's Doubles

Incomplete Roll

Women's Singles

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1881 Miss L Williams Miss Proctor5–3, 5–3
North Wales Championships
1892 Helen Jackson Miss Moore?
1895 Miss Turner E. Moorhousew.o.
1896 Mary Pick Mrs Coxon6-3, 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 Ellen Evered 6-4, 6-2
1902 Maude Garfit (2) Ellen Evered6-2, 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
1914/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1919 M. Platt Miss Staffurth6-3, 7-5
1920 Mrs E.H. Harris 6-0, 6-4
1921 Edith Willock6-1, 9-7
1922 Camilla Rimington (2) Edith Willock 6-3, 6-3
1923 Camilla Rimington (3)? ?
1924 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. Hollinsw.o.
1934 Mildred Nonweiler Freeman I. Robinson6-4, 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

Mix Doubles

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1882 J.P. Lewis
Miss. Royds		 Major Mesham
Mrs. Lloyd Williams		6–0, 6–3
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup
1883 Arthur Bennett Mesham
Miss. Mainwaring		 Thomas Alured Wynne Edwards
Miss. Royds		6–3, 6–5
North Wales Challenge Cup
1884 Mr. A. MacBean
Miss. Mainwaring (2)		 Arthur Bennett Mesham
Mrs. Lloyd Williams		6-4, 6-4
1885 Captain H.T. Ravenhill
Mrs. Ravenhill		 P. Ormrod
Miss. Tuke		6-2, 6-1
North Wales Championships

Notes and References

  1. News: VALE OF CLWYD LAWN TENNIS AND CRICKET CLUB. THE THIRD ANNUAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 'will be held' at DENBIGH, on August 30th and following days. GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES EVENT to be called the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup, the value, not less than 10 guineas, to be given by the Vale of Clwyd Club.. North Wales Chronicle . The British Newspaper Archive . 11 August 1883 . Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Wales . 1.
  2. News: VALE OF CLWYD CRICKET AND LAWN TENNIS CLUB. The annual meeting of this club was held at Denbigh on July 27th, and following days. The North Wales Challenge Cup was won for third time by Mr. G. Egerton,of Gresford. . Denbighshire Free Press . The British Newspaper Archive . 7 August 1886 . 4, 5.
  3. North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1883. page.1.
  4. North Wales Chronicle (1883)
  5. Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
  6. News: History of Criccieth Tennis club revealed . 27 February 2023 . Cambrian News . 16 August 2022.
  7. News: LAWN TENNIS. NORTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS. The 38th annual tournament at Criccieth the North Wales Championships, ended on Sunday last week. Results as follows! . Formby Times . The British Newspaper Archive . 25 August 1934 . Formby, Lancashire, England . 4.
  8. Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
  9. Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
  10. Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
  11. News: LLANDUDNO LAWN TENNIS: Entries for this year's Championship of North Wales promise to be even better, and with fine weather there should be some of the highest class of tennis ever seen in Wales. The North Wales Challenge Cup (value 50 guineas), has been won for two years by Irishman M. F. Goodbody, Esq., and should he succeed will set a new record.. North Wales Chronicle . The British Newspaper Archive . 1 July 1893 . Bangor, Caernarfonshire . 6.
  12. North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 1 July 1893 . Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 6.
  13. North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 24 August 1894. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 18.
  14. North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 19 August 1895. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 24.

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