Thomas Hicks | |
Fullname: | Thomas Henry Hicks |
Birth Date: | 1869 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales |
Death Place: | Mosman, New South Wales |
College: | Newington College |
Thomas Henry Hicks (15 May 1869 – 6 September 1956)[1] was an Australian tennis player and administrator who managed Australia and New Zealand's participation in early Davis Cup competitions.[2] [3] Hicks was born in Balmain, New South Wales, the first of eight children and four sons of Henry Hicks and Emily Garrett. He was the older brother of Ernest Hicks.[4] Living in Stanmore, Hicks was educated at Newington College commencing in 1885 aged sixteen.[5] Hicks was the Honorary Secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia/Australia from 1904 until 1926.[6]