Young America Cricket Club Invitation Explained

Young America Cricket Club Invitation
Type:defunct
Venue:Young America Cricket Club
Tour:USLTA Circuit (1885-1887)

The Young America Cricket Club Invitation[1] was a late 19th-century men's grass court tennis tournament held at the Young America Cricket Club (YACC), Stanton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States from 1885 to 1895.

History

In 1855 the Young America Cricket Club (YACC) was founded.[2] In 1885 the club inaugurated an invitational men's tennis tournament known as the Young America Cricket Club Invitation.[3] This important event was only held for three editions.[4] The tournament was discontinued as following the merger of the Young America Cricket Club with another famous venue the Germantown Cricket Club in 1889.[5]

Finals

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner Up Score
1885 Joseph Sill Clark Sr.[6] Clarence Munroe Clark6-3, 6-3, 6-2.[7]
1886 Robert Livingston Beeckman[8] 6-4,6-4, 9-7.[9]
1887 Howard Augustus Taylor[10] Robert Livingston Beeckman6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whittersley . Joseph T. . Wright and Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide . 1895 . Wright & Ditson. . Boston . 70 . en.
  2. Book: Lester . John A. . A Century of Philadelphia Cricket . 1951 . University of Pennsylvania Press . Philadelphia . 978-1512803938 . 365.
  3. Book: Hall . Valentine Gill . Lawn Tennis in America: Biographical Sketches of All the Prominent Players ... Knotty Points, and All the Latest Rules and Directions Governing Handicaps, Umpires, and Rules for Playing . 1889 . D.W. Granbery & Company . New York . 9, 11, 15 . https://books.google.com/books?id=G_pNca5xU14C&dq=Young+America+Cricket+Club+Invitation%2C+tennis&pg=PA15 . en . Tournaments of 1885, 1886, 1887.
  4. Web site: Tournament – Young America Cricket Club Invitation . www.tennisarchives.com . Tennis Archives . 13 March 2023.
  5. Book: Charleton . James H. . Recreation in the United States: National Historic Landmark Theme Study . 1986 . National Park Service, Department of the Interior . Washington D.C. . 209 . en.
  6. Hall. Valentine G. Lawn Tennis in America (1889) D. W. Granbery & co. New York. p.9.
  7. Web site: Tournaments: Young America Cricket Club Invitation. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 27 May 2023 . Madrid. subscription.
  8. Hall. Valentine G. Lawn Tennis in America (1889) D. W. Granbery & co. New York. p.11.
  9. The Tennis Base
  10. Hall. Valentine G. Lawn Tennis in America (1889) D. W. Granbery & co. New York. p.15.
  11. The Tennis Base

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