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Shropshire Championships

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Shropshire Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Abolished1959; 65 years ago (1959)
LocationNewport
Shrewsbury
VenueSevernside Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

The Shropshire Championships[1] or Shropshire Open Championship[2] or Shropshire County Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first established in 1903 as the Championship of Shropshire. It was first held at the Severnside Lawn Tennis Club (f. 1897) Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The tournament was staged annually until 1959.

History

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In 1897 the Severnside Lawn Tennis Club was formed. In 1903 the club established the first Championship of Shropshire.[3] In 1905 the Shropshire Lawn Tennis Association was formed,[4] it became responsible for organising and promoting the county championships.

The tournament was staged annually until 1914 when it was suspended because of World War I it resumed thereafter. The event was held in Shrewsbury for 32 years until 1939. It was suspended again between 1940 and 1945 due to World War II. Following the second world war the tournament was moved Newport, Shropshirefor the next 12 years until 1960 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Circuit.

The Shropshire County Championships (Closed) is still being held today only open to residents and players from Shropshire.[5]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)[6]

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1904[7] New Zealand Anthony Wilding United Kingdom E.V. Jones 4-6, 9–7, 8–6, ret.
1905 United Kingdom Edward Roy Allen United Kingdom E.V. Jones 6-4, 6–4, 6-2
1906[8] New Zealand Anthony Wilding (2) United Kingdom Edward Roy Allen 5-7, 6–0, 6–1, 3–6, 6-4
1907 United Kingdom Edward Roy Allen (2) United Kingdom Ernest George Parton[9] 6-2, 6–3, 6-0
1908 United Kingdom Edward Roy Allen (3) United States Wylie Grant 6-3, 6–3, 6-3
1909 United Kingdom Theodore Mavrogordato United Kingdom Edward Roy Allen 5-7, 6–1, 8–10, 6–1, 6-3
1910 United Kingdom Theodore Mavrogordato (2) United Kingdom Frank H. Pearce[10] 6-0, 6–3, 6-0
1920 United Kingdom George Stoddart United Kingdom Gerald (Gerry) Millard 6-1, 6–2, 3–6, 6-1
1921 United Kingdom William D. Radcliffe United Kingdom Samuel Ernest Charlton[11] 6-1, 6-4
1915/1919 Not held (due to World War I)
1931[12] Japan Ryuki Miki New Zealand Cam Malfroy 5-7, 7–5, 6-2
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II)
1949[13] South Africa David Samaai Czechoslovakia Milan Matous 6-4, 6-4
1953 United Kingdom Mike Davies United Kingdom B. Smith 6-2, 6-1
1954 United Kingdom L.M. Kilby United Kingdom D.J.W. Richards 7-5, 6-1
1955 United Kingdom Louis Surville United Kingdom John Stewart 7-5, 6-2
1959 United Kingdom Edward (Ted) Beards United Kingdom Trevor A. Adamson 6-0, 6-2

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1903[14] United Kingdom Winifred Longhurst United Kingdom Eva Steedman walkover
1904 United Kingdom Maude Garfit United Kingdom C. Jones 6-4, 8-6
1905 United Kingdom Maude Garfit (2) United Kingdom Violet Pinckney 7-5, 6-3
1906 United Kingdom Violet Pinckney United Kingdom Maude Garfit 1-6, 6–4, 6-3
1907 United Kingdom Maude Garfit 3) United Kingdom Edith Boucher 5-7, 6–4, 6-1
1908 United Kingdom Maude Garfit (4) United Kingdom Mabel Squire Parton 4-6, 6–2, 6-0
1909 United Kingdom Maude Garfit (5) United Kingdom Mabel Squire Parton 6-3, 6-4
1910 United Kingdom Maude Garfit (6) United Kingdom Mabel Squire Parton 7-5, 3–6, 6-4
1911 United Kingdom Mabel Squire Parton United Kingdom Winifred Longhurst 6-4, 6-4
1912 United Kingdom Marie Hazel United Kingdom Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd 6-2, 7-5
1913 United Kingdom Marie Hazel (2) United Kingdom Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd 6-2, 6-3
1914 United Kingdom Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd United Kingdom Mrs E. Wilkinson 6-3, 1–6, 6-3
1915/1919 Not held (due to World War I)
1920 United Kingdom Mrs Spoor United Kingdom Marie Hazel 2-6, 6–0, 8-6
1921 United Kingdom Marie Hazel (3) United Kingdom Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd 6-1, 6-3
1924 United Kingdom Joan Fry United Kingdom F. Holden 6-1, 6-3

References

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  1. ^ "SHROPSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS: The Shropshire lawn tennis championships tournament opened on the courts of the Severnside Lawn Tennis Club, Shrewsbury, yesterday in fine weather". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 15 July 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "SHROPSHIRE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP". Wellington Journal. Shropshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 7 July 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Shropshire Lawn Tennis Tournament: A very large number of entries have been received for the Championship of Shropshire open tennis meeting to be held on Monday, Tuesday, and the morning of Wednesday next week". Shrewsbury Chronicle. Shropshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 14 August 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. ^ "About Tennis Shropshire". www.tennisshropshire.co.uk. LTA/Shropshire LTA. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Shropshire County Championships a huge success as number of entries go up again - Tennis Shropshire". www.tennisshropshire.co.uk. Tennis Shropshire. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Tournament – Shropshire Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. ^ Huka (10 September 1904). "Lawn Tennis". Evening Post. Vol. LXVIII, no. 62. PapersPast. p. 14.
  8. ^ "Personal Notes From London". Auckland Star. PapersPast. 27 August 1906. p. 3.
  9. ^ "Ernest Parton: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Frank Pearce: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  11. ^ "S.Ernest Charlton: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  12. ^ "LAWN TENNIS:Empire of Japan player R. Miki wins Shrops Championships". Staffordshire Sentinel. Staffordshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 17 June 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  13. ^ "SPORTING NEWS". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham, Warwickshire: British Newspaper Archive. 19 July 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Lawn Tennis Results 1903". Hazell's Annual. London: Hazell, Watson and Viney. 1904. p. 722.