Tennis and Rackets, 1936-1938: Miscellaneous

Reference

MCC/TEN/2/6

Date:

1936-01-02 - 1938-12-03

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

Department Correspondence and Papers (MCC/TEN/2)

Scope and Content

Correspondence relating to arrangements for tennis and rackets fixtures at Lord's between 1936 and 1938 compiled by R Aird, MCC Assistant Secretary. Includes arrangements for Lowther Lees, Amateur Singles Champion [in 1937], to play Pierre Etchebaster at Queen's Club, request for Lees to play Ogden Phipps in America, list of charges to use the tennis court at Lord's, newspaper article for the rules of the game 'squashette', arrangements for a testimonial to honour Peter Latham, copy of the Tennis and Rackets Association annual report for December 1936, photograph of the Royal Tennis Court at Hampton Court Palace, notice of a Committee Meeting of the Tennis and Rackets Association in October 1936, confirmation of MCC tennis fixtures in the winter of 1936-1937, copy of advertising pamphlet for the Squash Rackets Annual in 1936-1937, copy of the rules of the Open Tennis Championship, Professional Tennis Championship, Open Rackets Championship and Professional Rackets Championship compiled by the Tennis and Rackets Association, minutes of a Tennis and Rackets Association Committee meetings held at Queen's Club in April and November 1938, confirmation that ladies are able to play squash at Lord's.

Associations

Ronald Aird
Lowther Lees
Pierre Etchebaster
Ogden Phipps
Tennis and Rackets Association
Peter Latham

Subject

real tennis, tennis, squash

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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