Spencer Gore (sportsman)
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Spencer William Gore was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club.
Spencer Gore
Harrow cricket team of 1869 for the match against Eton. Gore is front row, fourth from the left.
West Side House, Wimbledon, where Gore was born and raised
Wimbledon Championships
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The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised annually by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association in W
Spencer Gore (sportsman)
…Spencer William Gore (10 March 1850 – 19 April 1906) was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874–1875). Spencer William Gore was the son of the Hon…
Ladies Championship, 1884. First prize, awarded to Maud Watson, was a silver flower-basket worth 20 guineas.
Centre Court at Wimbledon in May 2019
Aerial view of the grounds