Lawn Tennis for Ladies by Mrs. Lambert Chambers
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should go down to a play who was quite unknown; I had been in the second
class only the year before. Miss Cooper eventually secured the match, 3/6, 9/7, 9/7. I met Mrs. Sterry on many subsequent occasions before I could get anything like so close to her. I really used to get quite weary of being beaten by her. When the Handicap Singles came out the day after this match I was put to owe 15 in the first class, which pleased me immensely. Miss Robb, Mrs. Greville, and Miss C. Cooper were owe 15.3 and Mrs. Hillyard owe 30. I was in the classification for the first time at the end of this year. Mrs. Hillyard Scratch Miss C. Cooper 1/6 Miss Martin 2/6 Mrs. Greville 2/6 Mrs. Pickering 3/6 Miss Robb 4/6 Miss Bromfield 5/6 Mrs. Evered 5/6 Miss C. Hill 5/6 Miss Longhurst 5/6 Mrs. Winch 5/6 Miss Lane 15 Miss A.M. Morton 15 Miss Tulloch 15 Miss D.K. Douglass 15 In 1901 I won my first Challenge Cup in an open tournament, beating Mrs. Greville in the challenge round at Beckenham. Mrs. Greville's |
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