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General Date1886-05-24 - 1886-05-29
Tournament typeAmateur / Challenge
SurfaceGrass
Rounds5
CityDublin, Fitzwilliam square
CountryIreland

Source Irish Times

Info Draw: 17

From the “Irish Times”, 20 May 1886 (originally posted by Mark)

“It was a pity that the two best matches of the afternoon – the Ladies’ Championship and the Gentlemen’s Championship – should have to be played off simultaneously, but from one cause or another the arrangement was unavoidable, and so spectators had to divide their attention between the two contests. The opponents in the ladies’ game were Miss May Langrishe, an ex-holder of the championship, and Miss Martin, who it will be remembered gained a very ready victory over her rival of Saturday at last year’s tournament. Mindful of the improvements displayed by Miss Langrishe in her previous matches during the week, many were led to anticipate a close match, but no one was prepared for the clever victory achieved by the lady named.

“It was quite evident she held the winning card throughout the first set, in which she only allowed her opponent the second, fourth and seventh games, but Miss Martin showed up so well in the early part of the second set that at one time it seemed certain the three sets would have to be exhausted to decide this match. Miss Langrishe won the first game, but Miss Martin then rattling off four in succession, amongst them one love game, the score was called ‘4 games to 1, Miss Martin leads’. However, Miss Langrishe, playing in irresistible fashion, clean outplayed her opponent at every point, and with a sequence of five games, ran out the set by 6 to 4. Included in the winner’s scores were two love games.

“Miss Langrishe played better than ever she has done before, and her victory is more attributable to this than to the slight falling away perceptible in Miss Martin’s game. Her returns were very severe, and besides placing them beautifully along the sidelines, she invariably kept them to her opponent’s backhand. Miss Martin’s returns, on the contrary, lacked much of their usual strength, but at times she showed quite up to her best form.”

Report Mens doubles final (Draw:8):

Mixed Doubles (Draw:8)

1R: May Langrishe/Eyre Chatterton d. Miss Hodson/James Dwight (US) 6-1 6-2
1R: Louisa Martin/Willoughby J. Hamilton d. Miss Woods/C.H. Stanley default
1R: Beatrice Langrishe/"C. Saint John" d. Miss J. Bruce/E. Bruce default
1R: Adela Langrishe/Toler Garvey d. Connie Butler/"G. Edwards" 6-1 6-1

SF: M Langrishe/Chatterton d. Martin/Hamilton 6-4 6-1
SF: A Langrishe/Garvey d. B Langrishe/"Saint John" 6-4 6-2

FI: May Langrishe/Eyre Chatterton d. Adela Langrishe/Toler Garvey 6-0 6-2 6-1

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Winner Player Herbert Fortescue Lawford


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