Liverpool Cricket Club Tournament 1881


General 1881-06-16 - 1881-06-18
Amateur
Grass
5
Aigburth, Liverpool
England

Source The Field, Manchester Guardian, Routledge's Sporting Annual (1882). p. 68.


Info A description of the event:

On Thursday, 16th, the tournament of the Liverpool Cricket Club commenced, the Gentleman's singles in this competition proving a very easy affair for R.T. Richardson, who had no opponent worthy of his steel.

— Lawn Tennis in 1881, Routledge's Sporting Annual (1882). p. 68.


Report Mens doubles final (Draw:14): Richardson/Richardson def. Jones/Smith 6-1 6-4



Media


Winner Richard Taswell Richardson


Players
William Gerald Barker
H. Blane
John Edmondson
W.H. Edward
J.C. Fraser
C.W. Fulton
J. Hammill
James Robert Hay-Gordon
W.H. Hayes
H.W. Hind
T.W. Hunt
Arthur Percy (Percy) Jones
Reginald Herbert Jones
Frederick William Jones
Alexander Walton McIlwaine
Henry Bingham Parr
C. Phillips
James Rankine
John Ravenscroft
Joseph Ravenscroft
Richard Taswell Richardson
C.P. Smith
Charles Stananought
A.J. Tod


Rounds
Round 1
Richard Taswell Richardson*
Charles Stananought
6-1 6-0
James Rankine*
C.W. Fulton
6-1 6-5
J. Hammill*
J.C. Fraser
w.o.
T.W. Hunt*
James Robert Hay-Gordon
6-3 6-5
William Gerald Barker*
Alexander Walton McIlwaine
4-6 6-4 6-4
H. Blane*
A.J. Tod
w.o.
H.W. Hind*
W.H. Edward
6-5 1-6 6-2
W.H. Hayes*
Frederick William Jones
w.o.
Arthur Percy (Percy) Jones*
John Edmondson
4-6 6-0 6-2
C. Phillips*
John Ravenscroft
w.o.
Henry Bingham Parr*
C.P. Smith
w.o.
Reginald Herbert Jones*
Joseph Ravenscroft
6-4 4-6 6-5

Round 2
William Gerald Barker*
W.H. Hayes
6-4 6-4
H. Blane*
H.W. Hind
6-4 6-5
C. Phillips*
Arthur Percy (Percy) Jones
6-5 6-4
Reginald Herbert Jones*
Henry Bingham Parr
6-5 6-4
Richard Taswell Richardson*
James Rankine
6-1 6-0
T.W. Hunt*
J. Hammill
6-2 6-2

Quarterfinals
H. Blane*
William Gerald Barker
6-2 6-3
Reginald Herbert Jones*
C. Phillips
6-2 6-0
Richard Taswell Richardson*
T.W. Hunt
6-2 6-0

Semifinals
Richard Taswell Richardson*
H. Blane
6-1 6-0

Final
Richard Taswell Richardson*
Reginald Herbert Jones
6-0 6-0


Tournament
Round 1
Reginald Herbert Jones*
Joseph Ravenscroft
Henry Bingham Parr*
C.P. Smith
C. Phillips*
John Ravenscroft
Arthur Percy (Percy) Jones*
John Edmondson
H. Blane*
A.J. Tod
H.W. Hind*
W.H. Edward
William Gerald Barker*
Alexander Walton McIlwaine
W.H. Hayes*
Frederick William Jones
Round 2
Richard Taswell Richardson*
James Rankine
T.W. Hunt*
J. Hammill
H. Blane*
H.W. Hind
William Gerald Barker*
W.H. Hayes
Quarterfinals
Reginald Herbert Jones*
C. Phillips
H. Blane*
William Gerald Barker
Semifinals
Richard Taswell Richardson*
H. Blane
Final
Richard Taswell Richardson*
Reginald Herbert Jones