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General Date1884-08-11 - 1884-08-16
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds4
CityScarborough
CountryEngland

Source Pastime

Info Draw: 15

Report Mixed doubles

SF: Ellen Ramsay/Ernest Browne d. Miss Gilliat/J.J. Harrison 5-6 6-5 6-3
SF: May Moore/E Fletcher d. Edith Hodgson/William C. Taylor 6-4 6-5

FI: Ellen Ramsay/Ernest Browne d. May Moore/E. Fletcher 6-3 retired

Draw note: In the women's doubles event both players in a team had to be members of the same lawn tennis club.

From "The Field Lawn Tennis Calendar" (1885): "That Yorkshire is a sporting county in every sense of the word is well known to everyone, and games and pastimes of all sorts always meet with great support in this what may be called 'home' of sport. Within our own knowledge there are over thirty lawn tennis clubs in the county, and the game
seems to be taken up in every town and village with great enthusiasm.

"A short time ago a meeting was arranged of secretaries from as many clubs as could be drawn together, and these soon decided to hold a tournament open to the county. Officers were soon elected to carry out the opening fixture, and as these received a really large amount of support, three open events were also arranged to take place. Scarborough was the place fixed upon, and a better town it would hardly be able to select, as 'Yorkshire' appears to always congregate in and around that far-famed watering place; and in addition to this, entries for the open events would be sure to visit this 'Queen of the North'. [...]

"The cricket ground had been obtained for the tournament and, of course, with its large amount of space, any number of courts could be provided. Our contemporary 'The Yorkshire Post' had provided the £20.00 badge for the ladies' singles championship..."

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Winner Player Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne


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Round 1
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

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