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General First nameRalph Bagnall
LastnameBagnall-Wild
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1845-03-23
Place of birthCheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Date of death1925-10-11
Place of deathLoughborough, Leicestershire, England


About

Studied law at Cambridge University, England.Called to the Bar in 1870.Took the name of Bagnall-Wild on November 23, 1868, on succeeding to the estate of his godfather.Brigadier-General in the Royal Air Force (aircraft production) during World War One. In 1885, he introduced the ?Bagnall-Wild? system to lawn tennis, whereby all ?byes? are restricted to the first round.

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Archive statistics Career1881 - 1884
Tournament wins0
Matches5
Match wins2


Tournaments Hayesland LTC - 1884 Waterloo - 1881