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General First nameSpenser McTaggart
LastnameHopkins
GenderMale
CountryAustralia
Date of birth1878-12-13
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death1973-05-22
Place of deathQueensland, Australia


About

This player’s first name is sometimes incorrectly spelt as Spencer, but was actually Spenser. He was the eldest of the eight children born to Thomas Hollins Hopkins, a native of London, England, and Ann Hopkins (née McTaggart), who was Scottish by birth. Thomas Hollins Hopkins established a business called Hollins Hopkins in the coastal city of Townsville in north-east Queensland and several of his children, including Spenser, later helped to run it.

Spenser Hopkins married London-born Rosa Mary Haig Sykes on 24 March 1908 in Melbourne, Victoria. They would have seven children together. The daughter of two court dressmakers and corsetiers, Rosa Sykes (1881-1940) was gifted at arts and crafts, and became a renowned teacher of this subject as well as a committed community worker. She died suddenly in October 1940 while visiting Rockhampton, Queensland. She was 59 at the time of her death. Spenser Hopkins survived his wife by 33 years, dying in Queensland in May 1973 at the age of 94.

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Archive statistics Career1908 - 1933
Tournament wins0
Matches15
Match wins6


Tournaments North Queensland Championships - 1933 North Queensland Championships - 1926 Queensland Hardcourts - 1924 North Queensland Championships - 1923 North Queensland Championships - 1921 North Queensland Championships - 1919 North Queensland Championships - 1914 North Queensland Championships - 1910 North Queensland Championships - 1908