Shropshire Championships

Shropshire Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit
Founded	1903; 122 years ago (1903)
Abolished	1959; 66 years ago (1959)
Location	Newport Shrewsbury
Venue	Severnside Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	Grass

The Shropshire Championships[1] or Shropshire Open Championship[2] or Shropshire County Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first established in 1903 as the Championship of Shropshire. It was first held at the Severnside Lawn Tennis Club (f. 1897) Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The tournament was staged annually until 1959.

History

In 1897 the Severnside Lawn Tennis Club was formed. In 1903 the club established the first Championship of Shropshire.[3] In 1905 the Shropshire Lawn Tennis Association was formed,[4] it became responsible for organising and promoting the county championships.

The tournament was staged annually until 1914 when it was suspended because of World War I it resumed thereafter. The event was held in Shrewsbury for 32 years until 1939. It was suspended again between 1940 and 1945 due to World War II. Following the second world war the tournament was moved Newport, Shropshirefor the next 12 years until 1960 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Circuit.

The Shropshire County Championships (Closed) is still being held today only open to residents and players from Shropshire.[5]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)[6]

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1904[7]	Anthony Wilding	E.V. Jones	4-6, 9–7, 8–6, ret.
1905	Edward Roy Allen	E.V. Jones	6-4, 6–4, 6-2
1906[8]	Anthony Wilding (2)	Edward Roy Allen	5-7, 6–0, 6–1, 3–6, 6-4
1907	Edward Roy Allen (2)	Ernest George Parton[9]	6-2, 6–3, 6-0
1908	Edward Roy Allen (3)	Wylie Grant	6-3, 6–3, 6-3
1909	Theodore Mavrogordato	Edward Roy Allen	5-7, 6–1, 8–10, 6–1, 6-3
1910	Theodore Mavrogordato (2)	Frank H. Pearce[10]	6-0, 6–3, 6-0
1920	George Stoddart	Gerald (Gerry) Millard	6-1, 6–2, 3–6, 6-1
1921	William D. Radcliffe	Samuel Ernest Charlton[11]	6-1, 6-4
1915/1919	Not held (due to World War I)
1931[12]	Ryuki Miki	Cam Malfroy	5-7, 7–5, 6-2
1940/1945	Not held (due to World War II)
1949[13]	David Samaai	Milan Matous	6-4, 6-4
1953	Mike Davies	B. Smith	6-2, 6-1
1954	L.M. Kilby	D.J.W. Richards	7-5, 6-1
1955	Louis Surville	John Stewart	7-5, 6-2
1959	Edward (Ted) Beards	Trevor A. Adamson	6-0, 6-2

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1903[14]	Winifred Longhurst	Eva Steedman	walkover
1904	Maude Garfit	C. Jones	6-4, 8-6
1905	Maude Garfit (2)	Violet Pinckney	7-5, 6-3
1906	Violet Pinckney	Maude Garfit	1-6, 6–4, 6-3
1907	Maude Garfit 3)	Edith Boucher	5-7, 6–4, 6-1
1908	Maude Garfit (4)	Mabel Squire Parton	4-6, 6–2, 6-0
1909	Maude Garfit (5)	Mabel Squire Parton	6-3, 6-4
1910	Maude Garfit (6)	Mabel Squire Parton	7-5, 3–6, 6-4
1911	Mabel Squire Parton	Winifred Longhurst	6-4, 6-4
1912	Marie Hazel	Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd	6-2, 7-5
1913	Marie Hazel (2)	Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd	6-2, 6-3
1914	Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd	Mrs E. Wilkinson	6-3, 1–6, 6-3
1915/1919	Not held (due to World War I)
1920	Mrs Spoor	Marie Hazel	2-6, 6–0, 8-6
1921	Marie Hazel (3)	Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd	6-1, 6-3
1924	Joan Fry	F. Holden	6-1, 6-3

References

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2. "SHROPSHIRE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP". Wellington Journal. Shropshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 7 July 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
3. "Shropshire Lawn Tennis Tournament: A very large number of entries have been received for the Championship of Shropshire open tennis meeting to be held on Monday, Tuesday, and the morning of Wednesday next week". Shrewsbury Chronicle. Shropshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 14 August 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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8. "Personal Notes From London". Auckland Star. PapersPast. 27 August 1906. p. 3.
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12. "LAWN TENNIS:Empire of Japan player R. Miki wins Shrops Championships". Staffordshire Sentinel. Staffordshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 17 June 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
13. "SPORTING NEWS". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham, Warwickshire: British Newspaper Archive. 19 July 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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