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Toler Garvey
Full nameToler Roberts Garvey
Country (sports) Ireland
BornFebruary 11 1865 [1]
Parsonstown (modern Birr, County Offaly), Ireland
DiedApril 16 1946 (aged 81)
Birr, County Offaly, Ireland
Turned pro1884 (amateur tour)
Retired1896
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonSF (1886)

Toler Roberts Garvey (1865–1946) was an Irish tennis player who played Wimbledon in 1886, where he beat William Taylor before losing to Herbert Lawford in the semi finals.[2]. Garvey won several Irish tournaments including the King’s County and Ormonde Tournament three times (1886, 1894, 1896) (the 1890s was the most successful period in history for Irish tennis). Garvey was a Justice of the Peace.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Toler Roberts Garvey and George B. Garvey (Offaly (Kings)) Page 1 RootsChat.Com". www.rootschat.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Wimbledon 1886". www.tennis.co.nf.
  3. ^ "Offaly in the 19th Century - Offaly History". offalyhistory.com. September 2, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2017.