North Wales Championships

North Wales Championships
North Wales Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	North Wales Counties Challenge Cup (1883); North Wales Challenge Cup (1884-86); North Wales Championships (1891-1939)
Founded	1881
Abolished	1939
Location	Criccieth; Denbigh; Trefriw
Surface	Grass / outdoor

The North Wales Championships were originally founded as the Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament in 1881.^[1] In 1883 that tournament became known as the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup until 1884 when it was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup until 1886.^[2] This first edition of the event lapsed, but was then revived by the Criccieth LTC at Criccieth in 1891 under its new name until 1939 when it was discontinued.

History

In September 1881 the Vale of Clwyd CLTC (f.1881), at Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, North Wales organised the Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament.^[3] In 1883 at what was then, the third edition of the event, the club inaugurated the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup for men at Denbigh.^[4]

In 1884 the tournament was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup. It continued to be staged until 1886.^[5] In 1891 the Criccieth Lawn Tennis Club (formally established in 1892)^[6] at Criccieth revived the North Wales Challenge Cup as the North Wales Championships,^[7] that ran until 1939.

Finals

Incomplete Roll

Men's Singles

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1881	Percy John Frederick Lush	M. Lush	5–2, 5–4
1882	Arthur Bennett Mesham	H. Lloyd Williams	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup
1883	Arthur Bennett Mesham (2)	Major Mesham	6-0, 6-3
North Wales Challenge Cup
1884 ^[8]	G. Egerton	Arthur Bennett Mesham	w.o.
1885 ^[9]	G. Egerton (2)	Captain H.T. Ravenhill	6–4, 6–4
1886 ^[10]	G. Egerton (3)	J. E. Morris	3–6, 6–3, 6–5
1887	Henry James Wilson Fosbery	D.F. Pennant	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1888	George Whitely Hayes	Henry James Wilson Fosbery	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1891^[11]	Manliffe Goodbody	?	?
North Wales Championships
1892^[12]	Manliffe Goodbody (2)	?	?
1894 ^[13]	Edward Carey	Dylan Rhys Griffiths	7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1895 ^[14]	Edward Carey (2)	Arthur Carey	6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4

Men's Doubles

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1882	Hugh Francis Birley H. Lloyd Williams	Major Mesham W.P. Rigby	6-2, 6–1
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup
1883	J.P. Lewis Arthur Bennett Mesham	Mr. Morgan Mr. Morgan	6–2, 6–4
North Wales Challenge Cup
1884	Mr. Kersey G. Egerton	H. Lloyd Williams R. Lloyd Williams	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1885	Captain H.T. Ravenhill Mr. Hutton	A. Evill Mr. Kettlewell	6–5, 6–5
North Wales Championships

Incomplete Roll

Women's Singles

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1881	Miss L Williams	Miss Proctor	5–3, 5–3
North Wales Championships
1892	Helen Jackson	Miss Moore	?
1895	Miss Turner	E. Moorhouse	w.o.
1896	Mary Pick	Mrs Coxon	6-3, 6-3
1897	Miss Makinson	Mary Pick	6-3, 6-3
1899	E. Makinson	N. Forster	6-3, 6-1
1900	Ellen Evered	C. Maw	6-2, 6-1
1901	Maude Garfit	Ellen Evered	6-4, 6-2
1902	Maude Garfit (2)	Ellen Evered	6-2, 6-4
1903	Maude Garfit (3)	Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
1904	Maude Garfit (4)	Miss Russell Davies	9-7, 6-3
1906	Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon	Hilda Hitchings	6-4, 6-4
1907	Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon (2)	Agnes Daniell Tuckey	6-2, 4-6, 6-1
1908	Mrs Walton	Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon	6-1, 2-6, 7-5
1909	C.M. Jones	Mrs Macaulay	10-8, 8-6
1910	Mabel Hurlbatt Dudgeon (3)	C. M. Jones	6-2, 6-2
1913	A.M. Davies	C. Hollins	6-4, 6-3
1914/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
1919	M. Platt	Miss Staffurth	6-3, 7-5
1920	Dorothy Boadle	Mrs E.H. Harris	6-0, 6-4
1921	Camilla Rimington	Edith Willock	6-1, 9-7
1922	Camilla Rimington (2)	Edith Willock	6-3, 6-3
1923	Camilla Rimington (3)	?	?
1924	Joan Reid-Thomas	Mrs Benham	6-1, 6-1
1925	Joan Reid-Thomas (2)	Evelyn Goldsworth	6-2, 8-6
1926	Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson (3)	Miss Lindsay	4-6, 6-1, 6-3
1927	K.M. Marriott	Thelma Cazalet	6-8, 7-5, 6-2
1928	Thelma Cazalet	Lesley Cadle	9-7, 6-3
1929	K.M. Marriott	Thelma Cazalet	6-3, 7-5
1930	C.F. Sutherland	P. Padmore	6-2, 6-3
1931	Dora Beazley	Eileen Connell Antrobus	4-6, 6-4, 7-5
1932	E.M. Gunson	Eileen Connell Antrobus	6-2, 1-6, 6-2
1933	Thelma Cazalet (2)	P. Hollins	w.o.
1934	Mildred Nonweiler Freeman	I. Robinson	6-4, 7-5
1935	Mildred Nonweiler Freeman (2)	Patricia Owen	1-6, 6-2, 6-1
1936	Dora Beazley (2)	Manon Hargreaves	6-3, 7-5
1938	Dora Beazley (3)	Mrs E. Allen	6-1, 6-2
1939	Denise Huntbach	M. Watson	6-4, 6-3

Mix Doubles

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament
1882	J.P. Lewis Miss. Royds	Major Mesham Mrs. Lloyd Williams	6–0, 6–3
North Wales Counties Challenge Cup
1883	Arthur Bennett Mesham Miss. Mainwaring	Thomas Alured Wynne Edwards Miss. Royds	6–3, 6–5
North Wales Challenge Cup
1884	Mr. A. MacBean Miss. Mainwaring (2)	Arthur Bennett Mesham Mrs. Lloyd Williams	6-4, 6-4
1885	Captain H.T. Ravenhill Mrs. Ravenhill	P. Ormrod Miss. Tuke	6-2, 6-1
North Wales Championships

References

^ "VALE OF CLWYD LAWN TENNIS AND CRICKET CLUB. THE THIRD ANNUAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 'will be held' at DENBIGH, on August 30th and following days. GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES EVENT to be called the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup, the value, not less than 10 guineas, to be given by the Vale of Clwyd Club". North Wales Chronicle. Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Wales: The British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1883. p. 1.
^ "VALE OF CLWYD CRICKET AND LAWN TENNIS CLUB. The annual meeting of this club was held at Denbigh on July 27th, and following days. The North Wales Challenge Cup was won for third time by Mr. G. Egerton,of Gresford". Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pp. 4, 5.
^ North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1883. page.1.
^ North Wales Chronicle (1883)
^ Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
^ "History of Criccieth Tennis club revealed". Cambrian News. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "LAWN TENNIS. NORTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS. The 38th annual tournament at Criccieth the North Wales Championships, ended on Sunday last week. Results as follows!". Formby Times. Formby, Lancashire, England: The British Newspaper Archive. 25 August 1934. p. 4.
^ Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
^ Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
^ Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.
^ "LLANDUDNO LAWN TENNIS: Entries for this year's Championship of North Wales promise to be even better, and with fine weather there should be some of the highest class of tennis ever seen in Wales. The North Wales Challenge Cup (value 50 guineas), has been won for two years by Irishman M. F. Goodbody, Esq., and should he succeed will set a new record". North Wales Chronicle. Bangor, Caernarfonshire: The British Newspaper Archive. 1 July 1893. p. 6.
^ North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 1 July 1893 . Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 6.
^ North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 24 August 1894. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 18.
^ North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 19 August 1895. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 24.

[1] "VALE OF CLWYD LAWN TENNIS AND CRICKET CLUB. THE THIRD ANNUAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 'will be held' at DENBIGH, on August 30th and following days. GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES EVENT to be called the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup, the value, not less than 10 guineas, to be given by the Vale of Clwyd Club". North Wales Chronicle. Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Wales: The British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1883. p. 1.

[2] "VALE OF CLWYD CRICKET AND LAWN TENNIS CLUB. The annual meeting of this club was held at Denbigh on July 27th, and following days. The North Wales Challenge Cup was won for third time by Mr. G. Egerton,of Gresford". Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pp. 4, 5.

[3] North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1883. page.1.

[4] North Wales Chronicle (1883)

[5] Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.

[6] "History of Criccieth Tennis club revealed". Cambrian News. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[7] "LAWN TENNIS. NORTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS. The 38th annual tournament at Criccieth the North Wales Championships, ended on Sunday last week. Results as follows!". Formby Times. Formby, Lancashire, England: The British Newspaper Archive. 25 August 1934. p. 4.

[8] Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.

[9] Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.

[10] Denbighshire Free Press. The British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1886. pages, 4, 5.

[11] "LLANDUDNO LAWN TENNIS: Entries for this year's Championship of North Wales promise to be even better, and with fine weather there should be some of the highest class of tennis ever seen in Wales. The North Wales Challenge Cup (value 50 guineas), has been won for two years by Irishman M. F. Goodbody, Esq., and should he succeed will set a new record". North Wales Chronicle. Bangor, Caernarfonshire: The British Newspaper Archive. 1 July 1893. p. 6.

[12] North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 1 July 1893 . Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 6.

[13] North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 24 August 1894. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 18.

[14] North Wales Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 19 August 1895. Bangor, Caernarfonshire. page. 24.

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