Alongside his friend Augurio Perera, he is credited as the earliest inventor of the game of lawn tennis.
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Among Gem's sporting interests was the game of rackets, which he played at the Bath Street Racquets Club adjacent to the Racquet Court Inn in Bath Street, Birmingham with his friend Augurio Perera, a Spanish merchant based in Birmingham.
Augurio Perera | N. M. Perera | J. A. Milton Perera | Sunil Perera | Perera's house in Edgbaston | Dhammika Perera |
Between 1859 and 1865, in Birmingham, England, Major Harry Gem, a solicitor, and his friend Augurio Perera, a Spanish merchant, combined elements of the game of rackets and the Spanish ball game Pelota and played it on a croquet lawn in Edgbaston.