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3 unusual facts about George Hillyard


Ernest Lewis

With partner George Hillyard he reached and lost the 1889 and 1890 gentlemen's doubles finals.

George Hillyard

He married Blanche Bingley, a six-time Wimbledon singles champion, on 13 July 1887 in Greenford, Middlesex.

Toupie Lowther

The brothers Reginald and Hugh Laurence Doherty invited her to write a chapter entitled "Ladies' Play" for their book "Lawn Tennis" published 1903 and George Whiteside Hillyard 1864–1943, the All England Tennis Club Secretary for many years and husband to Blanche Hillyard in his book "Forty Years of First Class Tennis" (1924) was glowing in his appreciation.



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