On 2 June 1877 at the suggestion of founding member and club secretary, John H. Walsh, the club committee decided to organize a lawn tennis championship which they hoped would generate enough funds to repair the broken pony roller that was needed for the maintenance of the lawns.
Again, in 1878, he endeavoured to make clear the respective merits of Schultze and black powder, when, besides conducting the actual competition, he himself carried out numerous experiments.
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