Wingfield from Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 1881
Born
Walter Clompton Wingfield
(1833-10-16)16 October 1833
Ruabon, Wales
Died
18 April 1912(1912-04-18) (aged 78)
London, England
Burial place
Kensal Green Cemetery
Major Walter Clopton WingfieldMVO (16 October 1833 – 18 April 1912) was a Welsh inventor and a British Army officer who was one of the pioneers of lawn tennis.[1][2] Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997 as the founder of modern lawn tennis, an example of the original equipment for the sport and a bust of Wingfield can be seen at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
^Tyzack, Anna,The True Home of Tennis Country Life, 22 June 2005
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(2000) Grass tennis courts: how to construct and maintain them p. 8. STRI, 2000
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