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Lawn tennis

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Invented, developed and patented by Wingfield.  The Wimbledon championships began in 1877 and are the world's oldest tennis tournament.

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Lawn tennis

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Walter Clopton Wingfield

Greater London Council Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1833 - 1912, father of...

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Sophie Hannah Marguerite Hosking, MBE

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Brigadier-General Alfred Critchley

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Audley Harrison

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1 memorial
Surrey County Cricket Club

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