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Lawn Tennis at Wimbledon - match for the Championship
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H.W.P.
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Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
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Lawn Tennis at Wimbledon - match for the Championship
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English: Contemporary engraving of the first Wimbledon Championship at Worple Road, London, in July 1877. Note the higher net (5 ft). The clubhouse is located on the left (in a distance). Worple Road is on the left and on the right is the track of the London and Southampton Railways. The balls were kept in the "mangers" close to the players.
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Date 14 July 1877
date QS:P571,+1877-07-14T00:00:00Z/11
Source/Photographer Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (14 July 1877), page 405
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