The West Somerset ALTS Tournament[1] also known as the West Somersetshire Tournament was a late Victorian period combined men's and women's grass courttennis tournament founded in 1879,[2] and held for five editions only until 1883.[3] The event was organised by the West Somerset Archery and Lawn Tennis Society, and was held at Batts Park, Taunton, Somerset, England.
he West Somerset ALTS Tournament was a late 19th century grass court tennis tournament founded in 1879,[4] and organised by the West Somerset Archery and Lawn Tennis Society. The society usually held the event at Batts Park, Taunton, Somerset, England.[5] The first winner of the men's singles was Wale's Francis Escott Hancock.[6]
^"WEST SOMERSET ARCHERY AND LAWN TENNIS SOCIETY. The third annual meeting of the West Somerset ALTS lawn tennis tournament will be held Batts Park, Taunton, on Thursday". Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser. Taunton, Somerset, England: British Newspaper Archive. 28 September 1881. p. 6.
Francis Escott Hancock
R.P. Spurway
Harold Lewis Vaughan
Arnold Felix Graves