Fitzwilliam Plate

The Fitzwilliam Plate[1] also known as the Irish Championships Consolation Plate was a tennis competition held at the Irish Championships. The tournament consisted of players that lost in the second round of the all comers singles event.[2] The first edition, for male players only, was held in 1883.[3] The event was discontinued in 1900.

Fitzwilliam Plate
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1883 (1883)
Abolished1900 (1900)
LocationDublin, Ireland
VenueFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

History

TheFitzwilliam Plate was a tennis tournament founded in 1883 for players who had lost in the second round of the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships.[4] It was played at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland. The tournament was staged annually until 1900 when it was discontinued.[3]

The Fitzwilliam Purse was another tournament established in 1883 that was for players who were defeated in the first round of the Irish Championships, that tournament also ended in 1901.[5]

Finals

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1883 George Arnulph Montgomerie Percy Greene6–3 6–1.[3]
1884 Maxwell John Carpendale Edward Lake Williams6–2 6–2.[3]
1885[6] Herbert Knox McKay William Taylor6–3, 7–5, 6–2.[3]
1886 Grainger Chaytor Francis Woodcock Perry3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2.[3]
1887 Herbert Wilberforce Grainger Chaytor9–7, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[3]
1888 James Baldwin Ernest George Meers9–7, 6–3, 6–3.[3]
1890[7] Harold Mahony Wilfred L Parker6–2, 6–2, 6–1.
1894[8] Grainger Chaytor Frank Stoker6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4.
1896[9] Edward Roy Allen Charles Henry Martin7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1.[3]
1897 George Greville Richard Clifford6–1, 7–5, 6–1.[3]
1898 Harold Adair Nisbet George Ball-Greene6–0, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3.[3]
1899 George Caridia Arthur Henry Riseley6–3, 7–5.[3]

See also
  • All England Plate (competition for second round losers at the Wimbledon Championships)

References
  1. "Dublin University Review". The Dublin University Review. 1 (1–6). Dublin, Ireland: 131. June 1885. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. "FITZWILLIAM PLATE. One prize of £7 for players beaten in the second round of the All-Comers' Singles". Cork Constitution. Cork, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 2 June 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. "Tournaments: Fitzwilliam Plate". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. Tarran
  5. "Tournaments: Fitzwilliam Purse". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  6. The Dublin Review (June 1885)
  7. Cork Constitution
  8. "LAWN TENNIS. THE FITZWILLIAM TOURNAMENT: Fitzwilliam Plate. —Final round: D Chaytor beat F Stoker. 6-1, 6-2. 4-6. 6-4". Newcastle Journal. Northumberland, England: British Newspaper Archive. 28 May 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. "The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality". The Sketch. 14. Ingram brothers.: 291 10 June 1896. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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