The Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.68. was an early Victorian era men's grass court tennis tournament first staged in June 1881 at the Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.The Field. Saturday 18 June 1881. Tournament of the Liverpool Cricket Club. London. England. p.39. The inaugural men's singles event was won by Richard Taswell Richardson a two time Wimbledon finalist. It was staged only three times until 1883.The Field. Saturday 14 July 1883. Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament to be held at the ground of the Liverpool Cricket Club. Aigburth. London. England. p.273.
History The Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament was an early open men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first stage in 1881 at the Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.The Field. Saturday 18 June 1881 This was same venue where the prestigious Northern Championships were also held in alternating years between the Northern Lawn Tennis Club in Manchester and the Aigburth ground.
A description of the event that concluded on 18 June 1881:
Finals Incomplete Rolls
Gentleman's singles YearWinnerRunner-upScore1881.Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.68. Richard Richardson Reginald Herbert Jones6–0, 6–0
Gentleman's pairs YearWinnerRunner-upScore1881.Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) E. T. Richardson Richard Richardson Reginald Herbert Jones C.P. Smith6–1, 6–4
Ladies pairs YearWinnerRunner-upScore1881.Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Miss. Hunt Miss. Eyton Mrs. Nixon Miss. Blackbeat
References
Sources Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. The Field. Saturday 18 June 1881. London. England. The Field. Saturday 14 July 1883. London. England.