The Rochford Hundred Club Lawn Tennis TournamentLawn Tennis in 1881". Routledges Sporting Annual. London: George Routledge and Son's. 1882. p. 70. was a late Victorian era men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881.THE SECOND LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT ROCHFORD HUNDRED CLUB.—The president's (the Rev. F. Thackeray's) prize, to be competed for at the Rochford Hundred Lawn Tennis Club on the 17th August. Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser. (Friday 04 August 1882). The British Newspaper Archive. Essex, England. page.5. It was organised by the Rochford Hundred Club, and played at the Rochford Hundred Cricket Club grounds, Rochford, Essex, England. Later editions were played at Southend Park, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The tournament ran till 1886.
History The Rochford Hundred Club Lawn Tennis Tournament was an late 19th century grass court tennis tournament founded in August 1881 at the Rochford Hundred Cricket Club grounds, South-on-Sea, Essex, England.Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser (1882) Later editions were played at Southend Park, South-on-Sea, Essex, England. The tournament ran till 1886.Cricket and Lawn Tennis on Southend Park: The Rochford Hundred Club will still continue to provide both of these outdoor games, as the Secretary of the Rochford Hundred Tennis Club, who is also a member of the cricket committee, spoke yesterday about the continuity in staging annual tennis tournaments. Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser. (Thursday 11 March 1886). The British Nedwspaper Archive. Essex, England. page.5. The Rochford Hundred Club that consisted of the Rochford Hundred Cricket Club and Rochford Hundred Lawn Tennis Club, and played at the Rochford Hundred Cricket Club grounds.
Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) 1881— M. Thackeray def. W. Wood, 6–3, 4–6, 6–5. 1882— E. Meeson def. W. Meggy, 6–3, 6–5.
Men's doubles (incomplete roll) 1881— J.C. Page & M. Thackeray def. R.C. Browne & Mr. Keightley, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–5.Tennis Archives (1881) 1882— R.C. Browne & M. Thackeray def. C. Blake & W. Wood, 6–5, 4–6, 6–3,Tennis Archives (1882)
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