The Fitzwilliam Plate 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. The first edition, for male players only, was held in 1883. The event was discontinued in 1900.
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.Tarran It was played at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland. The tournament was staged annually until 1900 when it was discontinued.
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.
Finals (Incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore1883 George Arnulph Montgomerie Percy Greene6–3 6–1. 1884 Maxwell John Carpendale Edward Lake Williams 6–2 6–2. 1885The Dublin Review (June 1885) Herbert Knox McKay William Taylor6–3, 7–5, 6–2. 1886 Grainger Chaytor Francis Woodcock Perry3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2. 1887 Herbert Wilberforce Grainger Chaytor9–7, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.1888 James Baldwin Ernest George Meers9–7, 6–3, 6–3.1890Cork Constitution Harold Mahony Wilfred L Parker6–2, 6–2, 6–1. 1894 Grainger Chaytor Frank Stoker6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4. 1896 Edward Roy Allen Charles Henry Martin7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1.1897 George Greville Richard Clifford 6–1, 7–5, 6–1.1898 Harold Adair Nisbet George Ball-Greene6–0, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3.1899 George Caridia Arthur Henry Riseley6–3, 7–5.
See also All England Plate (competition for second round losers at the Wimbledon Championships)
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