Two tennis medals won by Great Britain's Alan Mills, the first a cased silver-gilt Davis Cup medal by Fattorini & Sons awarded for the 1959 ties v Lux
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Two tennis medals won by Great Britain's Alan Mills, the first a cased silver-gilt Davis Cup medal by Fattorini & Sons awarded for the 1959 ties v Luxembourg & Chile and Luxembourg; the other a cased silver-gilt 1965 Covered Championship of Great Britain men's doubles winner's medal, by the same maker and also cased Alan Mills, who in more recent years was famous for being the Tournament Referee at Wimbledon, was a member of the 1959 Great Britain Davis trio who faced Luexembourg and Chile, although he did not get on court for the latter. In the Luxembourg tie Mills made Davis Cup history by becoming the first player to win his match 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. The victory over Joseph Offenheim was completed in just 32 minutes. The Covered Court Championship of Great Britain was held at Queen's Club and was last competed for in 1971, having been inaugurated in 1885.