John Frederick Marshall - Rugby Racket Handicap Trophy, a Rugby School Rackets Trophy by Mappin & Webb, repouse engraved with swags of flowers and lea

John Frederick Marshall - Rugby Racket Handicap Trophy, a Rugby School Rackets Trophy by Mappin & Webb, repouse engraved with swags of flowers and leaves, a central cartouche is engraved, ''1st. Prize American Racket Handicap - Won by J.F.Marshall, (scratch) Xmas, Rugby 1892.'' Around the rim are engraved the names of his opponents, ''L.H.Wilson, R.W.Nicholls, A.E.Slater, W.H.Eckersley, P.Lee, and H.L.Behrens'', height: 24cm., weight 429gr., 15oz. Provenance: Jack (John) Marshall took the entrance examination for Rugby School at the age of sixteen and entered at the beginning of the summer term of 1890. Like his father he was a keen sportsman and played for the cricket XI in 1892-93, captaining the side in 1893. At Rugby School he was also the 'First Player' at rackets in the same years, a sport in which he won the Public Schools Competition. In addition to his sporting activities he was also an outstanding scholar and became head of the School. At King's he followed his school successes at rackets and excelled at real tennis. Jack Marshall won both the Cambridge University Handicap Cup in 1896 and the University Challenge Cup in 1897, and represented Cambridge in the Inter-University Matches in 1897 in both the singles and doubles, then called the four-handed competition. His tennis career continued beyond his university days and he became one of the few people in the country to own a private real tennis court at Seacourt, Hayling Island. See also the following lot for another Marshall trophy.