Six early individual tennis player postcards by Trim & Co., Wimbledon, featuring British and International players Max Decugis, James Cecil Parke, A.F. Wilding, F Karl, Madame Marie Decugis and T.M. Mavrogordato, each 14 by 8.5cm., all with minor wear, some pencil writing to each individual cards on the reverse Maxime Decugis (1882-1978) was a French tennis player who held the French Championships record for winning the tournament eight times, a feat which Rafael Nadal only surpassed in 2014. James Cecil Parke (1881-1946) was an Irish tennis and Rugby Union player, golfer, solicitor and WW1 veteran. In tennis, he was an Olympic silver medallist, Davis Cup champion, Wimbledon Doubles winner and Australasian Championship winner in both singles and doubles. Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915) was New Zealand's world No.1 tennis player and soldier, killed in action in WW1 at the age of 31. Theodore Michel Mavrogordato (1883-1941) was an early 20th century British tennis player, winning the Welsh Covered Court Championships, Scottish Championships and, in the doubles, the British Covered Court Championships. He played for the British Davis Cup team and in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. He served in the Army Service Corps in WW1 and from 1928 until his death in 1941 was chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Ground Company. Marie Decugis (1884-1969) was a French tennis player who, with her husband Max Decugis, won the mixed doubles at he 1906 Intercalated Athens Games and participated at the 1912 and 1920 Wimbledon championships.
£100 - £120
Six early individual tennis player postcards by Trim & Co., Wimbledon, featuring British and International players Max Decugis, James Cecil Parke, A.F. Wilding, F Karl, Madame Marie Decugis and T.M. Mavrogordato, each 14 by 8.5cm., all with minor wear, some pencil writing to each individual cards on the reverse Maxime Decugis (1882-1978) was a French tennis player who held the French Championships record for winning the tournament eight times, a feat which Rafael Nadal only surpassed in 2014. James Cecil Parke (1881-1946) was an Irish tennis and Rugby Union player, golfer, solicitor and WW1 veteran. In tennis, he was an Olympic silver medallist, Davis Cup champion, Wimbledon Doubles winner and Australasian Championship winner in both singles and doubles. Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915) was New Zealand's world No.1 tennis player and soldier, killed in action in WW1 at the age of 31. Theodore Michel Mavrogordato (1883-1941) was an early 20th century British tennis player, winning the Welsh Covered Court Championships, Scottish Championships and, in the doubles, the British Covered Court Championships. He played for the British Davis Cup team and in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. He served in the Army Service Corps in WW1 and from 1928 until his death in 1941 was chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Ground Company. Marie Decugis (1884-1969) was a French tennis player who, with her husband Max Decugis, won the mixed doubles at he 1906 Intercalated Athens Games and participated at the 1912 and 1920 Wimbledon championships.