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All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon programme, held on 2nd to 11th July 1881, the blue typed folded card bearing list of players and p

Hammer Price:
£6,500
Estimated Price:

£1,500 - £2,000

All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon programme, held on 2nd to 11th July 1881, the blue typed folded card bearing list of players and plan on the ground, bears marks and stains, central fold is torn and bears fold creases, light staining, three horizontal creases, central vertical spine split, bottom 20% remains attached, no writing William Renshaw defeated John Hartley in the Singles final and he also defeated Richard Richardson in the All Comer's Final. This was the fifth staging of the Wimbledon Championships and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1881.