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The History Sale 19th April 2016
The Last Irishman to win Wimbledon
His Silver Queen’s Club Medals, 1900 & 1904
The 1900 medal with obverse inscribed “Queen’s Club 1887” the reverse inscribed “Tennis, Spring Handicap 1st Prize, , H.S. Mahony, 1901”,
3.7cm diameter.
The 1904 medal with obverse inscribed “Queen’s Club 1887” the reverse inscribed “Tennis Handicap won by H.S. Mahony, 1904”, 3.7cm
diameter
Mahony was a very well known and popular player at Queens, quoted as being “an adept volleyer, which no doubt helped him on the fast
courts and contributed to his success” and “he was the life and soul of many a game and many a frolic. How often we heard him give his
views on the game in his own delightful way, in all parts of the Club” (McKelvie, R., The Queen’s Club, (1886-1986), an article by E.B. Noel,
Tennis at the Queen’s Club, first published in ‘The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News’, 16/11/1918, London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1986,
p.27 & 36).
Provenance: Awarded to Harald Segerson Mahony and thence by family descent.
€ 400 - 800