A. F Wilding plays Davis Cup tennis, 1914
Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion pictured playing in his last ever sporting competition - at the Davis Cup at Forest Hills, Long Island, N.Y, USA. He was part of a team (including Norman Brookes, who had beaten him in the final at Wimbledon that year) to win the cup for Australasia. Wilding was killed at the Battle of Aubers Ridge in May 1915
Picture No
14097430
Media ID
45713893
Size
5800px x 3025px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photographs in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 5 September 1914
Date
1914
