Davis Cup doubles match, Wilding's last
The last competitive lawn tennis match played by Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and four times Wimbledon Champion (1910-1913). He partnered Norman Brookes in New York for the Davis Cup, but the matches were overshadowed by the outbreak of war in Europe. They were the last matches to be played publicly by Wilding who died near Neuve Chapelle, France on 9 May 1915 while fighting in the Battle of Aubers Ridge
Picture No
10698388
Media ID
47566635
Size
5200px x 3371px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in a book, Captain Anthony Wilding by A. Wallis Myers, 1916
Date
1914
