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| Picture No | 10699018 |
| Date | 1914 |
| Description | Tennis player Captain A. F. Wilding in caricature |
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New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian, N. E. Brookes in three straight sets. Wilding died near Neuve Chapelle, France on 9 May 1915 while fighting in the Battle of Aubers Ridge. Caricatured here by H. F. Crowther Smith in the year he lost to Norman Brookes.
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| Source | Illustration by H. F. Crowther Smith in The Tatler, 8 July 1914 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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