Opposed To Tennis.
In his recently-published memoirs, Perry blames the refural of most of the English public schools to admit tennis as a regular game,* in addition to long-established cricket and football, as the reason for England’s long wait on the doorstep of the Davis Cup. It is an old story, but English tennis was never higher than in the days of the Renshaws and the Dohertys, who picked up their game on their own without any special school coaching. Parke, who won the Davis Cup in 1912 from Australia, was suckled on Rugby football, and got what tennis he could in between football and cricket at Dublin University. The refusal of the English G.P.S. to make tennis an official sport is easily understood. Cricket, football, rowing and athletics take up enough school time as it is without cutting working hours further by adopting still another game.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20364, 23 July 1934, Page 11
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147Opposed To Tennis. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20364, 23 July 1934, Page 11
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