Pair Of Eton Presentation Racquets Rackets. T.J Grimason, Racquet Courts, Eton.
Pair Of Eton Presentation Racquets Rackets. T.J Grimason, Racquet Courts, Eton.
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Pair Of Eton Presentation Racquets Rackets.
Two presentation racquets rackets each with cream velvet grips, (originally blue but faded) and two silver mounts. One at the base of the handle, the other at the top of the grip in the shape of a belt buckle. The silver is hallmarked Birmingham 1888 with the makers initials, C.C. The two racquets come in their original oak presentation display case with a burgundy velvet lining and a silver plaque engraved "W. Burns, winner of double racquets, with F.C. France Hayhurst, Eton 1890". The two rackets stamped - T.J. Grimason, ETON, Racquet Courts.
Walter S. M. Burns, Eton 1885-1891 and Trinity Cambridge 1891-1894. He played cricket & Football and represented Eton in racquets in 1889 & 1890 with W.H Studd and F.C. France-Hayhurst, as partners.
At Cambridge he played racquets and tennis representing the University in the racquets doubles in 1892 with G.J.V Weigall as partner.
"Mr Burns is a keen shot and owns a shoot in Herefordshire. He has travelled extensively in Europe and America, and has motored all over England."
(Fifty Years of Sport, at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools, 1922)
Dimensions:
1850-1899
1890
Ash
England
Very Good
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 and two silver mounts. One at the base of the handle, the other at the top of the grip in the shape of a belt buckle. The silver is hallmarked Birmingham 1888 with the makers initials, C.C. The two racquets come in their original oak presentation display case with a burgundy velvet lining and a silver plaque engraved "W. Burns, winner of double racquets, with F.C. France Hayhurst, Eton 1890". The two rackets stamped - T.J. Grimason, ETON, Racquet Courts.Walter S. M. Burns, Eton 1885-1891 and Trinity Cambridge 1891-1894. He played cricket & Football and represented Eton in racquets in 1889 & 1890 with W.H Studd and F.C. France-Hayhurst, as partners.At Cambridge he played racquets and tennis representing the University in the racquets doubles in 1892 with G.J.V Weigall as partner. "Mr Burns is a keen shot and owns a shoot in Herefordshire. He has travelled extensively in Europe and America, and has motored all over England."(Fifty Years of Sport, at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools, 1922)){kind=link}