Wimbledon Tennis Championship interest: 5 bronze medallions ...

Hammer

£190

Wimbledon Tennis Championship interest: 5 bronze medallions of the All England Lawn Tennis Club as awarded as souvenirs to Umpires officiating in the Lawn Tennis Championship final for the years 1930-1933 and 1939, each named to H. Wager, uncased. VF to GVF; a Sterling Silver propelling pencil, engraved on barrel "75th Anniversary" and "Wimbledon 1961", GC (tarnished); a postcard of Fred Perry and signed "To my old pal Harold with best wishes, Fred 1931"; a "Lawn Tennis - a review of play and players 1938" booklet including articles by Dorothy Round, Fred Perry and Frank Wilde, cover detached and few pages loose (pages present start at page 5 to 60 only), this booklet includes an underlined paragraph on p 9 "The most coveted appointment for an umpire is to be asked to take a match on the centre court at Wimbledon. In this respect Mr Harold Wager, of the Paddington Club, is perhaps "The King of Umpires". He has handled several finals with marked ability, and has never lost his nerve." ; 4 "Daily Sketch" press photographs from the Bunny Austin/Donald Budge final from 1938 and showing Harold Wager as Umpire on that occasion. (Austin was the last British player to reach the men's single final prior to Andy Murray, Fred Perry was the last British player to Win Wimbledon before Andy Murray in 1936.). £120-150