Cricketer and tennis player. He was the winner of the first Wimbledon tennis tournament in 1877, and played cricket for Surrey County Cricket Club. Father of the artist Spencer Frederick Gore.
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Spencer William Gore
{Next to the crest of Merton Council:} Westside House Built early in the 18th...
Cricketer and bishop. Born David Stuart Sheppard in Reigate, As a cricketer he played for Cambridge University, Sussex and England. He converted to Evangelical Christianity while at Cambridge, and ...
Sportsman and profligate bon vivant, a life-style enabled through his vast inherited wealth. President of the National Sporting Club. Initiated the boxing prize, the Lonsdale Belt. Founder and firs...
Head coach of the Bradford Bulls, and the Wales national rugby league team.
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Boxer.  Started boxing at The Ring, Blackfriars Road.  British Lightweight Champion, 1924-25.  The picture source gives his fight history and at Rootsweb we found: “... prominent boxer and lightwei...
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