The Club was founded in 1905, originally for the wives of cricketers. Until 1992 it was based at Victoria Road in the grounds of the Cricket Club.
The earliest minute book we have dates from 1913:
The accounts for 1920 have some unusual items:
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Receipts |
£ |
s |
d |
Expenditure |
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Subscriptions |
97 |
8 |
6 |
Prizes |
3 |
10 |
0 |
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Sale of tennis balls |
7 |
4 |
0 |
Tennis Balls & Nets |
12 |
14 |
0 |
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Bank Interest |
2 |
17 |
9 |
Postages |
3 |
7 |
0 |
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Entertainment Tax |
3 |
15 |
0 |
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Bank Commission |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Challiner |
1 |
16 |
0 |
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Gee, Printing |
1 |
6 |
6 |
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Secretaries expenses |
0 |
14 |
0 |
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half Joint Subs to CC |
1 |
11 |
6 |
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Two-fifths Groundsmen |
43 |
0 |
0 |
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One-third Rent, Rates, Taxes |
19 |
8 |
1 |
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Two-fifths Insurance |
0 |
19 |
1 |
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One-fifth Upkeep |
1 |
11 |
1 |
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Two-fifths Pony, harness, food |
3 |
13 |
5 |
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Alexandra Cafe, meetings |
0 |
6 |
0 |
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Balance in hand Feb. 28th 1921 |
9 |
17 |
7 |
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107 |
10 |
3 |
107 |
10 |
3 |
A photograph of lady players taken at Victoria Road - date unknown, but some of the faces look familiar! More photographs on History2 - click below.
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