South Australia - Sport

Tennis

For information on ping-pong and table tennis see South Australia - Sport - Miscellany. "New Racket Court" is in the Chronicle,
1 September 1860, page 5c.

A meeting of a lawn tennis club is reported in the Observer,
24 May 1879, page 14b.

"Lawn Tennis Aprons" is in the Observer,
17 June 1882, page 42d,
"Hints on Tennis Dress" on 7 August 1886, page 42e.

Lawn tennis is reported upon in the Express,
18 October 1881, page 2e,
24 September 1883, page 3d,
Register,
1 October 1883, page 7b; also see
Chronicle,
6 October 1883, page 15d,
Observer,
20 October 1883, page 19b,
Express,
6 October 1884, page 3e,
7 September 1886, page 4c,
11 September 1888, page 4c,
11 and 25 March 1889, pages 4c and 4c,
25 January 1890, page 4f,
10 March 1891, page 4b,
Express,
5 and 21 March 1892, pages 2c and 4c,
10 and 14 April 1893, pages 3g and 4d,
6 October 1894, page 6e,
Register,
7 March 1892, page 7d,
13 and 22 March 1897, pages 4i and 4h.

"The Lawn Tennis Championship" is in the Advertiser,
5 February 1894, page 4d,
"The Ladies' Tennis Championship" on
10 April 1894, page 4g,
Express,
5 and 6 April 1894, pages 2g and 2g,
"The Lawn Tennis Tournament" in the Register,
6 and 8 April 1895, pages 4g and 5a,
also seeObserver,
30 March 1895, page 19d, 13 April 1895, page 20c.

Information on the first inter-colonial match is in the Express,
25 March 1895, page 2c,
27 and 30 April 1895, pages 6d and 2c,
"Intercolonial Tennis" is in the Advertiser,
17 February 1900, page 6e.

"Tournament of Lawn Tennis" is in the Register,
7 March 1896, page 4h,
Advertiser, 16 March 1896, page 6b,
"Lawn Tennis and Bowls" on 26 March 1898, page 4f.

A lawn tennis tournament is reported in the Express,
21 March 1899, page 4c.

A photograph of Miss Parr, "a defeated '99 champion" is in The Critic,
3 March 1900, page 13.

"Tennis and Ping-Pong" is in the Register,
21 October 1901, page 4d,
"Lawn Tennis" on
22 February 1902, page 4d.

Photographs are inThe Critic,
29 November 1902, page 8,
23 March 1904, pages 6, 10 and 11,
7 February 1906, page 15,
21 February 1907, pages 13-16.

"Roll of Champions" is in the Observer,
7 March 1903, page 18e.

Photographs of an interstate match are in the Chronicle,
26 March 1904, page 42,
2 April 1904, page 43,
Observer,
24 March 1906, page 27,
2 and 9 March 1907, pages 29 and 31,
Chronicle,
2 March 1907, page 30,
of the SA Ladies' Team on
24 November 1923, page 36.

"The Tennis Girl" is in the Observer,
27 October 1906, page 7b.

"The Tennis Girl in 1909" is in the Observer,
20 March 1930, page 52a.

A photograph of members of the Adelaide District Tennis Club is in the Observer,
7 April 1906, page 29,
of tennis matches on
29 March 1919, page 25.

"The Boy Evil at Tennis" is in the Register,
2 March 1907, page 6i,
"Lawn Tennis in the Park Lands" in the Advertiser,
1 August 1913, page 8g.

"Adelaide Tennis Player [C.J. Hall] in America" is in the Observer,
19 October 1907, page 22d.

"Wanted - A Tennis Ground" is in the Register,
25 July 1913, page 11d,
1 August 1913, page 6e.

"War and Sport - Tennis Scheme Held Over" is in the Register,
16 October 1915, page 9c,
16 November 1915, page 5a,
17 March 1919, page 5d,
"Lawn Tennis Boom" on
12 March 1920, page 7c.

The opening of a new lawn tennis ground near the Adelaide Oval is reported in the Register,
19 October 1921, page 8g; also see
Advertiser,
24 October 1921, page 6i.

Biographical details of N.L. Jarvis are in the Register,
8 November 1922, page 11d.

"A Game for the People" is in the Advertiser,
3 February 1923, page 10h,
"The Game of Tennis" in the Register,
16 March 1923, page 6f,
"What of the Future?" in the Observer,
28 April 1923, page 18a.

Information on a University Ladies tennis team and a photograph is in the Register,
22 May 1923, page 7.

"Sunday Tennis" is in the Observer,
24 May 1924, page 60a.

Lawn Tennis Ground" is in the Register,
20 January 1925, page 14e.

"Tennis for Women" is in The News,
5 January 1926, page 3g.

"Sunday Play - Forbidden by SALTA" is in theRegister,
21 August 1928, page 9b.

"Bare Legs on the Tennis Court" is in The News,
19 June 1929, page 6c,
"Bare Legs for Tennis" is in The News,
4 February 1932, page 12e.

"Sunday Tennis" is in the Advertiser,
23 August 1928, page 19c,
6 March 1930, page 8h,
8 April 1930, page 15c,
"Early Days of Tennis" on
14 October 1932, page 12c.

"Early South Australian History" is in The Mail,
29 August 1931, page 10b.

"Shorts for Tennis" is in The News,
11 October 1933, page 3c,
15 November 1933, page 5b.

"Sunday Tennis Ban Hits Suburban Clubs" is in The News,
22 August 1935, page 6a.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.

"Will Two-Handed Play Change Tennis" is in The News
9 February 1937, page 4f.

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