MRS. G.W. HILLYARD AND MR.

G.W. HILLYARD MISS D.K. DOUGLASS AND MR.

HILLYARD MRS.

C.W. HILLYARD AND MR.

Miss Maud Watson, Miss Rice, Mrs. Hillyard, the late Miss Robb, Miss Sutton, Miss Boothby and myself are base-liners.

There are hundreds of splendid golf greens and cricket pitches all over the country, but for some inexplicable reason a good grass lawn tennis court is, as Mr. G.W. Hillyard has remarked, "almost as rare a sight as a dead donkey."

Happily we get this rare spectacle at Wimbledon under Mr. Hillyard's able care and management.

[ILLUSTRATION: A TOURNAMENT HOUSE-PARTY AT NEWCASTLE Front row (left to right): THE LATE MISS C. MEYRE, MR. G.W. HILLYARD, MRS.

HILLYARD, MRS.

At one time Mrs. Hillyard and Mrs. Sterry had both been members of this same club.

Curiously enough, Mrs. Hillyard, Mrs. Sterry, Miss Sutton, and myself have all lived, at different periods of our lives, very close togetherMrs.

Hillyard at Greenford, Mrs. Sterry and myself at Ealing, and Miss Sutton at Acton.

Miss A.M. Morton, Miss A.N.G. Greene, Miss Garfit, Miss Robb, Mrs. Hillyard, Miss Dyas, Miss Austin, and Miss C. Cooper were in the first class.

The classification for that year (1898) was: Miss C. Cooper Scratch Miss Austin 1/6 Miss Dyas 1/6 Mrs. Hillyard 1/6 Miss Martin 1/6 Miss Steedman

The classification for 1899 was: Mrs. Hillyard Scratch Miss Martin Scratch Miss C. Cooper

Miss Robb, Mrs. Greville, and Miss C. Cooper were owe 15.3 and Mrs. Hillyard owe 30.

Mrs. Hillyard Scratch Miss C. Cooper 1/6 Miss Martin 2/6 Mrs. Greville 2/6 Mrs. Pickering 3/6 Miss Robb

Classification for 1901: Mrs. Sterry Scratch Mrs. Hillyard 1/6 Miss Martin

1/6 Miss L. Martin 1/6 Miss Longhurst 1/6 Mrs. Hillyard

It was a lean year, and for me a lucky one, for with so many of the best players not competing for the championship (Mrs. Hillyard, Mrs. Sterry, Miss Robb, and Miss Martin were all absentees)

G.W. HILLYARD (Champion, 1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900) One of the most exciting matches I remember was the final for the Championship at Wimbledon, played on the centre court on July 6, 1889, between Miss Rice and me.

[Signature: Blanche Hillyard] MRS.

We beat Mrs. Hillyard and Mr. W. Baddeley in the final.

Certainly I must be honest and say it wasn't exactly a good championship win, for Miss Dodd, Mrs. Hillyard, and Miss Martin were all standing out.

The Secrets of Hillyard House.