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merging aspects of real tennis,
racquets and lawn tennis. It
derives from
sphairistikè (Ancient Gr****
meaning "the art of
playing ball"), the term originally...
- December 1873,
Wingfield designed and
patented a game
which he
called sphairistikè (Gr****: σφαιριστική,
meaning "ball-playing"), and
which was soon known...
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original on 30 July 2024.
Retrieved 18 July 2017. "Anyone for a game of
sphairistiké?". The
Northern Echo. 27 June 2009.
Archived from the
original on 30...
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earlier as an
outdoor version of real
tennis and
originally given the name
Sphairistikè, was
added to the
activities of the club. In
spring 1877, the club was...
-
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield a year or so prior, and
originally called Sphairistikè) was
introduced in 1875, when one lawn was set
aside for this purpose...
- his hourgl****
court in 1874, but not his eight-page rule book
titled "
Sphairistike or Lawn Tennis", but he
failed in
enforcing his patent. In his version...
-
Major Clopton Wingfield introduced his
version of lawn tennis,
called Sphairistikè; on his
patent application, he
described it as a "New and
Improved Court...
- have
started as
early as 1859. It thus
clearly pre-dates the game of
sphairistikè,
whose rules were
published and for
which equipment was sold by Major...
-
Clopton Wingfield designs and
patents a
racquet sport,
which he
calls sphairistike (Gr**** σφάίρίστική, "skill at
playing at ball"), soon
known simply as...
- of lawn
tennis which were
demonstrated were
Major Clopton Wingfield's
Sphairistikè, and John H. Hale's
Germains Lawn Tennis.
After the meeting, the MCC...
