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brittak


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telstar wrote:
Andy Parker wrote:

Very impressed with that selection criteria and format - just about anyone who ever competed to any decent level will be included. Also impressed with you finding out a list of all the Brits who competed at Wimbledon but never won a match. I think I would be lucky to name about ten of these, despite the fact that I guess I must have seen double that number play, as Brit watching at Wimbledon is my favourite thing to do for the first four days of the tournament. I am guessing that there will be quite a few players that none of us has ever heard of - could anyone name a Brit who never won a Wimbledon match but competed in the 1960's, without using the internet to look it up - that would be impressive and erudite, even for this forum.

 Here's my guess-John Clifton.

 

sorry wrong - he won a match and is in the first round!

 



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Looking forward to it Brittak!

Who was the coach that got banned and isnt taking part, I have a vague memory of a welsh guy?

Was Bobby Wilson the 60s player you mention?! Edit, no I see he won a match in 1969. 

 

Great to see Stanley Mathews junior will be in at as well! 



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Andy Parker wrote:

Hope Lucie Ahl and Karen Cross are there, otherwise there will be sulks (well from one person, and almost certainly only one).

 Karen should be included because she was the last British woman to qualify for Wimbledon  laidies singles. 



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Be careful from discussing those accused of sex offences but found not guilty. I say this as an ex-journalist - the laws of libel can be used for anything printed online, if the person is alive. Your safest bets are to include everyone and let the public decide. I don't imagine anyone would ever take action against posts on a forum like this, but the safest thing is not to discuss it.

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Thanks Andy - am taking your advice and will be consistent. Have edited my posts accordingly. Cheers

 

Jon - could you edit your posts too? Thanks 



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brittak wrote:

Thanks Andy - am taking your advice and will be consistent. Have edited my posts accordingly. Cheers

 

Jon - could you edit your posts too? Thanks 



-- Edited by brittak on Thursday 30th of April 2020 01:33:52 PM

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POLLS ARE UP.

I have had to make a few adjustments as I found a few double counters (e.g. maiden/married names from the early years).

As a reminder, the qualifying round is for players who played singles at Wimbledon but did not win a match in this period. I have included a number of wild cards to bring the totals up to 45 for men and women.

There are 5 groups of 9 players with a random draw.

Those with the highest number of votes (with a maximum of 16 players) across all the 5 groups will qualify for the 1st round proper.

Please feel free to provide reasons for your choices along with any memories that you may have of them.

! am planning to close the polls at around 10.00 on Saturday morning



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Lots of memories here, looking forward to unveiling the main draw players as well!

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Boy, youve got my memories flowing, Brittak! thanks for this!

Going to find trouble sleeping now!

Cheers

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Interesting to see how each poll ranges from 6 to 10 votes across the piece, with quite a few more so far on the mens than the womens. Suggesting people remember the names in some groups more than others and maybe the men are generally better known historically than the womens?

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I only recognised a few names, most seem to be before the time I became interested in any players outside the top 100. I voted for those I had seen play live, like Dan Smethurst and Neil Pauffley, but some I looked for in vain, until I realised they hd only played Wimbledon qualies (and lost in the first round) !

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I hardly know any names and haven't seen any of them play to my knowledge so will keep my votes until the "tournament proper" and see if I do any better then!

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