George Butterworth (tennis)

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George Butterworth
Full nameGeorge Montague Butterworth
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born12 May 1858 [1]
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Died12 December 1941 (1941-12-13) (aged 83)
Dorking, Surrey
Turned pro1880 (amateur tour)
Retired1896
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonSF (1880)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
WimbledonQF (1884)

George Butterworth (1858–1941) was a British tennis player in the early years of Wimbledon. Butterworth lost in the Wimbledon semis in 1880 to Herbert Lawford.[2] In 1882 Butterworth lost in the second round to Richard Richardson. Butterworth was also a fine rugby player. He played for Clifton Rugby Football Club. He was also goalkeeper for Swindon Town FC.[3] Butterworth was a lawyer. In 1899 Herbert Chapman worked as a solicitor’s clerk under the supervision of Butterworth in Swindon.[4] He later emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand. His son Hugh died in World War I.[5] George Montague Butterworth's nephew was the composer George Butterworth.

Butterworth returned from New Zealand and lived near Bournemouth. He died in 1941 in a nursing home in Dorking.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Wimbledon player archive – G.M. Butterworth". AELTC.
  3. ^ a b "DEATH OF MR. G. M. BUTTERWORTH - Former Swindon Justices' Clerk". North Wilts Herald (7199). 26 December 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Herbert and the numbers game". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  5. ^ Chapman, Paul (June 6, 2016). Menin Gate South: In Memory and In Mourning. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473850880. Retrieved September 17, 2017 – via Google Books.


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