LSE’s sportsground opened in 1921/22 and among the many sports taking place at the new ground, in Malden, Surrey, was tennis. There was a tennis club and games took between staff and students. These images from the 1920s introduce tennis at LSE.
The tennis club in 1920:
Tennis club, 1920. IMAGELIBRARY/11. LSE
A staff and student tennis group in 1926:
Staff and student tennis, c1926. Beveridge (centre) on his left Vera Anstey, behind her Professor Arthur Sargent, to his left Baron Meyendorff. IMAGELIBRARY/189. LSE
A tennis party at Malden in 1926:
Tennis Party at Malden, 1926. All LSE evening students. Back row: Joseph Frederick Parkinson, Henry Charles Weston Sanders, Alan Russell Smith. Middle row: William Keith Atkins, Reginald Arthur Dunn, Thomas James Griffiths. Front row: David Ralston Gregg, Norman Lovell Smith. IMAGELIBRARY/910. LSE
The tennis club at Malden in June 1928:
Tennis Club, Malden, June 1928. Krishna Menon front row 4th from left, Henry Charles Weston Sanders (front row next right of Krishna Menon) Alan Russell Smith (back row second left), Donald George Bridel (back row second right), Alan Essex-Crosby (kneeling second row extreme right). IMAGELIBRARY902. LSE
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Lovely to see a very recognizable, youthful Vera Anstey in 1926 (the year before I was born)!