Simon J Eaves
Biographic Data
| ID | 6103905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon J Eaves |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon J |
| FAMILY NAME | Eaves |
| SIGNATURE | EAVES S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6245-9106 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Decline of Lawn Tennis in Ireland around the Turn of the Twentieth Century
For a time in the 1880s and early 1890s, lawn tennis in Ireland was at its peak, and a leading nation in the sport, globally. Its players were among the world’s best, the only rival to its national championships in terms of prestige and quality of entries was Wimbledon, and its coaching professionals ranked among the world’s most sought after. From the mid-1890s onwards, however, a combination of bad management and bad luck brought long-term decl…
The Forgotten Powerhouse
Within the historiography of lawn tennis in Ireland, there remains considerable scope to discern how the sport rose to prominence – reaching its apex in the early 1890s – among the wealthy landed classes, and what influence it had upon the structure and culture of the sport globally. This is set against the assumed view of lawn tennis being a rather marginal sport during the late-nineteenth century when the fight for popularity between native Iri…
Dwight Davis and the Foundation of the Davis Cup in Tennis
Dwight F. Davis is widely credited with having invented, or at least conceived, the original idea for the international tennis competition that bears his name, the Davis Cup. This paper aims to debunk this myth through comprehensive critical analysis of the period preceding Davis’s apparent epiphany in 1899. Previous national-team-based competitions are investigated, alongside key figures in American and British/Irish tennis, to demonstrate that …
Tennis
Book Review| July 01 2018 Tennis: A Cultural History. 2nd ed. Gillmeister, Heiner. Tennis: A Cultural History. 2nd ed. Sheffield, UK: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2017. Pp. xiv+599. Notes, illustrations, color plates, bibliography, index. $45, pb. Simon J. Eaves Simon J. Eaves Manchester Metropolitan University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2018) 45 (2): 253–254. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthist…
Defeat, decline and disconnect
Of all periods in the history of British tennis, arguably the inter-war years were the most significant and tumultuous. Officials recommenced activities with an ultimate goal of restoring British prowess at an international level. This paper aims to assess the long-term effectiveness of the LTA’s efforts in these regards. It was far from straightforward. After several years of lacklustre performances, a group of reformers staged a mutiny that cul…
The ‘ghosts’ of lawn tennis past
This article examines the lives of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century lawn tennis coaching-professionals, notably Tom Burke, Harry Cowdrey, Charles Haggett and George Kerr. These men, considered equally if not more gifted than the first-ranked amateur players of the period, have received scant attention or recognition, either as ‘expert’ players or for their role as coaches/instructors within the ‘amateur’ game. Ostensibly, these working…
The ‘Ubiquitous Apostle of International Play’, Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves
In the context of sustained imperial dominance during the late Victorian era, foreigners perceived British playing styles, methods and approaches to lawn tennis as ‘blueprints’ for aspiring players. Those seeking to learn the game were largely dependent on observing skilled performers, however before the mid-1890s, most of the best British players declined to venture to Australasia and America, perceiving the opposition as inferior and their cham…
Defeat, decline and disconnect
Of all periods in the history of British tennis, arguably the inter-war years were the most significant and tumultuous. Officials recommenced activities with an ultimate goal of restoring British prowess at an international level. This paper aims to assess the long-term effectiveness of the LTA’s efforts in these regards. It was far from straightforward. After several years of lacklustre performances, a group of reformers staged a mutiny that cul…
The Decline of Lawn Tennis in Ireland around the Turn of the Twentieth Century
For a time in the 1880s and early 1890s, lawn tennis in Ireland was at its peak, and a leading nation in the sport, globally. Its players were among the world’s best, the only rival to its national championships in terms of prestige and quality of entries was Wimbledon, and its coaching professionals ranked among the world’s most sought after. From the mid-1890s onwards, however, a combination of bad management and bad luck brought long-term decl…
The ‘Ubiquitous Apostle of International Play’, Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves
In the context of sustained imperial dominance during the late Victorian era, foreigners perceived British playing styles, methods and approaches to lawn tennis as ‘blueprints’ for aspiring players. Those seeking to learn the game were largely dependent on observing skilled performers, however before the mid-1890s, most of the best British players declined to venture to Australasia and America, perceiving the opposition as inferior and their cham…
Defeat, decline and disconnect
Of all periods in the history of British tennis, arguably the inter-war years were the most significant and tumultuous. Officials recommenced activities with an ultimate goal of restoring British prowess at an international level. This paper aims to assess the long-term effectiveness of the LTA’s efforts in these regards. It was far from straightforward. After several years of lacklustre performances, a group of reformers staged a mutiny that cul…
The ‘ghosts’ of lawn tennis past
This article examines the lives of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century lawn tennis coaching-professionals, notably Tom Burke, Harry Cowdrey, Charles Haggett and George Kerr. These men, considered equally if not more gifted than the first-ranked amateur players of the period, have received scant attention or recognition, either as ‘expert’ players or for their role as coaches/instructors within the ‘amateur’ game. Ostensibly, these working…
The ‘Ubiquitous Apostle of International Play’, Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves
In the context of sustained imperial dominance during the late Victorian era, foreigners perceived British playing styles, methods and approaches to lawn tennis as ‘blueprints’ for aspiring players. Those seeking to learn the game were largely dependent on observing skilled performers, however before the mid-1890s, most of the best British players declined to venture to Australasia and America, perceiving the opposition as inferior and their cham…
Dwight Davis and the Foundation of the Davis Cup in Tennis
Dwight F. Davis is widely credited with having invented, or at least conceived, the original idea for the international tennis competition that bears his name, the Davis Cup. This paper aims to debunk this myth through comprehensive critical analysis of the period preceding Davis’s apparent epiphany in 1899. Previous national-team-based competitions are investigated, alongside key figures in American and British/Irish tennis, to demonstrate that …
Tennis
Book Review| July 01 2018 Tennis: A Cultural History. 2nd ed. Gillmeister, Heiner. Tennis: A Cultural History. 2nd ed. Sheffield, UK: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2017. Pp. xiv+599. Notes, illustrations, color plates, bibliography, index. $45, pb. Simon J. Eaves Simon J. Eaves Manchester Metropolitan University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2018) 45 (2): 253–254. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthist…
The Forgotten Powerhouse
Within the historiography of lawn tennis in Ireland, there remains considerable scope to discern how the sport rose to prominence – reaching its apex in the early 1890s – among the wealthy landed classes, and what influence it had upon the structure and culture of the sport globally. This is set against the assumed view of lawn tennis being a rather marginal sport during the late-nineteenth century when the fight for popularity between native Iri…
The Decline of Lawn Tennis in Ireland around the Turn of the Twentieth Century
For a time in the 1880s and early 1890s, lawn tennis in Ireland was at its peak, and a leading nation in the sport, globally. Its players were among the world’s best, the only rival to its national championships in terms of prestige and quality of entries was Wimbledon, and its coaching professionals ranked among the world’s most sought after. From the mid-1890s onwards, however, a combination of bad management and bad luck brought long-term decl…
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