A tennis trophy won by Edinburgh-born Harold Mahony, the first Scottish-born Wimbledon winner 117 years before Sir Andy Murray, has fetched nearly £5,000 at auction. Mahony, who was born in Charlotte Square, won the silver rose bowl for winning the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Tournament in June 1890. He lifted the “Residents Challenge Cup” first prize […] The post Edinburgh-born Tennis pioneer’s trophy sold appeared first on The Edinburgh Reporter.
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