Charles Lacy
Sweet
Male
England
1861-01-24
Clifton, Bristol, England
1892-11-02
Clifton, Bristol, England
Charles Lacy Sweet was the son of William Sweet (1821-1905), a native of Clifton in Bristol, and a solicitor by profession, and Louisa Isabella Sweet (née Hillier; 1825-1912), who was from London. Charles Lacy Sweet also became a solicitor. In addition to competing in lawn tennis tournaments, he was also a footballer and referee. In 1888, he helped to inaugurate the Gloucestershire Association Football Cup and was later honorary secretary of the Gloucestershire Football Association. He died of typhoid fever and pneumonia in November 1892 at the age of only 32.
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From the Western Daily Press, 3 November 1892:
The announcement of the death of Mr Charles Lacy Sweet, which took place yesterday at his residence, 83 Pembroke Road, Clifton, will be received with very widespread regret. The deceased was well known and extremely popular in athletic circles, and he has been aptly described as the link between first-class lawn tennis in London and the west of England, having frequently been associated with the Renshaws in different parts of the country.
More recently, he had identified himself with association football, and it was while umpiring a match at Warmley that he contracted the illness which has cost him his life. He caught a severe chill, which speedily developed serious symptoms, including inflammation and haemorrhage, and yesterday afternoon he passed away. The sad news was received in the city with profound sorrow.
1882 - 1892
9
120
77
1890 - Boulogne (Amateur)
1889 - West Somerset Archery and Lawn Tennis Society (Amateur)
1886 - Clifton (Amateur)
1884 - East Grinstead (Amateur)
1884 - Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament (Amateur)
1883 - Cirencester Park Tournament (Amateur)
1883 - Portishead (Amateur)
1882 - Exmouth (Open)
1882 - Cirencester Park Tournament (Amateur)
Round 1
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
2-6
6-1
6-2
7-5
Round 1
H. Walters 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-4
6-4
ret.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Harold (Harry) Bacon
6-3
2-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Tancred Disraeli Cummins 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
7-5
ret.
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
A.H. Greening
4-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Reginald Arthur Gamble 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
5-2
ret.
Round 1
R.G. Weston 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-3
2-6
4-1
ret.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
R.N. Green
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Albert Francis (Frank) Stoddart
6-3
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Sidney Howard Smith
6-3
6-4
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
E.L.C. Platt
6-2
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Albert Francis (Frank) Stoddart
6-4
6-1
1-6
7-5
Semifinals
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William Ross Ormsby Hindle
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Saint John Brown Killery
6-0
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William Methven Brownlee
6-4
7-6
ret.
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Arnold Wyersdale Blake
6-1
6-0
ret.
Semifinals
Albert Francis (Frank) Stoddart 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-3
4-6
6-2
ret.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
W.C. Butlin
6-0
6-2
6-1
Round 1
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-3
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
M.F. Luther
6-1
6-2
6-3
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William C. Taylor
1-6
6-4
6-0
6-0
Challenge Round
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
1-6
6-4
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Kenneth Ramsden Marley
4-6
6-3
9-7
5-7
6-4
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William Sidney Nelson Heard
5-0
ret.
Challenge Round
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-2
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Hampden Francis Wilkieson
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
T. Baker
6-0
6-2
Final
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
10-12
6-1
6-1
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William Sidney Nelson Heard
4-6
6-4
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Kenneth Ramsden Marley
6-1
6-0
7-5
Semifinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Walter Castle
6-4
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Philip Grove
6-1
9-7
ret.
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-2
2-6
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
T.H. Fox
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Ernest Legassicke Hancock
7-5
6-1
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-1
6-0
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
8-10
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Herbert Wilberforce 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
4-6
6-3
6-0
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Cameron Dean-Shute
10-8
9-7
6-0
Quarterfinals
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
bye
Round 2
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-1
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Ernest Legassicke Hancock
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
5-7
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William C. Taylor
6-2
6-2
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-3
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William C. Taylor
6-2
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-2
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-1
6-3
6-4
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-3
3-6
6-2
1-6
7-5
Round 1
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Horace Barnes
?
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
6-3
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-0
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Sir William John Ferguson Davie 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
James Baldwin
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
John Charles Kay
7-5
6-1
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Mark Anthony Hartnell
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Fortescue Willoughby Porter
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Donald Charles Stewart 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
5-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
E.H. Nicolls 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
7-5
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
John Charles Kay
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Arthur John Stanley 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
5-6
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
H. Evelyn
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Eyre Chatterton 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-4
6-0
ret.
Round 1
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Montague Alfred Orgill
6-0
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Arthur Llewlyn Davies
6-5
6-4
3-6
1-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Walder Grinstead 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-3
6-3
ret.
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
George Reston Brewerton
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Walder Grinstead 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Leveson Granville Campbell
6-2
1-6
6-4
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
George Lawrence Orme
6-2
6-3
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
0-6
6-1
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
H. Foster
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-5
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Frederick Alexander Bowlby
6-2
6-3
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Leveson Granville Campbell
6-2
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Montagu Hankey
w.o.
Round 2
Charles Walder Grinstead 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
George Montague Butterworth
?
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
E.F. Hall
?
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Eustace Fiennes
?
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Montagu Hankey
?
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Pelham George Von Donop
6-0
6-4
7-5
Round 1
J.W. Patterson 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
F. Matthews
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William Parkfield Wethered
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Norman Goodford Cholmeley
6-3
6-0
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Lionel Wilberforce
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
G.G. Woodruff
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Humphrey Berkeley
6-4
3-6
6-0
Round 3
G.H. Taylor 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-4
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Francis Regner Brooksbank Pinhorn
6-3
6-5
Quarterfinals
Charles Walder Grinstead 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-2
6-1
Round 1
A.H. Griffiths 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Rev. A. Law
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Donald Charles Stewart 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Julian Marshall
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
C.H. Dawson
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Philip Francis Cary Elwes
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Edward Lake (Teddy) Williams
6-4
6-0
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Pelham George Von Donop
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
F. Pratt Barlow
?
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
bye
Semifinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Pelham George Von Donop
?
Final
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Francis Robert (Frank) Benson
?
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
H. Gribble
w.o.
Round 2
Pelham George Von Donop 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-0
6-5
Round 1
Pelham George Von Donop 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.