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General First nameSydney Lawrence
LastnameFry
GenderMale
CountryIreland
Date of birth1871-11-18
Place of birthRathmines, Dublin, Ireland
Date of death1935-12-26
Place of deathDundrum, County Dublin, Ireland


About

Sydney L. Fry was the fourth of the seven children born to Thomas Fry and Esther Maria Fry (née Clarkson). Thomas Fry ran a furniture dealership, Messrs Fry & Co., from premises located at 40 O’Connell Street (officially known as Sackville Street until 1924) in Dublin city centre. Thomas Fry was also Treasurer for the National Association for the Freedom of Worship, which wanted to abolish pew rental.

Sydney L. Fry was the Dublin manager for the London and Lancashire Insurance Company. In addition to playing lawn tennis, he was also a gifted swimmer and in 1889 saved a drowning boy from the Liffey, the river that divides Dublin into two halves. At one point Sydney L. Fry was also Secretary for the East of Ireland Championships lawn tennis tournament, a grass court meeting first held in Howth, Dublin, in July 1885.

Sydney L. Fry married Emilie Mabel Sampson, a native of Lancashire, England, on 3 June 1903 in West Kirby, Cheshire. They had two children together, sons Cyril Lawrence Fry and Edward Fry. From 1920 until his death in December 1935 at the age of 64, Sydney L. Fry lived with his family at Herbert Hill, a large house located in the south Dublin suburb of Dundrum.

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Archive statistics Career1895 - 1919
Tournament wins3
Matches128
Match wins74


Tournament wins 1909 - South of Ireland Championships (Amateur)
1901 - Scottish Highland Championships (Amateur)
1899 - Scottish Highland Championships (Amateur)


Tournaments Irish Championships - 1919 East of Ireland Championships - 1913 Irish Championships - 1911 East of Ireland Championships - 1911 Irish Championships - 1910 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1910 East of Ireland Championships - 1910 Irish Championships - 1909 South of England Championships - 1909 South of Ireland Championships - 1909 Irish Championships - 1908 South of England Championships - 1908 East of Ireland Championships - 1908 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1907 Luzern - 1906 Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament - 1906 East of Ireland Championships - 1906 Irish Championships - 1905 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1905 East of Ireland Championships - 1905 Irish Championships - 1904 Sussex Championships - 1904 South of England Championships - 1904 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1903 Irish Championships - 1902 Les Avants - 1902 Irish Championships - 1901 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1901 Scottish Highland Championships - 1901 Warwickshire Championships - 1901 Fitzwilliam Purse - 1901 Irish Championships - 1900 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1900 Scottish Highland Championships - 1900 Warwickshire Championships - 1900 Leicestershire Championships - 1900 Irish Championships - 1899 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1899 Scottish Highland Championships - 1899 Trefriw - 1899 Fitzwilliam Plate - 1899 Irish Championships - 1898 Scottish Highland Championships - 1898 Warwickshire Championships - 1898 Irish Championships - 1897 Scottish Championships - 1897 Scottish Highland Championships - 1897 Warwickshire Championships - 1897 Irish Championships - 1896 North of Scotland Championships - 1896 Scottish Highland Championships - 1896 Lansdowne LTC championships - 1896 Fitzwilliam Plate - 1896 Fitzwilliam Purse - 1896 Northumberland Championships - 1895 Warwickshire Championships - 1895 Edgbaston - 1895