Wills's Cigarettes
Tennis - Lawn Tennis Players, 1931
An original vintage chromolithograph
3 x 2 ½ in each
8 x 6 cm each
8 x 6 cm each
SPORTSp3865
£ 95.00
Lawn Tennis: Set of four cigarette cards featuring Helen Jacobs, Helen Wills-Moody, Joan Ridley and Joan Fry (Mrs T.A. Lakeman). Jacobs and Wills were know for the 'Battle of the...
Lawn Tennis: Set of four cigarette cards featuring Helen Jacobs, Helen Wills-Moody, Joan Ridley and Joan Fry (Mrs T.A. Lakeman). Jacobs and Wills were know for the 'Battle
of the Helens', a rivalry lasting the 1930s with Jacobs losing to Wills in six major singles finals. Ridley was a semi-finalist
at Wimbledon in 1931 loosing to Jacobs and Fry was a Wimbledon
finalist in 1925 but lost to Susan Lenge.
of the Helens', a rivalry lasting the 1930s with Jacobs losing to Wills in six major singles finals. Ridley was a semi-finalist
at Wimbledon in 1931 loosing to Jacobs and Fry was a Wimbledon
finalist in 1925 but lost to Susan Lenge.
