JDRTC Map Evidence
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed around 1855 shows the tennis court site as an enclosed field of nearly 3 acres on the east side of the largely undeveloped Matthew Bank. Immediately north of the tennis court site is an enclosed garden or orchard associated with the surviving buildings on the south side of Castles Farm Road. This enclosure, and its associated buildings survived the construction of the tennis court, or Raquet Court as it is labelled on the 2nd and successive following editions of the Ordnance Survey map series. The building on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map of 1898 is shown sitting in a levelled site within a large enclosed site which is bordered to the east by the wooded slopes of the Ouseburn, with the site most adjacent to the Racquet court seemingly having been cleared of trees by this time. The 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map of c1920 shows a rectangular enclosure - perhaps a lawn tennis court? - in the open area east of the Racquet Court, while the 4th edition of c1940 shows, in addition to large-scale residential development on the west side of Matthew Bank, three 'Tennis Courts' on the south side of the Raquet Court. South of these, the Council nurseries had been installed and, in the enclosed garden bordering Castle Farms Road to the north of the Raquet Court, several detached greenhouses are shown, adding to those which had been gradually added to the line of stone buildings there. The tennis court-sized area marked within woodland on the east side of the Racquet Court is still shown on this map, but is rather less well defined, suggesting that if it had been a lawn tennis court, it had been abandoned following the opening of the new courts south of the Racquet Court.
The Field, the Country Gentleman's Newspaper, October/November, 1894
OPENING OF A NEW COURT.
IT IS NO LONGER SO SURPRISING as it was only a few years ago, to hear of a new tennis-court being built.
It is, however, no less pleasant than it was, to hear such news; and in the North, where a new court has just been completed, courts are not common.
Lord Brougham has one, at Eamont Bridge, near Penrith ; another, at Falkland Palace, of old foundation, has been recently restored by the Marquess of Bute.
North of Manchester, there does not seem to have been another beside those two.
But now a third has been built, for Sir Andrew Noble, K C.B., F.R.S., &c., at Jesmond Dene House, near Newcastle-on-Tyne.
It is of red brick, in the new style borrowed from the time of Queen Anne, and stands apart from the house, having dressing-rooms, &c., attached to it.
One of the most striking features about the building is the large circular windows, by which side-light is obtained. A top-light is got from skylights, 90ft- x 12ft. The court measures 110ft, x 38.8ft.; the floor, 96 x 31.8. The lower edge of the penthouse is 7ft. 1½in. from the floor : the upper edge, 3ft. 8in. higher; width of penthouse, 7ft. The play-line is 18ft. 6in. from floor, at sides; at ends of the court, 23ft. 6in. Height of roof-plat, 30ft,: of ridge to roof 45ft.
Altogether the building is far from being unsightly, a fault which it is rather difficult for a Tennis-court to avoid.
The opening ceremony consisted in a match played by Sir Edward Grey and Charles Saunders, the latter conceding half-30, last Monday. Sir Edward was successful in the first set, after 3 games all had been called, and 4-3 in favour of Saunders. Then the amateur got the next three games in rapid succession, and so the first set, by 6-4.
In the second set, Saunders brought out a better service, and soon had 5-1 in his favour. Sir Edward, however, playing very well, now-pulled up level, and, after scoring games-all, won the advantage- game pretty easily. The twelfth game was very stoutly contested, and fell eventually to the champion's share, after several long rests, his opponent having been more than once within a stroke of victory. The next game, after another protracted struggle went the same way; and the fourteenth without much difficulty, was also won by Saunders, and with it the set, by 8-6.
During the third set, the professional had always rather the best of it; and he won by 6-2.
This even course of success was reversed in the fourth set, which Sir Edward, after losing the first game and another, won by 6-2, playing up in his own very active and energetic style, and returning everything within reach of him.
There was naturally a keen interest taken in the fifth and concluding set, and excitement ran high, the strokes of both players calling forth frequent and loud bursts of applause from the crowded dedans. Sir Edward soon won the fifth game, 3-2, and it looked as if he were destined to win the match, for Saunders showed signs of fatigue. The latter, however, was not so tired as the spectators thought, for the score was presently called, 4 all; and the champion then rapidly won the two following games, the last stroke of all being decided in the fore-band corner, beyond the reach even of Sir Edward Grey, in very brilliant fashion; and so he obtained the set, by 6-4, and the match by 3 sets-2, 26 games-24. It is needless to say that Saunders was in good form, for that follows naturally from the facts, -that be gave half-30 to his antagonist, and came out of the contest victorious.
Other matches followed, and the ceremony of the opening concluded amid expressions of general satisfaction with the court, and with the players' performance on this interesting occasion.
JDRTC Block Plan, 1984
JDRTC South and End Elevation Plans, 1894
JDRTC South Elevation Plab, 1894 (passed)
The Field, the Country Gentleman's Newspaper, August 31, 1912
TENNIS.
THE TENNIS COURTS OF ENGLAND.-XXIL
Private Courts.
X. - Sir Andrew Noble's at Jesmond Dene, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
THE LAST OF THE THIRD GROUP of private courts- those built between 1860 and 1895-in use in England is that at Jesmond Dene- House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, built by Sir Andrew Noble in 1894. I have said before that these thirty^ five years marked the greatest transition in the building of courts, and that the end of it saw some courts almost as good as anything built since. This is essentially the case with Jesmond Dene, which in my opinion, is as good as any private court in existence in England.
The reason why I place Jesmond Dene last of the third group of courts, and not first of the fourth or modern group, is that at the time it was built floors were all still made of stone. The chief of three or four modern inventions-the cement or composition floor, designed by Mr Bickley, made in large rectangular slabs, and generally coloured red, or some other colour than black-had not then come into use. It was first used in the court at Suffolk House, Newmarket, opened in 1901. Nearly all of the English private courts built since-namely, Cheveley Park, Moreton Morrell (Mr Garland's), Crabbet Park (Mr Lytton's), Hardwick second court (Sir C. D. Rose's), Sea Court (Mr Marshall's)-are, or have been, equipped, with these floors-at Crabbet the floor was originally red, but has now been changed to black-and, indeed, are practically all of the same size and built from the same plan, which may possibly become a sort of standard for all future courts. The advantages and disadvantages of the new form of floor over stone are freely discussed. I shall leave further mention of them and other inventions until I discuss the modern group fully. I have said enough here to show why I take ninety-five as the dividing line.
Jesmond Dene Court is the only one now in use in the north of England, and, indeed, there are no others anywhere near it. Brougham Hall Court, built by Lord Brougham in 1852, close to Penrith, and now disused, is the nearest. Of those in use the nearest are Mr Clark's at Troon and the Manchester Tennis and Racket Club. The court was built by Mr Bickley for Sir Andrew Noble, formerly a keen player, and ever a generous supporter of the game, and was opened in October, 1894. I had heard much of this court and its merits, especially from Edgar Lambert, the professional there, before I was able to accept Sir Andrew Noble's kind invitation to visit it last October, and I was not the least disappointed in it.
Naturally everyone must) have predilections, and a court that suits one player's game exactly is not so advantageous to another's. I place Jesmond Dene as my favourite private court from a playing point of view. Personally I think that its pace, medium to fast, is more conducive to the most beautiful of the arts of the game-both for spectator and player alike-namely, first stroke, floor play in general, and careful service, than are the very fast courts of the last few years, such as Moreton Morrell; and in the general adjuncts of the building there are not many features that could be improved upon, and several which I should select for an ideal court.
Jesmond Dene House is about three miles out of Newcastle, and the court lies at the end of the garden, about a quarter of a mile from the house. The building, standing east and west, which is of dark red brick, is distinctly imposing. The roof is penthouse shaped, and at each corner there is a gable. Below the ending of the slope of the roof at the top of the outside- of the gallery wall there are six large round windows, with two smaller ones at either end. These round windows are quite pretty, and are to my mind a great improvement on the usual oblong pattern. Below them, run a wooden passage, and below this, jutting out from the wall, are the dressing-rooms. On the main wall side of the court the windows are oval shaped. At the dedans end there is a round window above the play-line, and there is a false dedans abutting on to the wall. At the grille end there is a similar round window and the professional's cottage. Many of the courts of recent times are quite attractive from the outside, and Jesmond Dene, in my opinion, holds its own with any.
A rough ground plan of the buildings is given below:
From the inside the lighting of the court is excellent in every way. The large skylight and the side windows on both aides ensure, this, and as the windows have obscured glass no blinds or shades are necessary. This is a great saving of labour and of annoyance in the course of a game, for it is most irritating to have to stop for a minute or two in a hard match while blinds are being raised or lowered.
The roof is supported partly by small white wooden beams- small, that is, compared with the beams of older courts-and partly by metal stanchions. In the most modern courts metal stanchions alone are used, and if they make the court a little lighter and the ball easier to follow in the case of a high stroke, for purposes of decoration one thinks Jesmond Dene is an excellent compromise.
Each side of the roof itself is in three sections, two of wood, at bottom and top, and the middle of glass.
The space between the play line and roof at both ends is made of brickwork terra-cotta in colour. It is light, pretty, and not distracting to the eye in play. I regard it as better than the white stone used in the most modern courts, as it is not so glaring in a bright light and does not give so much reverberation. In each corner of the court above the play line there is a small cornice, which again is an, excellent device of decoration, as it adds distinct relief to the building and can do no possible harm to the play. The play line is of mahogany about 6in. broad, and not quite flush with the wall. The bandeau is painted very dark green, the wood of the grille is plain oak. The walls and penthouses are grey black. The floor is made of Dorset stone laid in medium-sized slabs; it is coloured a very dark red. This colour was the result of a preparation discovered by Edgar Lambert, the professional at Jeamond Dene, and as a colour I regard it, if it will stand the test of time as Lambert believes, as the best in existence, though if a, dark green can ever be obtained that might be better. The dark red is not subject to the glare of the most recent brighter red floors, and at the same time it gives one an admirable sight of the ball and is a relief from the black of the walls. The colours in the floor lines, &c., are: chase lines on floor, walls, and the numbers black half court and pass line black, service line yellow. The gallery posts are fairly small, but made of wood, of which I have several times pointed out the disadvantages. There is a stanchion in the dedans which is not necessary, but as it is at the net side of the ball trough it docs not interfere at all with the play.
The accommodation for spectators in the largo dedans is excellent. It is most comfortably furnished, well warmed, and very bright, and for a match a large number of rows of seats would be possible. A small plan of the dedans is given below.
There is also the usual accommodation in the side gallery, and leading out of this on the service side of the net are the dressing-rooms and bathrooms. The dimensions of the court are given below:
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Ft ins
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Greatest internal length
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112 8
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„ breadth
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40 0
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Length of floor
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26 8
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Breadth of floor, dedans wall
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32 0
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grille wall
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30 6
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Penthouse, upper edge
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10 1
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„ lower edge
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7 2
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„ width over galleries
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8 0
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„ „ grille .
„ „ dedans
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8 0
8 0
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Floor to lower edge of galleries
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3 8
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„ „ grille
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3 8
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„ „ dedans
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3 8
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„ upper edge of galleries
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7 2
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„ „ grille
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7 2
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„ „ dedans
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7 2
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Dedans opening
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21 10
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Forehand wall
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4 6
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Backhand wall
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5 6
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Size of grille
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3 3sq.
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Joue (service side)
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16 9½
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Last gallery
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9 8
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Second gallery :
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9 7½
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The door
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3 3½
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First gallery
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5 2
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Line opening
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7 9½
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First gallery (hazard side)
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5 2
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The door
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3 3½
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Second gallery
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9 7½
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Winning gallery
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9 8
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Joue
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16 9½
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Net at Post
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5 0
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Met at main wall
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5 0
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Length of net
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32 0
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Pass line from half-court line
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7 1
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Service line to grille wall
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21 0
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Tambour to grille wall
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13 8
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Measurements of tambour
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1ft 6in x2ft 6in x 2ft 8in
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Bandeau
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3½
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Gallery posts
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4in diameter
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There is no striking peculiarity, but both in length and breadth the court is in the large size.
As a playing court Jcsmond Dene is wholly delightful. Floor, walls, and pent houses are all in correct relation to one another, and are of medium to fast medium pace. The result is that one is given time to get into position when one should be given time, and at the same time a ball when properly cut comes down very quickly. There is never any need to "snatch" at the ball as is sometimes unavoidable in the very fast courts with composition floors. Also no one form of service seems to have any undue advantage. As a whole it provides every advantage for a good fast game, but not of such a pace as to conduce to hard, indiscriminate hitting.
The professional at Jesmond Dene is Edgar Lambert, a member of the famous family of players and a fine player, who has been unfortunate in being incapacitated from hard match play just at the time he was coming to his best, and championship honours might possibly have gone his way. He was born on July 27, 1874, at Hatfield, being the son of Charles Lambert, who is still professional to Lord Salisbury there, and grandson of John Lambert, who was then professional. Edgar as a boy learned tennis at Hatfield under such capable master, and he also played there with Sir Edward Grey, Mr E. B. C. Curtis, Mr A. J. Balfour, and others. His first engagement away from home was in 1888, when he was at Queen's Club for a few months. From there he went with Robert Moore to the court at New York, and was there for three years. In 1893 he was with Tom Pettitt at Newport, and in 1894 he went to Mr Fiska Warren's private court. In the next year he returned to England, and, on April 2, 1895, he became professional to Sir Andrew Noble at Jesmond-Dene in succession to Frank Forester, who had been there since the opening of the court on Oct. 15, 1894. Forester was afterwards at Brighton, and is now in America with Mr Jay Gould.
Lambert inherited the skill for ball games, and in early life became proficient. In the years about 1900-1905 ho had improved to a point where he was not far behind the leaders of the day Peter Latham and C. "Punch" Fairs. He several times practised with championship competitors to get them in form, and at one time seriously thought of challenging for the championship. But his health gave way temporarily, and he was forbidden to play hard matches. He is, one is glad to say, better again, and made a welcome reappearance in match play in the Manchester Professional Handicap last October, and he has since shown that he has lost little of his powers.
Though not an elegant player so far as style is concerned, Lambert has practically all the qualities of the great player of the modern school. He can be a very hard hitter, and his attack in the openings is certainly one of the most serviceable parts of his game, but he has at the same time command of an excellent stroke, both fore-hand and back-hand, and can play the floor game if he so wishes. Without being a great server, he has, too, several varieties which he can deliver well, and, of course-for the modern tennis to be first class a man must have these things. He is quick on his feet and can return almost anything. As a teacher he is most painstaking and successful.
I give below details of some matches played by Lambert:
May 29, 1897, at Prince's Club, Knightsbridge, K. Gray (now at Brighton) beat Lambert, level, by three sets to one, twenty-two games to twenty-one.
June 13, 1897 at Newcastle, Lambert beat Gray, three sets to love, eighteen games to thirteen.
May 21, 1898. at Prince's, C."Punch" Fairs (the late champion) beat Lambert, level by three sets to love.
May 9, 1902, at Newcastle, E. Johnson, jun. (now at Moreton Morrel), beat Lambert, level, by three sets to two.
At Lord's, Lambert beat J. French, level, by three sets to love.
At Newcastle. Lambert beat Fenneli, three sets to love.
At Hewell Grange, Redditch, Lambert beat Fennell (receiving 15 for 1 bisque) by five sets to love.
At Newcastle, Lambert and Johnson drew, two sets all, level.
June 7, 1902, at Prince's, Lambert beat Fairs by three sets to love, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Lambert received 15 and 1 bisque.
January, 1903, at Hewell Grange, Lambert beat J. Harradine, of Cambridge (receives J 15), by four sets to love.
Feb. 13, 1904, at Newcastle. Lambert beat Fairs by three sets to one. Lambert received 15 and 1 bisque.
May 28, 1904, at Prince's, Lambert beat G. F. Covey (present champion) (now at Crabbet Park), level, by three sets to one.
June 7, 1904, at Newcastle, Lambert beat Covey by three sets to love, level.
Aug. 6, 1904, at Newcastle, Lambert beat Latham by three sets to one. Lambert received 15 and 1 bisque.
Dec. 31, 1904, E. Johnson v. Lambert, at Newcastle a draw. First set. Johnson, twenty-eight games to twenty-six-the longest set of which I have a record: second set. Lambert. 6-3.
April 7. 1905, at Oxford, Lambert beat R. C. Dickinson, three sets to love, level.
June, 1905 at Newcastle, Lambert beat Dickinson by three sets to love.
June 14, 1905 at Lord's Johnson beat Lambert, level, by three sets to two. twenty-five games to twenty-six, after two hours and twenty-three minutes' play.
1906, at Brighton, Lambert beat F. Forester, Mr Gould's professional, by three sets to love, level.
1906, at Newcastle. Lambert beat Forester by three sets to love.
Manchester professional handicap, October 1911, A.Smith (Petworth). receives 30, beat Lambert, scratch, 8-6, 8-5.
Jan. 1, 1912, at Newcastle. Lambert and A. Twinn (Cambridge) drew at two sets all. Twinn received 15 and a bisque.
Besides tennis Lambert has distinguished himself at other branches of athletics.
Sir Andrew Noble, the owner of the court, was for many years a devotee of tennis, and he continued playing until well over the age of seventy. His second son, Mr J. H. B. Noble, who played racquets for Oxford, was a first-rate player, possessed of particularly attractive style, but he cannot now give much time to the game. Mr A. H. J. Cochrane, a son-in-law of Sir Andrew, and in his day a fine left-handed bowler, plays fairly regularly, and has an effective railroad service and considerable powers of return, while one of Sir Andrew's grandsons, Mr H. B. Noble, who is now at Cambridge, is distinctly promising. The owner is most kind in granting permission to play, and a list of names of players is kept in the court who can come at any time that it is not wanted for the house.
Sir Edward Grey some twelve or fifteen years ago was a frequent visitor to the court. The opening match was a single between the Foreign Secretary and the late Charles Saunders. At the time Saunders - that master of the more classic style which is now almost forgotten - was considered to be the leading professional in England, and his defeat a week or two later by Latham in the championship created some sensation. At Jesmond Dene he beat Sir Edward Grey after a desperate struggle, and this may be said to have been almost his last good performance. In the championship he showed some loss of activity, and his health gave way shortly afterwards. Besides this single there was a four, in which Sir Edward and Charles Lambert, a capital partner, beat Saunders and Frank Forester, the marker. Sir Edward had also many a good fight with Edgar Lambert, beating him in the early days of the court, but as time went on receiving short odds.
From the list of Lambert's matches it will be seen that many famous professionals have visited the court. Among well-known amateurs who have played there are Lord Alverstone, Lord Ridley, Sir Edward Grey, Mr. R. H Phillipson, Capt. R. K. Price, the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, Mr E. B. C. Curtis, and Mr H. J. Tennant.
Though not so palatial in its scope or surrounding buildings as Mr Garland's court at Moreton Morrell, for instance, and though it lacks one or two of the features of the more modern courts, there is no private court, as a, whole, which I like better, if as well, and I should select from it the following features at least in planning an ideal court: 1. The round side windows and the windows in each end wall; 2. The terra cotta coloured brickwork over the play line; 3. The cornices in each corner of the court; 4. The colour of the floor.
DEXTER
The Field, The Country Gentleman's Newspaper
August 31 1912, No. 3114. page 471.
The Field, October 11th, 1928
TENNIS
THE TENNIS COURTS OF ENGLAND
Re-opening of Jesmond Dene House Court
IN A SENSE it is a misnomer to talk of the re-opening of Jesmond Dene court, for the building has always been kept in order for play, though there has been very little tennis there in the last few years. Now a young professional, Charles Lambert, has been engaged at the court, and this week a series of opening matches are in progress.
The court, which is a few miles out of Newcastle, was built for Sir Andrew Noble and first opened in 1894. Sir Andrew himself was a keen player and took part-in games until he was over 80.
The time of the court's erection was a transition. The improvement in tennis court building, due in no small degree to the late Joseph Bickley, had not at that time in certain details quite reached the pitch which it attained early in this century. But Jesmond Dene certainly belongs to the modern rather than the ancient, and it is and always has been one of the most delightful courts in which to play.
Arthur Forrester was the first professional at Jesmond, but was succeeded after a few months by Edgar Lambert, a member of one of the most distinguished families of tennis players which has given some dozen players to the game. Edgar was a fine player and at the beginning of this century was very near the championship class, and indeed, had not ill-health interfered with his career, he might well have challenged for the world's title. But he was early laid aside from hard match play, and never recovered sufficiently to do himself justice in very strenuous contests again, though he was seen in one or two of the professional handicaps, at Manchester and Prince's before the war. Charles, who is his son, is still under 20 and shows very great promise. He has been an assistant under Groom at Lord's for the past two or three seasons. Two of Sir Andrew's grandsons, H. B. and H. W. Noble, are both efficient players who have appeared in the Amateur Championship.
The chief match on the first day's play was between Lambert and George Cooke, the assistant professional at Manchester, who is in the early 20's, while Lambert is still short of his nineteenth birthday. The two had met in the junior professionals' handicap at Queen's last autumn, when Cooke was set to give the long odds of 30, and at this was over-weighted. On the present occasion it was decided that the odds should be reduced to 15 and a bisque, which proved an admirable handicap. Lambert just won by three sets to one, but there was very little in it and Cooke was within a point of making the score two sets all.
Cooke did not settle down to the conditions in the first set, and Lambert soon got a long lead and won the set at six games to three. The second set went to Cooke at six games to four, and the third to Lambert at a similar score. In the fourth set Cooke reached five games to two with the bisque taken, and looked a certain winner of the set. But Lambert then played at the top of his form for the next two games, and Cooke's lead was wiped out in the tenth game, after he had been one point off the set.
Lambert continued to play at his best and won the next two games and the set and match. For so young an exponent he used his head well and took his bisques to advantage.
In Lambert we have a professional who may go far, and possibly one who may make a champion in time.
No player ever yet sprang ready-made from "the head of Zeus," and Lambert has a long way to go, and many pitfalls to avoid before he can reach the high flights of the game. But he has the necessary natural assets and the makings of stroke and service. It is to be hoped that he will set his standard very high and will never be lulled into a false security in thinking that a stroke with length and a suspicion of cut is as good as a better. It may at times seem to achieve a similar result in laying down or winning a chase or in making the opponent miss the ball, but it is not wearing him down as is the stroke with the hall-mark of class that is pitched up to chase 2 and comes down at chase 2. In this part of the stroke, pace in the air and length are two of the partners, but they are junior to pace and heaviness off the floor. There must be real weight in the stroke; and anyone who has ever played Mr. Jay Gould knows very well what this means. Among other things the sufferer's racket is nearly knocked out of his hand.
With the traditions of his great-uncle, George Lambert's stroke behind him, and his father near at hand to help and advise, young Lambert is not likely to be contented with any thing except the very best.
Cooke is a workmanlike little player who with his keenness and determination, is bound to put a good deal on to his game. He played very well in this match after the first set, though now and again he threw away an advantage at the critical moment by hitting down an easy one.
Score :
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Games
6 4 6 7 23 Lambert (receives 15 and a bisque)
3 6 4 5 18 Cooke
In the absence of a professional marker, E. B. Noel essayed the task. One cannot recall any previous match between two professionals marked by an amateur.
JDRTC EH Listing
Location: RACQUET COURT, JESMOND DENE ROAD (north off)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE AND WEAR
Date listed: 30 March 1987
Date of last amendment: 30 March 1987
Grade II
NZ 26 NENEWCASTLE UPON TYNEJESMOND DENE ROAD (north side, off) 9/319Racquet CourtG.V.II
NZ 26 NE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE JESMOND DENE ROAD (north side, off) 9/319 Racquet Court G.V. II Real tennis court and house, now badminton and real tennis club;by F.W. Rich for Sir Andrew Noble.
Flemish garden wall bond brick with ashlar and terracotta dressings; roof of plain tiles with terracotta gable copings; lead turret roofs. One high storey, 8 bays and 2-storey ninth bay. Pent entrance extension on right return; low 4-bay pent front extension. South elevation: large round windows, with pivoted central section and metal glazing bars, in keyed ashlar and terracotta surrounds; bays defined by buttresses. Ninth bay has upper 4-light stone-mullioned window. Pentice in front of 4 right bays has sash windows, tripartite in gabled alternate bays. Tall octagonal corner turrets have terracotta strings; cornices and high domes with ball finials. Right return entrance porch has arts-and-crafts Gothic style ornament above elliptical open arch; parapet with high spike finials. Wood gallery on rear.
JDRTC Plan, 1946
