Miss N. Pope and Miss E. Pope, two early lawn tennis players

[newmark401]

I'm looking for some basic biographical information on two early lawn tennis players, Miss N. Pope and Miss E. Pope, who were probably sisters or related in some other way. According to some reports in contemporary sports papers, Miss N. Pope was a native of Bath where she was a member of the Bath Lawn Tennis Club in the early 1880s, the decade during which she played most of her tournament tennis.

Miss E. Pope is even more obscure than Miss N. Pope, and played much less competitive lawn tennis than the latter player. Unfortunately, reports in early lawn tennis newspapers rarely carried a player's first name, so it is very difficult to find anything concrete on the players in question, even their first name(s).

In addition to the first name(s), I'm looking for a date and place of birth and a date and place of death for both players.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mark

[KGarrad]

There's this from 1881?

Reference RG11, Piece 2441, Folio 49, Page 10
38 Green Park, Walcot, Bath

Wilkinson, Charlotte  Head  Widow  F  77  Annuitant  b Bath
Wilkinson, Clara  Daughter  F  35  b Bath
Pope, Annie M  Visitor  Widow  F  52  Annuitant  b Barnsley
Pope, Annie E  Visitor  F  21  b Hong Kong
Pope, Edith M  Visitor  F  18  b West Malling, Kent
+ cook & housemaid

[newmark401]

^^^^ Thanks, I think the Miss N. Pope I'm looking for might have been called Norah or Naomi.

Mark

There's this from 1881?

Reference RG11, Piece 2441, Folio 49, Page 10
38 Green Park, Walcot, Bath

Wilkinson, Charlotte  Head  Widow  F  77  Annuitant  b Bath
Wilkinson, Clara  Daughter  F  35  b Bath
Pope, Annie M  Visitor  Widow  F  52  Annuitant  b Barnsley
Pope, Annie E  Visitor  F  21  b Hong Kong
Pope, Edith M  Visitor  F  18  b West Malling, Kent
+ cook & housemaid

[KGarrad]

Couldn't see a Miss N Pope in Gloucestershire in either 1881 or 1891 census?

But I know, through my croquet connections , that Cheltenham CC has a lot of members from further afield.

Maybe the tennis club similarly had far-country members?