Frank Stoker

Frank Owen Stoker (29 May 1867 – 8 January 1939) was an Irish tennis and rugby union player.[2][3] He is the only rugby international to have won Wimbledon.[2]

Not to be confused with Henry Hugh Gordon Stoker.

Frank Stoker
Country (sports) Ireland
Born(1867-05-29)29 May 1867[1]
Dublin, Ireland
Died8 January 1939(1939-01-08) (aged 71)
Dublin, Ireland
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon2R (1893)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
WimbledonW (1890, 1893)

Stoker was Irish tennis champion (doubles) in 1890, 1891 and 1893 - 1895. In 1890 and 1893 he and Joshua Pim won the doubles in Wimbledon.[2] He was a member of Landsdowne Lawn Tennis Club.

He played five times for Ireland in rugby union between 1886–91.[2][3] Stoker was a Forward, he played four matches in the Home Nations Championships, and one against the touring New Zealand Natives side.

Stoker trained as a Dental Surgeon and qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland holding a LDS (Licence in Dental Surgery). He lived in Westland Row, Dublin and married Margaret(Rita) in 1900, they had daughters May, Norma, Joan and Ruth.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 titles)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1890 Wimbledon Championships Grass Joshua Pim George Hillyard
Ernest Lewis		 6–0, 7–5, 6–4
Win 1893 Wimbledon Championships Grass Joshua Pim Harry Barlow
Ernest Lewis		 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
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See also

References
  • Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records (Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3 )
  1. Residents of a house 23 in Westland Row (Trinity Ward, Dublin), Census of Ireland, 1911; Westland Row Dublin; Retrieved on 5 March 2018
  2. Cotton, p82
  3. Player profile on scrum.com, retrieved 27 February 2010


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