Mrs. Hillyard           1/6
Miss Martin             1/6
Miss D.K.  Douglass      2/6
Mrs. Durlacher          3/6
Mrs. Greville           3/6
Mrs. Pickering          3/6
Miss Robb               3/6
Miss Lowther            4/6
Miss A.M.  Morton        4/6
Miss Thomson            5/6
Mrs. Winch              5/6
Mrs. Evered             15
Miss Lane               15
Miss Longhurst          15
Miss Tulloch            15

At Wimbledon, in 1902, I had two very strenuous matches, which improved my game immensely.  The first, against Mrs. Durlacher, I just won.  The second, against the late Miss Robb, I just lost, after one of the closest matches I have ever played.  Miss Robb won the championship this year.  It was a great fight; and though of course it is hard to judge, I always feel I played in that game as well as I have ever played.  The score in Miss Robb’s favour was 6/4, 2/5, 9/7.  Thus we both won seventeen games.  This year I paid my first visit to Newcastle, a tournament which I always look forward to and enjoy as much as any meeting.  The management is all one can desire, the people so keen and hospitable.  I had a good hard fight with Mrs. Sterry, losing 7/5, 7/5, and winning with her the Ladies’ Doubles cups.  At Brighton I was again beaten by Mrs. Sterry, although managing this time to get a set.  At Eastbourne the following week I won my first match against Mrs. Sterry in Open Singles, the score being 5/7, 6/2, 6/3.  I was simply delighted, after so many reverses, to win a match against this player.  I had been beaten so often by her, and sometimes felt as though I never should be rewarded by a victory to my credit.  The classification of players for 1902 was as follows: 

Miss Robb               Scratch
Mrs. Sterry             Scratch

Miss D.K.  Douglass      1/6
Miss L. Martin          1/6
Miss Longhurst          1/6

Mrs. Hillyard           2/6
Miss H. Lane            2/6
Miss A.M.  Morton        3/6
Miss Greville           3/6
Miss Steedman           3/6
Mrs. Durlacher          3/6
Miss C.M.  Wilson        3/6
Miss Lowther            3/6
Miss Bromfield          3/6
Miss Thomson            4/6
Mrs. Pickering          4/6

In 1903 I paid my first visit to the Northern tournament, held at Manchester that year.  I won the All England Mixed Doubles Championship with Mr. F.L.  Riseley, and was beaten in the challenge round of the Ladies’ Singles by Miss L. Martin after a very hard struggle:  4/6, 7/5, 6/4.  It seemed a great pity that Miss Martin was not able to play at Wimbledon that year.  It was a lean year, and for me a lucky one, for with so many of the best players not competing for the championship (Mrs. Hillyard, Mrs. Sterry, Miss Robb, and Miss Martin were all absentees) I was given a chance of winning the coveted title.  I met Miss E.W.  Thomson in the final, who had beaten Miss Morton and Miss Wilson in the preceding rounds.  I had had a good fight against Miss Lowther before reaching the final.