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Australian tennis player

Thomas Hicks
Full nameThomas Henry Hicks
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1869-05-15)15 May 1869
Sydney, New South Wales
Died9 June 1956(1956-06-09) (aged 87)
Mosman, New South Wales
CollegeNewington College

Thomas Henry Hicks (15 May 1869 – 6 September 1956) was an Australian tennis player and administrator who managed Australia and New Zealand's participation in early Davis Cup competitions. Hicks was born in Balmain, New South Wales, the first of eight children and four sons of Henry Hicks and Emily Garrett. He was the older brother of Ernest Hicks. Living in Stanmore, Hicks was educated at Newington College commencing in 1885 aged sixteen. Hicks was the Honorary Secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia/Australia from 1904 until 1926.

References

  1. Descendants of John WEAVERS Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. "THE TENNIS PLAYERS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 1 April 1913. p. 9. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. "LAWN TENNIS". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 13 January 1915. p. 10. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  4. The Hicks Hyde Family in Australia: Information about Thomas Henry Hicks Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  5. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 88
  6. "MR. T. H. HICKS HONOURED". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 5 August 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
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