The Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.
[1] was an early Victorian era men's grass court tennis tournament first staged in June 1881 at the Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
[2] The inaugural men's singles event was won by Richard Taswell Richardson a two time Wimbledon finalist.
[3] The Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament was an early open men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first stage in 1881 at the Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
A description of the event that concluded on 18 June 1881: On Thursday, 16th, the tournament of the Liverpool Cricket Club commenced, the Gentleman's singles in this competition proving a very easy affair for R.T. Richardson, who had no opponent worthy of his steel.