Ramsgate: Campaign to honour Wimbledon’s first tennis champion

After his Wimbledon triumph, Gore solely performed yet one more match on the well-known event and by no means returned after 1878.

He was additionally a wonderful cricketer and performed for Surrey at county stage.

Dominic Murphy, from Mates of Spencer Sq., in Ramsgate, stated he felt “so unhappy” when he got here throughout the headstone.

He stated: “We suggest that the brand new one can be easy and chic with a inexperienced base and honey-coloured stone with a brand new inscription with the Wimbledon brand on it.”

The 2 males are attempting to boost £5,000 to make Spencer Gore’s resting place “extra distinguished and widely-known”.

They hope the refurbishment will happen earlier than subsequent 12 months’s Wimbledon event.

Mr Vickers stated: “I don’t wish to overstate it, however from a tennis perspective it is fairly cool that the primary Wimbledon champion is buried on out patch.”