The Houseboat Trophy and its history

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Also known as the Sudeley Trophy No 1

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History

The Houseboat Trophy is a silver model of a houseboat with a tennis court on top. There are a set of figures which can be set up to play a game of tennis. The makers mark is CHT which is probably Charles Hanbury Tracy (otherwise known as the 4th Lord Sudeley), first President of the Club and a noted amateur silversmith. The Trophy was first competed for in 1926, four years after the death of Lord Sudeley. The plaque mentions the LGOC (Kingston) and the first winner is shown as from Kingston Garage LGOC. Up until at least 1938, this Trophy was for the Summer of the Bus Garage, although its title changed to the London Passenger Transport Board in about 1936. Even as late as 1967, the London Transport Rifle Club held its meeting at Ham & Petersham.

There is also another similar Trophy around with which it may be confused. When the Club won the Alexandra Trophy outright in about 1907 a houseboat Trophy was put up by the club for inter-Club competition. The 1909 picture of the Trophies won that year shows the other Houseboat. It has four windows rather than three and the ladders seem to be slightly different.

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    2002     2001     2000
    1999     1998 A A Barker   1997
J Beckwith   1996 C Killick   1995 C Killick   1994
M J Bland   1993 A J Chivers   1992 A Chivers   1991
J Harper-Smith   1990 J Harper-Smith   1989 J Beckwith   1988
D Granger   1987 G Bridle   1986 D Granger   1985
M J Bland   1984 J Farr   1983 J Beckwith   1982
J Beckwith   1981 J Farr   1980 J Farr   1979
R Overall   1978 J C Coker   1977 A Chilton   1976
A Chilton   1975 A Chilton   1974 Mrs N A Parrish   1973
C Boylan   1972 R S Smith   1971 I F Wyatt   1970
I F Wyatt   1969 I F Wyatt   1968 C Phillips   1967
P Waxman   1966 E Rosner   1965 NoWinner   1964
No Winner   1963 E Rosner   1962 J E Fardon   `961
J E Fardon   1960 W N Parker   `959 W N Parker   1958
J E Fardon   1957 W E Cokayne   1956 No Winner   1955
No Winner   1954 C Phillips   1953 W B White   1952
D Treble   1951 W B White   1950 No Winner   1949
No Winner   1948 No Winner   1947 J S Sheppard   1946
A L Vanneck   1945 Col Gould   1944 Capt Platt   1943
H J Donovan   1942 A B C Duke   1941 F F Sligo   1940
No Winner   1939 No Winner   1938 W H Bryan   1937
W H Bryan   1936 E Talbot   1935 J Coalter   1934
J Coalter   1933 H Stroud   1932 C G Tickner   1931
T Edward   1930 W H Bryan   1929 E Talbot   1928
C A Foreman   1927 W H Bryan (Kingston) Garage LGOC   1926      

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