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Privately for army.
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Nicholas LANE-JACKSON
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Chiefly associated with games and sports and sporting journalism. Founder of Corinthian Football Club, the London Football Association, and actively assisted in the formation of the Lawn Tennis Association. Was for some years Honourable Assistant Secretary of the Football Association, and afterwards Vice-President of that body.
Served on committee of London Athletic Club. Was for many years one of the two referees and handicappers at the chief lawn tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom, and was the first referee at most of Continental lawn tennis tournaments. Founder of the Stoke Poges Club.
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Club; was for many years one of the two referees and handicappers at the chief lawn tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom, and was the first referee at most of Continental lawn tennis tournaments; founder of the Stoke Poges Club. Publications: Association Football; handbooks on Rugby Union Football, Association Football, Lawn Tennis, Hockey, Lacrosse, Athletics, Swimming, and Golf; Editor of the Athlete’s Guide; Editor and Proprietor of the sporting journals Pastime and The Cricket Field, both of which were purchased by The Field; has written on sport for most of the chief newspapers and magazines in the United Kingdom, and for many in the United States and France. Recreations: has participated in nearly every British sport; now devoted to golf in winter and punting in summer. Address: Stoke Park, Stoke Poges, Bucks. T.A.: LaneJackson Stoke Poges. T.: 109 Slough.
