Word: wightman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...just wasn't Britain's year in international sport. Against one of the strongest U.S. teams ever sent to the courts, Britain's tennis team knew that it had no chance to take home the Wightman Cup (for women's tennis). But there was a match to be played, and 38-year-old Captain Ted Avory, who helped select the British team, had picked the best in British tennis. U.S. spectators, taking his word for that, decided that he had also picked the best-looking...
Varsity Singles: Backe, Wightman, Tufts (capt.), Pratt, Warren, Swartzman, Willuer, Ames, Briggs, Gresham...
Varsity Doubles: Tufts and Wightman, Backe and Pratt, Coon and Briggs, Willner and Levin, Ames and Warren, Ecker and Ferdinand...
...lineups, Varsity: Backe, Wightman, Tufts. Pratt, Warren, Swartzman, Coon, and Briggs...
...Varsity Lineup: Backe, Tufts, Wightman, Pratt, Warren, Shwartzman, Backe and Briggs, Willner and Levin, Ames and Ecker...