Dale Womersley

Dale Womersley was a British tennis player who was active in the late nineteenth century, born on 28 July 1860 and died on 22 August 1942. He played at the 1880 Wimbledon Championships, where he was beaten in the second round by William Renshaw, and between 1879 and 1882 he won three singles titles, among them the Essex County Cricket Club tournament and the Devonshire Park Championships at Eastbourne. He was educated at Marlborough College, worked as a stockbroker, and was the brother of the lawn tennis players Albert Womersley and Nalton Womersley. He also kept wicket for Essex County Cricket Club before the club became first-class in 1894, and he died at Brentwood aged 82.