Evelyn Colyer
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Evelyn Lucy Colyer was a female tennis
player from Great Britain.
With Joan Austin, sister of Bunny Austin, Evvie Colyer, a teenager in pig-tails, played doubles in the 1923 Wimbledon final against Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills. Colyer and Austin were known in the British press as "The Babes." At the 1924 Paris Olympics she teamed up with Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from Great Britain.
With Joan Austin, sister of Bunny Austin, Evvie Colyer, a teenager in pig-tails, played doubles in the 1923 Wimbledon final against Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills. Colyer and Austin were known in the British press as "The Babes." At the 1924 Paris Olympics she teamed up with Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Dorothy Cunliffe Shepherd-Barron was a female tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 she teamed up with Evelyn Colyer to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event....
to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event.