John Pius Boland, uyo akahwina mutambo uyu, akanga apinda mumakwikwi nemumwe mudzidzi wake kuOxford; chiGiriki, Konstantinos Manos. Senhengo yeAtene Lawn Tennis sub-komiti, Manos anga achiedza, nerubatsiro rwaBoland, kutora vakwikwidzi veMitambo yeAtene kubva pakati penzvimbo dzemitambo yeOxford University. Mumutambo wekutanga, Boland akakunda Friedrich Traun, mutambi wetennis anovimbisa kubva kuHamburg, uyo akange abviswa mumakwikwi e100-metre sprint.
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