"Criccieth Tennis Club" can claim to be one of the oldest clubs in existence today. It began in 1882 in the grounds of "Parciau Mawr" and transferred to its present site in 1884. It was first affiliated to the "Lawn Tennis Association" in 1896. Fifty-one open tournaments were held up to 1939, with players competing for the "North Wales Championships". Notables who played here included John Boynton Priestley, the novelist, playwright and broadcaster; Frank Riseley who partnered Sydney Smith and won the Men's Double Championship at Wimbledon in 1902 and 1906; his brother Bob Riseley who was on the Wimbledon Committee of Management for many years; Dodd and Mellet of South Africa; Dorothy Round Little who was Ladies' Singles Champion at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937 and Mixed Doubles Champion in 1934, 1935 and 1936; Commander Philip Glover, "Royal Navy" champion; Thelma Cazalet-Keir, the "Conservative" feminist politician; Alan Davies; Duncan Macaulay, who was Secretary of the "All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club" from 1946 to 1963; and Megan Lloyd George, the "Liberal Party's" Deputy Leader from 1949 to 1952.