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Greyfriars Bobby fans must have been disappointed...
Oliver played Ewan Adams the young friend of P.C. Gray in ‘The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby’. Born in Richmond, Surrey, England, Oliver copied the Scots accent of one of his school teachers for the film. Originating in France during the 12th century, tennis quickly became popular with royalty and the aristocracy. The oldest tennis court in the world can be seen in the grounds of Falkland Palace, Fife, Scotland. The modern game played today, began about the time Bobby appeared in Greyfriars Kirkyard. Named lawn tennis by Welsh-born Major Clopton Wingfield who designed and patented nets for the new game, the sport quickly replaced croquet as the most popular outdoor pastime of the Victorian middle and upper classes. The first lawn tennis championship was played at Wimbledon, London in 1877, five years after Bobby’s death. The spectators paid one shilling each to watch the final.
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Greyfriars Bobby fans must have been disappointed when Oliver Golding got knocked out of the Wimbledon junior semi-finals last week.
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