Ernest Hicks

Ernest William Hicks (14 January 1877 – 3 September 1956)^[1] was an Australian tennis player who was a player/manager of his nation's Davis Cup team.^[2][3]

Ernest Hicks

Full name	Ernest William Hicks
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1877-01-14)14 January 1877 Balmain, New South Wales
Died	9 March 1956(1956-03-09) (aged 79) Bowral, New South Wales
College	Newington College

Hicks was born in Balmain, New South Wales, the fourth of eight children and second of four sons of Henry Hicks and Emily Garrett. His older brother was tennis administrator Thomas Hicks (1869–1956).^[4] Living in Stanmore, he was educated at Newington College commencing in 1891 aged fourteen.^[5]