Steve also discovered that Foster patented his game compendium in Canada. Note rule 3, which mentions ‘Table Tennis’.
The rules are very brief (unlike those for the companion games of table cricket and football). One of 2 known examples.įoster’s rules, found at Cambridge University by Steve Grant (USA). Lithograph segment, earliest known action game of tennis on a table: David Foster (ENG) 1890. The Lawn Tennis game featured strung rackets, a 30mm cloth covered rubber ball, a wooden fence set up around the perimeter of the table, and large side nets extending along both sides. The earliest surviving action game of Tennis on a table is a set made by David Foster, patented in England in 1890 (No.11037): Parlour Table Games, which included table versions of Lawn Tennis, Cricket and Football. Though Table Tennis evolved, along with Badminton and Lawn Tennis, from the ancient game of Tennis (also known as Jeu de Paume, Real tennis, Court Tennis or Royal Tennis), the game was developed after Lawn Tennis became popular in the 1880s.Īncient woodcut showing jeu de paume game, published in 1576.
It was probably played with improvised equipment in England, during the last quarter of the 19th century. Like many other sports, Table Tennis began as a mild social diversion.
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