abstract:Thomas Clark (1775–1859) was a Canterbury shoemaker (cordwainer) and a prolific composer of West Gallery music, especially for the Nonconformist churches of the South East of England. Sally Drage, writing in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, notes that he was 'particularly influential as the composer of early Sunday School collections'
But hopes of upsetting the Danes were dealt a blow when Anthony Clark and Gabby White were convincingly beaten 21-7 21-12 by Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Juhl in the opening match of the tie.