New South Wales Championships 1897


General 1897-05-04 - 1897-05-08
Amateur / Challenge
Grass
5
Sydney, Association Cricket Ground, Moore Park
Australia

Source The Sydney Morning Herald


Info Draw: 18


Report Mr. Hughes played under pseudonym Mr. Keck.



Media


Winner Dr. Albert Curtis


Players
Robert George Bowen
Dr. Albert Curtis
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst
Dr. Albert Curtis
Alfred Wallace Dunlop
Harold Stuart Fox
Stewart Dunsmure Goddard
Benjamin (Ben) Green
Henry Richard Crossman
Dr Jeffearson William Hester Hester
Dr. Samuel Henry Hughes
Augustus Daniel (Gus) Kearney
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
A.H. Lee
Charles Lyford MacKenzie
Septimus Arthur Noble
C.H. Reading
Horace Michael Rice
Francis Aimé Waller
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer


Challenge round
Dr. Albert Curtis*
Henry Richard Crossman
6-1 6-0 6-4


Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

Gus Kearney*
A.H. Lee
6-0 6-1 6-3
Horace Rice*
Dr. Samuel Henry Hughes
6-8 6-0 6-4 2-6 6-3

Round 2
Dr. Albert Curtis*
Septimus Arthur Noble
6-2 6-1 13-11
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst*
C.H. Reading
7-5 6-2 6-3
Horace Rice*
Stewart Dunsmure Goddard
6-1 6-0 6-2
Benjamin (Ben) Green*
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
3-6 6-2 6-1 6-1
Gus Kearney*
Alfred Dunlop
7-5 6-1 7-9 9-7
Robert George Bowen*
Francis Aimé Waller
6-1 6-1 6-1
Charles Lyford MacKenzie*
Harold Stuart Fox
11-9 3-0 ret.
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer*
Dr Jeffearson William Hester Hester
6-2 6-4 6-3

Quarterfinals
Dr. Albert Curtis*
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst
6-2 6-2 6-0
Gus Kearney*
Robert George Bowen
6-3 7-5 6-3
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer*
Charles Lyford MacKenzie
6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2
Benjamin (Ben) Green*
Horace Rice
4-6 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-3

Semifinals
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer*
Gus Kearney
6-4 3-6 3-6 6-3 7-5
Dr. Albert Curtis*
Benjamin (Ben) Green
6-0 6-3 6-4

Final
Dr. Albert Curtis*
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer
7-5 6-4 12-14 3-1 ret.


Tournament
Round 1
Horace Rice*
Dr. Samuel Henry Hughes
Gus Kearney*
A.H. Lee
Round 2
Dr. Albert Curtis*
Septimus Arthur Noble
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst*
C.H. Reading
Benjamin (Ben) Green*
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
Horace Rice*
Stewart Dunsmure Goddard
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer*
Dr Jeffearson William Hester Hester
Charles Lyford MacKenzie*
Harold Stuart Fox
Gus Kearney*
Alfred Dunlop
Robert George Bowen*
Francis Aimé Waller
Quarterfinals
Dr. Albert Curtis*
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst
Benjamin (Ben) Green*
Horace Rice
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer*
Charles Lyford MacKenzie
Gus Kearney*
Robert George Bowen
Semifinals
Dr. Albert Curtis*
Benjamin (Ben) Green
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer*
Gus Kearney
Final
Dr. Albert Curtis*
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer