Leicestershire Championships 1908


General 1908-07-06 - 1908-07-08
Amateur
Grass
5
Ashby de la Zouch, Bath Grounds
England

Source Ayres 1909; Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham News


Info Draw: 20


Report Mens doubles final (Draw:14): Jones/Whitehouse def. Neilson/West 6-4 6-2



Media


Winner Wylie Cameron Grant


Players
Charles Gladstone Allen
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
Wylie Cameron Grant
Charles Stephenson Greenhough
E.V. Jones
Captain Kayser
J. Harold King
G.V. Lewis
G.P. Mills
John Francis Moss
Alexander Gilmour (Sandy) Neilson
Edward Joseph Sampson
Henry Woodward Sansom
H.C. Smedley
Reg. Webster
L. West
H.J. Weston
Cyril John Wheatcroft
A.H. Whitehouse
W.P. Wright


Rounds
Round 1
L. West*
Henry Woodward Sansom
6-3 6-3
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
J. Harold King
6-2 6-0
Edward Joseph Sampson*
Cyril John Wheatcroft
6-4 6-4
Wylie Grant*
E.V. Jones
6-0 6-4

Round 2
John Francis Moss*
H.C. Smedley
6-4 6-3
Charles Gladstone Allen*
G.P. Mills
6-0 6-2
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Edward Joseph Sampson
6-4 6-1
L. West*
W.P. Wright
6-0 6-1
Wylie Grant*
Reg. Webster
6-2 6-1
G.V. Lewis*
Charles Stephenson Greenhough
6-2 7-5
A.H. Whitehouse*
H.J. Weston
6-1 6-2
Alexander Gilmour (Sandy) Neilson*
Captain Kayser
6-2 6-2

Quarterfinals
Charles Gladstone Allen*
John Francis Moss
6-2 6-2
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
L. West
6-1 6-1
Wylie Grant*
G.V. Lewis
6-1 4-6 6-0
A.H. Whitehouse*
Alexander Gilmour (Sandy) Neilson
6-3 6-0

Semifinals
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Charles Gladstone Allen
w.o.
Wylie Grant*
A.H. Whitehouse
w.o.

Final
Wylie Grant*
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-1 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-2


Tournament
Round 1
Wylie Grant*
E.V. Jones
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
J. Harold King
Edward Joseph Sampson*
Cyril John Wheatcroft
L. West*
Henry Woodward Sansom
Round 2
Wylie Grant*
Reg. Webster
G.V. Lewis*
Charles Stephenson Greenhough
A.H. Whitehouse*
H.J. Weston
Alexander Gilmour (Sandy) Neilson*
Captain Kayser
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Edward Joseph Sampson
L. West*
W.P. Wright
Charles Gladstone Allen*
G.P. Mills
John Francis Moss*
H.C. Smedley
Quarterfinals
Wylie Grant*
G.V. Lewis
A.H. Whitehouse*
Alexander Gilmour (Sandy) Neilson
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
L. West
Charles Gladstone Allen*
John Francis Moss
Semifinals
Wylie Grant*
A.H. Whitehouse
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Charles Gladstone Allen
Final
Wylie Grant*
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen