Ernest George
Meers
Male
England
1849-02-25
Kingsnorth, Kent, England
1928-08-20
York, England
From the internet: Ernest Meers was an organist and gum merchant. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s College, Oxford, and was later chairman and managing director of Watt’s Ltd, gum makers. He married Eliza Rose, daughter of Captain Henry Douglas-Hart of the Madras Army, who was assassinated while serving in India in 1858. Ernest and Eliza Meers had three sons and two daughters together.
1885 - 1896
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1892 - Fitzwilliam Purse (Amateur)
1892 - British Covered Court Championships (Amateur)
1891 - Kent Championships (Open)
1891 - Middlesex Championships (Amateur)
1890 - Essex Championships (Amateur)
1890 - Kent Championships (Open)
1889 - Kent LTC Championships (Amateur)
1888 - Acton Vale (Amateur)
1888 - Kent LTC Championships (Amateur)
1888 - Essex County Cricket Club (Amateur)
1888 - Kent Championships (Open)
1887 - Kent LTC Championships (Amateur)
1887 - Essex County Cricket Club (Amateur)
1887 - Essex Championships (Amateur)
Quarterfinals
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
w.o.
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
7-5
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
John Flavelle
6-1
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
7-9
9-11
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Leslie Powell 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
6-4
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-1
5-7
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-3
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Thomas (Tom) Chaytor 1 *
Ernest George Meers
1-6
6-1
6-8
8-6
6-4
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
R.S. Dobbin
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
William L. Escombe
6-0
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty
6-3
6-3
6-4
Challenge Round
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
3-6
5-7
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Charles Branston Hunt
6-1
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Turketil George Pearson Greville
6-0
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Sidney Howard Smith
6-2
6-0
6-1
Final
William Charles Renshaw 1 *
Ernest George Meers
1-6
9-7
4-6
8-6
6-3
Challenge Round
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Ernest George Meers
10-8
6-2
6-3
Round 1
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-1
6-0
6-1
Challenge Round
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Ernest George Meers
4-6
2-6
8-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw
6-4
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
6-2
6-1
6-3
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
6-3
6-2
8-6
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-3
3-6
6-1
6-2
Challenge Round
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Henry (Harry) Grove
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Herbert Baddeley
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Walter Herbert Boyd
6-2
3-6
6-1
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
6-3
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-4
8-6
5-7
2-6
6-3
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
William Saint George Frederick Perrott
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
4-6
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Henry Bingham de Vic Tupper
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Herbert Chipp
6-2
1-6
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Baddeley 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
6-4
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur Gore
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
5-7
6-4
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-0
3-6
11-9
2-0
ret.
Round 2
S.F. Hulton 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
D. Fuller
6-0
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
George Hillyard
5-7
6-1
9-7
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
5-7
3-6
6-4
6-0
6-1
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
James Herbert Crispe
w.o.
Challenge Round
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-4
8-6
6-3
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
bye
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
E. Malden
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Stuart Baddeley
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
E.D. Young
6-2
6-4
Final
A.R. Stephenson 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
2-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Henry Bingham de Vic Tupper
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
William C. Taylor
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
S.C. Witting
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Herbert Baddeley
6-0
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur Gore
6-3
6-1
4-6
6-1
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
6-2
9-7
6-1
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Ernest Wool Lewis
w.o.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Alfred E. Walker
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
6-2
2-6
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Guy Brabazon Pilkington
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
John Henry Head
6-4
6-8
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Harry Stanley Scrivener 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-4
6-4
2-6
6-4
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur J.B. Norris
6-0
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Ernest George Meers
4-6
7-9
ret.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
David Elgar Payn
6-1
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Dr Charles James Lownds
w.o.
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Charles Edward De Fonblanque
6-3
6-1
6-1
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur Gore
6-3
3-6
6-1
6-3
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
5-7
8-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Edward Henry Christy
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
P.A. Hayne
6-1
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
George Richmond Mewburn
6-8
6-4
6-3
6-3
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
6-0
6-0
7-5
Challenge Round
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Walter Castle
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
William C. Taylor
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
E.J. Layton
6-4
6-2
Final
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Ernest George Meers
2-6
4-6
6-0
6-4
6-3
Round 1
E.A. Thomson 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Round 1
Frederick Alexander Bowlby 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Charles Edward Sands
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Marion Randolph Wright
7-5
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Fred Mansfield
6-1
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Oliver Samuel Campbell 1 *
Ernest George Meers
5-7
6-1
5-7
6-4
6-2
Round 1
A. Taylor 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Challenge Round
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-4
1-6
6-2
9-7
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Alfred E. Walker
6-0
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Edgar John Chippendale
6-0
8-6
ret.
Semifinals
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
James Herbert Crispe 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Challenge Round
Edward Henry Christy 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Charles Gladstone Eames
8-6
8-6
4-6
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
Ernest George Meers
7-5
4-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
6-4
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Herbert Wilson Fox
6-1
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
w.o.
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
E.J. Layton
6-0
6-3
6-0
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
7-5
5-7
4-6
6-2
6-4
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Frederick Alexander Bowlby
5-7
3-6
9-7
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
A.W. Gordon
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Dr Charles Hyde Champion Cousens
w.o.
Semifinals
Francis O’Shaughnessy Belli Reade 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
bye
Round 2
Wilfred Baddeley 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
George Richmond Mewburn
6-2
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Frank Still
6-2
6-2
6-1
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Herbert Chipp
6-4
6-8
4-6
6-3
6-3
Challenge Round
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Jacob Gaitskell Brown
6-0
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
6-2
0-6
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion
6-2
9-7
7-5
Semifinals
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harold S. Stone
4-6
6-2
5-7
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion
2-6
6-1
6-4
7-9
8-6
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Herbert Chipp
2-6
6-0
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harry Stanley Scrivener
7-5
6-3
6-3
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
6-4
6-0
7-5
Challenge Round
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
6-2
6-2
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Edward Henry Christy
6-1
6-0
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Charles Gladstone Eames
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Herbert Wilberforce
6-3
6-1
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Ernest George Meers
9-7
6-3
6-3
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Charles Gladstone Eames
6-2
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
George Richmond Mewburn
6-2
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
George Nelson Stenhouse
6-3
6-2
ret.
Semifinals
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Ernest George Meers
7-5
6-2
5-7
0-6
6-2
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
George Kensit Barnabas Norman
4-6
6-5
6-2
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
R.W. Wallace
6-1
6-2
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
P.M. Evans
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Philip Grove
6-2
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-0
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Oswald Milne
4-6
8-6
8-6
7-5
Semifinals
Herbert Wilberforce 1 *
Ernest George Meers
7-5
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Herbert Chipp 1 *
Ernest George Meers
2-6
7-5
ret.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Gilbert Mahon
4-6
6-1
7-5
3-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
George Ernest Dixon Brown
7-5
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Percy Bateman Brown
6-0
6-1
7-9
7-5
Final
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
7-5
3-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur John Stanley
w.o.
Semifinals
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Ernest George Meers
2-6
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Edward Burford Morrison
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Ernest George Meers 1 *
L. Walker
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur John Stanley
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Edward James Avory
6-5
6-2
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Alfred E. Walker
6-2
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur Frederick Cousins
7-5
1-6
6-0
Semifinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
C. Eden
6-1
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Charles Gladstone Eames
4-6
7-5
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Arthur Frederick Cousins
6-4
3-6
6-3
6-1
Final
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Wilfred Baddeley
7-5
1-6
6-3
6-2
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
3-6
6-0
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
Ernest George Meers
7-5
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
F.E. Cole
6-1
3-6
6-1
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Herbert Chipp 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
5-6
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
A.S.G. Taylor
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Ernest George Meers
2-6
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
Ernest George Meers
1-6
2-6
7-5
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
David Elgar Payn
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Arthur William Meers 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Round 1
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Francis O’Shaughnessy Belli Reade
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Bowes-Lyon 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
3-6
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
A.R. Lewis
6-3
9-7
Semifinals
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
Ernest George Meers
8-6
6-1
Final
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Michael Gallwey McNamara 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 2
William Howard 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
6-4
ret.
Quarterfinals
Herbert Fortescue Lawford 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-3
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Edward Berners Upcher
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest George Meers 1 *
C.C.J. Perry
6-0
6-2
Final
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Ernest George Meers
6-1
6-2