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Brisbane Exhibition 1948

General Date1948-08-09 - 1948-08-14
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CityBrisbane, Milton Courts, Frew Park
CountryAustralia

Source Tennishistory.com.au, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane Telegraph

Info Draw: 34

Media

Winner Player George Allan Worthington

Players

Mervin Atherton
Ian George Ayre
P.J. Briggs
Frank J. Byrnes
C.B. Cormie
John Herbert (Jack) Crawford
Jack Dart
Percy Bruce Gaydon
Laurie Halloran
J. Hindman
Mervyn Jackson
Kevin Johnstone

Ronald F. Keily
Sam E. Lang
Walter James Leiper
Arthur Alexander Liddle
W. Lord
Robert J. McCarthy
B.J. Moore
Owen Murphy
A. Rex Patterson
F.H. Patterson
Ronald Poon
A. Gordon Postle

H. Raward
Harry Rode
Harold Skennar
Mag Sweet
D. Sweet
K. Townsley
Lex Vinson
Richard T. Williams
Gary Woltmann
George Allan Worthington

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

A. Gordon Postle*
H. Raward

6-3 6-1 6-3

Gary Woltmann*
J. Hindman

6-4 6-3 6-3

Round 2

George Worthington*
Ronald F. Keily

6-0 6-0 6-0

Sam E. Lang*
Frank J. Byrnes

6-4 6-0 6-2

Harry Rode*
Walter James Leiper

6-1 6-0 6-3

Harold Skennar*
Ronald Poon

6-1 7-5 6-4

Kevin Johnstone*
K. Townsley

6-2 6-0 6-2

Percy Bruce Gaydon*
C.B. Cormie

6-4 6-1 6-1

Mag Sweet*
Mervyn Jackson

7-5 6-1 6-2

Robert J. McCarthy*
Gary Woltmann

6-0 6-0 6-0

Jack Crawford*
B.J. Moore

6-0 6-0 6-1

Lex Vinson*
Owen Murphy

6-2 6-3 6-2

D. Sweet*
W. Lord

w.o.

Arthur Alexander Liddle*
Laurie Halloran

6-3 6-4 6-0

Ian Ayre*
Mervin Atherton

4-6 7-5 5-7 12-10 7-5

A. Rex Patterson*
P.J. Briggs

6-0 6-2 6-0

Richard T. Williams*
F.H. Patterson

6-2 6-4 6-1

Jack Dart*
A. Gordon Postle

6-1 6-0 6-2

Round 3

George Worthington*
Sam E. Lang

6-1 6-3 6-1

Harold Skennar*
Harry Rode

6-3 6-8 6-3 3-6 6-3

Kevin Johnstone*
Percy Bruce Gaydon

6-2 6-3 6-2

Robert J. McCarthy*
Mag Sweet

6-1 6-2 6-0

Jack Crawford*
Lex Vinson

6-1 6-0 6-0

Arthur Alexander Liddle*
D. Sweet

6-2 6-1 6-2

Ian Ayre*
A. Rex Patterson

6-0 1-6 6-3 6-3

Jack Dart*
Richard T. Williams

6-3 6-1 6-1

Quarterfinals

George Worthington*
Harold Skennar

7-5 6-1 6-4

Robert J. McCarthy*
Kevin Johnstone

6-3 6-2 6-2

Jack Crawford*
Arthur Alexander Liddle

9-7 6-2 8-6

Jack Dart*
Ian Ayre

6-3 6-2 6-0

Semifinals

George Worthington*
Robert J. McCarthy

2-6 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-4

Jack Dart*
Jack Crawford

4-6 6-2 6-4 6-0

Final

George Worthington*
Jack Dart

6-4 6-3 6-4

Tournament

Round 1