Midland Counties Championships 1898


General 1898-07-18 - 1898-07-23
Amateur / Challenge
Grass
3
Edgbaston
England

Source Lawn Tennis and Badminton, The Field


Info This was the open singles event; the Midland Counties event was open only residents within sixty miles of Birmingham.

Draw: 14



Media


Winner Sidney Howard Smith


Players

Frederick Augustus L'Estrange Burgess
H.E. Clarke
George Whiteside Hillyard
G.F. Goodman
Alfred Cornforth Griffiths
Philip Grove
C. Hill
George Whiteside Hillyard
Stanley Johnstone
E.V. Jones
G. Meakin
Francis Henry (Frank) Pearce
Philip Graeme Pearson
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding
Sidney Howard Smith
R.H. Williams


Challenge round
Sidney Howard Smith*
George Whiteside Hillyard
4-6 9-7 6-4 1-6 6-2


Rounds
Round 1
Philip Graeme Pearson*
bye
C. Hill*
G. Meakin
6-4 1-6 6-8 6-1 6-3
E.V. Jones*
Frederick A. L'Estrange Burgess
6-2 6-3 6-8 6-8 7-5
Francis Henry (Frank) Pearce*
Philip Grove
6-0 6-1 7-5
George Hillyard*
H.E. Clarke
6-1 6-3 6-1
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
R.H. Williams
8-6 6-1
G.F. Goodman*
Alfred Cornforth Griffiths
w.o.
Stanley Johnstone*
bye

Quarterfinals
Philip Graeme Pearson*
C. Hill
6-1 7-5 7-5
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
E.V. Jones
6-4 6-0 6-4
George Hillyard*
Francis Henry (Frank) Pearce
6-3 6-1
G.F. Goodman*
Stanley Johnstone
6-4 6-4

Semifinals
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
Philip Graeme Pearson
6-2 2-6 8-6 2-6 6-3
George Hillyard*
G.F. Goodman
w.o.

Final
*


Tournament
Round 1
George Hillyard*
H.E. Clarke
Francis Henry (Frank) Pearce*
Philip Grove
G.F. Goodman*
Alfred Cornforth Griffiths
C. Hill*
G. Meakin
Quarterfinals
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
E.V. Jones
G.F. Goodman*
Stanley Johnstone
Semifinals
George Hillyard*
G.F. Goodman