Queensland Championships 1908


General 1908-08-17 - 1908-08-22
Amateur
Grass
5
Brisbane, Auchenflower Ground Courts
Australia

Source The Brisbane Courier, Tennis Forum


Info Draw: 22


Report Mixed doubles

First round:
Annie Kellett-Baker/Harry Parker (NZ) def. Miss Vernor/Todd 6-3 6-1
Miss Richardson/Oxley def. Dute Mackintosh/Duke 6-2 8-6
Miss Thurlow/Harry Cupples def. Miss Shand/Newman 6-1 6-4
Five pairs had a bye.

Quarter Final:
Kellett-Baker/Parker def. Maud Larard/Gibbes 6-2 6-3
Miss Thomas/Vincent Rudder def. Miss Richardson/Oxley ?
Miss Griffith/Stanley Doust def. Thurlow/Cupples 6-3 6-4
Mabel Colquhoun/Percy Colquhoun def. Miss Bellfield/Morton 6-3 6-1

Semi final:
Kellett-Baker/Parker def. Miss Thomas/Rudder 6-3 6-3
Mabel Colquhoun/Percy Colquhoun def. Miss Griffith/Doust 6-3 3-6 9-7

Final: Annie Kellett-Baker/Harry Parker (NZ) def. Mabel Colquhoun/Percy Colquhoun 6-2 6-4

The runners-up, a married couple, were veteran players; Mabel Colquhoun was the former Mabel Shaw.
Payten and Gordon Wright had won the mixed doubles title in 1907.



Media


Winner Harry Alabaster Parker


Players
Percy Brereton Colquhoun
Vincent John Cornell
Cecil Cleve Cox
Harry Cupples
Stanley Norwood Doust
Alison Eavis Harding (Harding) Frew
Henry Edmund George (Harry) Gibbes
Ernest William Hicks
W.P. Holland
Francis J. Lack
D. McRobert
Hugh Gilbert Stuart Morton
K.J. Newman
Ernest Frederick George Oxley
Harry Alabaster Parker
W. Patterson
Reginald W. Richardson
Vincent Verge Rudder
Alfred Thurlow
Lindsay John Todd
Henry Macauley Turner
S.R. Warry


Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

Lindsay Todd*
Harry Gibbes
4-6 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4
Hugh Gilbert Stuart Morton*
W. Patterson
6-3 6-1 6-1
Cecil Cleve Cox*
S.R. Warry
6-0 6-3 6-3
Ernest William Hicks*
W.P. Holland
4-6 6-2 9-7 6-2
Vincent Verge Rudder*
Francis J. Lack
6-1 6-2 6-1
Harry Cupples*
Harding Frew
6-2 6-4 6-2

Round 2
Harry Alabaster Parker*
Ernest Frederick George Oxley
6-1 6-0 6-0
Alfred Thurlow*
D. McRobert
6-1 6-2 6-3
Lindsay Todd*
Hugh Gilbert Stuart Morton
10-8 6-2 6-0
Cecil Cleve Cox*
K.J. Newman
4-6 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-0
Reginald W. Richardson*
Ernest William Hicks
6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2
Harry Cupples*
Vincent Verge Rudder
6-3 7-5 5-7 6-3
Henry Macauley Turner*
Percy Brereton Colquhoun
6-8 6-3 9-11 6-2 6-3
Stanley Doust*
Vincent John Cornell
6-4 6-2 6-3

Quarterfinals
Harry Alabaster Parker*
Alfred Thurlow
6-0 6-1 6-2
Cecil Cleve Cox*
Lindsay Todd
6-2 6-4 6-0
Reginald W. Richardson*
Harry Cupples
6-4 3-6 6-2 6-4
Stanley Doust*
Henry Macauley Turner
6-3 6-3 6-2

Semifinals
Harry Alabaster Parker*
Cecil Cleve Cox
6-4 6-3 4-6 8-6
Stanley Doust*
Reginald W. Richardson
6-1 6-2 6-1

Final
Harry Alabaster Parker*
Stanley Doust
6-2 3-6 6-3 6-2


Tournament
Round 1
Cecil Cleve Cox*
S.R. Warry
Lindsay Todd*
Harry Gibbes
Hugh Gilbert Stuart Morton*
W. Patterson
Ernest William Hicks*
W.P. Holland
Harry Cupples*
Harding Frew
Vincent Verge Rudder*
Francis J. Lack
Round 2
Harry Alabaster Parker*
Ernest Frederick George Oxley
Alfred Thurlow*
D. McRobert
Cecil Cleve Cox*
K.J. Newman
Lindsay Todd*
Hugh Gilbert Stuart Morton
Stanley Doust*
Vincent John Cornell
Henry Macauley Turner*
Percy Brereton Colquhoun
Reginald W. Richardson*
Ernest William Hicks
Harry Cupples*
Vincent Verge Rudder
Quarterfinals
Harry Alabaster Parker*
Alfred Thurlow
Cecil Cleve Cox*
Lindsay Todd
Stanley Doust*
Henry Macauley Turner
Reginald W. Richardson*
Harry Cupples
Semifinals
Harry Alabaster Parker*
Cecil Cleve Cox
Stanley Doust*
Reginald W. Richardson
Final
Harry Alabaster Parker*
Stanley Doust