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Southern Transvaal Championships 1908

General Date1908-04-04 - 1908-04-11
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds4
CityJohannesburg, The Wanderers’ Club
CountrySouth Africa

Source Lawn tennis, 14/5/1908, The Rand Daily Mail

Media

Winner Player Harold Austin (Harry) Kitson

Players

H.S. Ball
Douglas John De Villiers
D. Farquharson
Victor Reginald Gauntlett
Leonard Gordon Heard
Harold Austin (Harry) Kitson

Arthur Lovat Hickman Mulcahy
Reginald Harper Reid
Percy Hugh Robbs
Walter Charles Howard Tripp
Cecil Edward Howard Tripp
Kidger Reginald Shaw (Rex) Tucker

Edward Lake (Teddy) Williams
Charles Lyndhurst Winslow

C.G. Kennedy

Rounds
Round 3

Harold Kitson*
Edward Lake (Teddy) Williams

6-1 6-1 6-3

Charles Winslow*
Reginald Harper Reid

6-1 7-9 7-5 9-11 6-3

Percy Hugh Robbs*
Douglas John De Villiers

w.o.

Victor Gauntlett*
C.G. Kennedy

6-2 6-2 6-3

Kidger Reginald Shaw (Rex) Tucker*

Arthur Lovat Hickman Mulcahy*
H.S. Ball

6-3 8-6 6-3

Walter Charles Howard Tripp*
Leonard Gordon Heard

7-5 6-3 6-3

Cecil Edward Howard Tripp*
D. Farquharson

6-0 6-0 6-0

Quarterfinals

Harold Kitson*
Charles Winslow

6-3 6-3 8-6

Victor Gauntlett*
Percy Hugh Robbs

7-9 6-3 6-2 6-3

Kidger Reginald Shaw (Rex) Tucker*
Arthur Lovat Hickman Mulcahy

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

Cecil Edward Howard Tripp*
Walter Charles Howard Tripp

6-3 6-4 1-6 6-4

Semifinals

Harold Kitson*
Victor Gauntlett

4-6 9-7 4-6 9-7 6-1

Cecil Edward Howard Tripp*
Kidger Reginald Shaw (Rex) Tucker

6-1 3-6 6-0 6-2

Final

Harold Kitson*
Cecil Edward Howard Tripp

6-4 6-3 6-3

Tournament

Round 3