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Longwood Bowl 1897

General Date1897-07-26 - 1897-07-31
Tournament typeAmateur / Challenge
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CityLongwood Cricket Club, Boston Massachusets
CountryUnited States of America

Source The New York Times, Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual 1898 pages 70 & 71

Info Draw: 40

Media

Winner Player William Augustus (Bill) Larned

Players

Harry Eugene Avery
Rodmond Vernon Beach
Frederick Warren Beekman
Merriam Bruce
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Alfred Codman jr
Dwight Filley Davis sr
Clarence Phelps Dodge
J.F. Eames
Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves
Y.M. Edwards
Herbert Lewis Ewer
D.T. Farrington
Reginald Fincke

Joseph D. Forbes
D. Fuller
Thomas Pim Goodbody
D.M. Greene
Edward Tudor Gross
Harold Humphrey Hackett
Richard Hooker
F. Howard
William Augustus (Bill) Larned
George Winthrop Lee
Harold Segerson Mahony
S. McGuy Pierce
Harold Adair Nisbet
J.A. Osborn
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret

Lewis Perry
Arthur Stanwood Pier
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
William Stackpole
Holcombe Ward
Storer Preble Ware
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman
William Augustus (Bill) Larned
Arthur Lyman Williston
N.T. Wilson jr
George Lawson Wrenn jr
Beals Coleman Wright

Challenge round

William Augustus (Bill) Larned*
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn

6-2 9-7 2-6 4-6 6-2

Rounds
Preliminary Round

The remaining players had a bye.

George Lawson Wrenn jr*
D.T. Farrington

6-4 6-4 6-1

Alfred Codman jr*
D. Fuller

6-2 7-5 6-2

Holcombe Ward*
Dwight Filley Davis sr

6-3 3-6 6-4 8-6

Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Harold Hackett

6-2 6-3 6-0

Reginald Fincke*
Merriam Bruce

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

Edward Tudor Gross*
J.F. Eames

2-6 6-4 8-6 6-2

Lewis Perry*
D.M. Greene

6-1 6-2 6-4

Joseph D. Forbes*
Storer Preble Ware

6-0 6-1 6-1

Round 1

Bill Larned*
Godfrey Lowell Cabot

6-3 6-2 6-0

Harold Segerson Mahony*
Arthur Lyman Williston

6-2 6-0 6-3

Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Holcombe Ward

6-3 6-2 12-10

George Lawson Wrenn jr*
Alfred Codman jr

6-8 6-2 6-1 9-7

Wilberforce Eaves*
Herbert Lewis Ewer

6-1 6-0 6-0

Y.M. Edwards*
F. Howard

w.o.

Beals Wright*
Frederick Warren Beekman

6-1 6-1 6-1

Harold Adair Nisbet*
George Winthrop Lee

7-5 2-6 7-5 6-4

Clarence Rhodes Budlong*
Harry Eugene Avery

6-1 6-1 6-1

Richard Hooker*
Rodmond Vernon Beach

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

Thomas Pim Goodbody*
J.A. Osborn

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

Clarence Phelps Dodge*
Arthur Stanwood Pier

6-3 6-2 6-3

Jahial (John) Parmly Paret*
S. McGuy Pierce

6-3 6-3 7-5

N.T. Wilson jr*
William Stackpole

w.o.

Reginald Fincke*
Edward Tudor Gross

6-2 7-5 3-6 6-3

Joseph D. Forbes*
Lewis Perry

6-4 6-0 6-2

Round 2

Bill Larned*
Harold Segerson Mahony

5-7 6-3 6-2 6-0

George Lawson Wrenn jr*
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman

6-4 6-2 6-8 9-11 6-4

Wilberforce Eaves*
Y.M. Edwards

6-4 6-2 6-3

Harold Adair Nisbet*
Beals Wright

6-2 6-3 7-5

Clarence Rhodes Budlong*
Richard Hooker

4-6 7-5 6-3 4-6 7-5

Clarence Phelps Dodge*
Thomas Pim Goodbody

6-1 6-3 6-3

Jahial (John) Parmly Paret*
N.T. Wilson jr

6-3 6-2 6-0

Joseph D. Forbes*
Reginald Fincke

7-5 6-4 6-0

Quarterfinals

Bill Larned*
George Lawson Wrenn jr

6-2 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-2

Harold Adair Nisbet*
Wilberforce Eaves

9-7 6-4 8-6

Clarence Rhodes Budlong*
Clarence Phelps Dodge

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

Joseph D. Forbes*
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret

6-2 4-6 6-0 6-1

Semifinals

Bill Larned*
Harold Adair Nisbet

6-2 6-3 8-6

Joseph D. Forbes*
Clarence Rhodes Budlong

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

Final

Bill Larned*
Joseph D. Forbes

7-5 6-2 6-1

Tournament

Preliminary Round