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Metropolitan Cricket (MCC ) Autumn Tournament 1928

General Date1928-03-02 - 1928-03-10
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds5
CityMelbourne, Albert Cricket Ground, St. Kilda Road
CountryAustralia

Source The Age

Info Draw: 17

Media

Winner Player Richard Emil Schlesinger

Players

Victor Howes Beament
Charles Simmill Buckley
Arthur Mortley Cattanach
George S. Daley
Bruce Wallace Dunlop
Basil Shaw Fitchett

Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett
R.M. Fleming
Leonard Melville (Leo) Guiney
Paul Albrecht Haege
A.J.K. Payne
Alan John Clyde Reed

Thomas E. Robinson
Richard Emil Schlesinger
Jack B. Turner
Hector Wallace
Rupert Carl Wertheim

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

Jack B. Turner*
Bruce Wallace Dunlop

6-1 1-6 7-5 6-3

Round 2

Richard Schlesinger*
George S. Daley

6-0 6-1 6-2

Thomas E. Robinson*
Leonard Melville (Leo) Guiney

6-3 6-2 7-5

Jack B. Turner*
Hector Wallace

8-6 7-5 6-3

Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett*
A.J.K. Payne

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

Rupert Wertheim*
Basil Shaw Fitchett

6-2 6-3 6-4

Alan John Clyde Reed*
R.M. Fleming

6-1 6-4 6-4

Arthur Mortley Cattanach*
Charles Simmill Buckley

6-3 6-3 6-3

Paul Albrecht Haege*
Victor Howes Beament

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

Quarterfinals

Richard Schlesinger*
Thomas E. Robinson

w.o.

Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett*
Jack B. Turner

6-3 6-4 6-1

Rupert Wertheim*
Alan John Clyde Reed

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

Paul Albrecht Haege*
Arthur Mortley Cattanach

6-3 6-4 6-3

Semifinals

Richard Schlesinger*
Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett

6-4 4-6 6-0 6-3

Paul Albrecht Haege*
Rupert Wertheim

6-3 6-1 6-1

Final

Richard Schlesinger*
Paul Albrecht Haege

7-5 6-4 6-3

Tournament

Round 1