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Irish Championships 1929

General Date1929-07-16 - 1929-07-21
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CityFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Wilton Place, Dublin
CountryIreland

Source The Irish Times

Media

Winner Player John Sheldon Olliff

Players

Henry Vincent Lees (Vincent) Allman-Smith
Edward O. Barry
R.C. Bathurst
C. Carroll
C.F. Casey
H.T. Coleman
Robert Emmet Anthony Davitt sr
Cahir Felim Davitt
Henry Vere Shirley Dillon
Dr Gerald Cecil Dockeray
H.V. Fitzherbert
Mr. Fitzwilliam
Denis Reginald Fussell
James Blandford (Jim) Ganly
P. Glynn
Norman Douglas Good
Robert William Sigerson Greene
Archibald Alexander Hamilton
H.V. Hampton
M.J. Hogan

G.P.S. Hogan
William Eric Horsbrugh Porter
C.A. Jackson
G.C. Knight
J.W. Lane
M. Leonard
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers
Dr. Gordon Sylvester Bradshaw (Curly) Mack
T.J. MacLaughlin
John King Maconchy
F.J. McCabe
W.B. McCrea
John McGuire
Edward Augustine McGuire
Trevor George Brooke McVeagh
Paul Denis McWeeney
Louis Albert Meldon
G.W. Mew
A.L. Moore
G.M. O'Callaghan

Denis D. O'Sullivan
John Sheldon Olliff
G.J. Scally
Brian George Stenson

J.W. Parkes
F.K. Patterson
David Plaistowe
Herbert Robert Polden
Robert Bryan Pringle
Thomas Amyrald Wray Purefoy
P.A. Ryan
Dr Richard James (Dick) Sandys
N.J. Tindal
Maxwell Howard Toppin
Brendan Robert Joseph Towers
Ernest Stewart Tweedy
Frank Herbert David Wilde

Rounds
Round 1

John Olliff*
J.W. Lane

6-2 6-2 6-2

Vincent Allman-Smith*
N.J. Tindal

6-2 6-0 6-0

Brendan Robert Joseph Towers*
H.V. Hampton

6-1 8-6 6-2

Robert Bryan Pringle*
W.B. McCrea

7-5 6-1 6-2

Robert Emmet Anthony Davitt sr*
M.J. Hogan

6-3 6-1 6-3

A.L. Moore*
H.V. Fitzherbert

6-2 6-4 6-0

G.W. Mew*
Mr. Fitzwilliam

5-7 6-1 6-1 6-2

Louis Meldon*
Thomas Purefoy

0-6 8-6 9-7 6-3

David Plaistowe*
G.J. Scally

6-4 6-3 6-0

James Blandford (Jim) Ganly*
C.F. Casey

6-2 6-2 6-0

Eric Horsbrugh Porter*
P. Glynn

6-0 6-3 6-3

Henry Vere Shirley Dillon*
John King Maconchy

6-4 6-2 6-2

Edward McGuire*
C.A. Jackson

6-2 6-3 6-2

Ernest Stewart Tweedy*
R.C. Bathurst

6-2 7-5 6-2

Edward O. Barry*
Brian George Stenson

6-3 6-3 6-4

P.A. Ryan*
Maxwell Howard Toppin

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

Norman Douglas Good*
John McGuire

6-4 7-5 8-10 5-7 6-3

G.P.S. Hogan*
Gordon Mack

6-3 8-6 6-3

Herbert Robert Polden*
M. Leonard

1-6 7-5 6-3 6-4

Frank Wilde*
Denis D. O'Sullivan

3-6 6-1 10-8 3-6 6-0

Robert William Sigerson Greene*
H.T. Coleman

6-2 6-3 6-1

Dick Sandys*
C. Carroll

6-2 6-2 6-3

Denis Reginald Fussell*
Cahir Felim Davitt

8-6 6-3 6-2

T.J. MacLaughlin*
G.M. O'Callaghan

6-0 6-0 4-6 7-5

George E. Lyttleton-Rogers*
George McVeagh

1-6 6-3 7-9 6-3 6-3

Archibald Alexander Hamilton*

bye

F.K. Patterson*

bye

Paul Denis McWeeney*

bye

Dr Gerald Cecil Dockeray*

bye

F.J. McCabe*

bye

J.W. Parkes*

bye

G.C. Knight*

bye

Round 2

John Olliff*
Vincent Allman-Smith

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

Brendan Robert Joseph Towers*
Paul Denis McWeeney

7-5 6-1 7-5

Robert Bryan Pringle*
Robert Emmet Anthony Davitt sr

6-2 6-2 6-0

Louis Meldon*
G.W. Mew

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

F.K. Patterson*
J.W. Parkes

6-1 7-5 6-8 2-6 6-2

F.J. McCabe*
A.L. Moore

1-6 7-5 6-3 6-4

David Plaistowe*
James Blandford (Jim) Ganly

6-3 6-4 6-0

Henry Vere Shirley Dillon*
Eric Horsbrugh Porter

6-4 6-2 6-3

Edward McGuire*
Ernest Stewart Tweedy

6-4 6-3 6-0

Archibald Alexander Hamilton*
Edward O. Barry

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

P.A. Ryan*
Norman Douglas Good

7-9 6-4 6-3 6-2

M.J. Hogan*
Herbert Robert Polden

6-2 6-3 6-3

Frank Wilde*
Robert William Sigerson Greene

6-1 6-2 6-3

Denis Reginald Fussell*
Dick Sandys

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

Dr Gerald Cecil Dockeray*
G.C. Knight

6-2 6-2 6-2

George E. Lyttleton-Rogers*
T.J. MacLaughlin

6-0 6-0 6-0

Round 3

John Olliff*
Brendan Robert Joseph Towers

7-5 10-12 7-5 7-5

Louis Meldon*
Robert Bryan Pringle

6-3 6-4 6-0

F.K. Patterson*
F.J. McCabe

6-1 6-4 6-3

Henry Vere Shirley Dillon*
David Plaistowe

6-3 6-3 6-2

Edward McGuire*
Archibald Alexander Hamilton

6-1 6-1 6-2

M.J. Hogan*
P.A. Ryan

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

Frank Wilde*
Denis Reginald Fussell

6-4 7-5 3-6 2-6 6-4

George E. Lyttleton-Rogers*
Dr Gerald Cecil Dockeray

6-0 6-0 6-1

Quarterfinals

John Olliff*
Louis Meldon

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

Henry Vere Shirley Dillon*
F.K. Patterson

6-4 6-3 7-5

Edward McGuire*
M.J. Hogan

6-3 7-5 6-3

George E. Lyttleton-Rogers*
Frank Wilde

6-4 6-3 6-2

Semifinals

John Olliff*
Henry Vere Shirley Dillon

w.o.

George E. Lyttleton-Rogers*
Edward McGuire

6-8 7-5 6-3 8-6

Final

John Olliff*
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers

4-6 6-3 1-6 6-2 6-4

Tournament

Round 1