Essex Championships 1896


General 1896-08-10 - 1896-08-12
Amateur / Challenge
Grass
5
Colchester
England

Source Lawn tennis, 19/8/1896, The Field


Info Draw: 18



Media


Winner Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty


Players
Charles Gladstone Allen
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
Henry Samuel Bourne-Harvey
Captain Brady
Charles Percy Dixon
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
Robert Francis Dunnell
Henry Gillibrand Elwin Evered
C.M. Fitzgerald
Francis Scrimgeour Hyde Forshall
Ferdinand Edward Paul Forster
F.H. Garnett
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
Sidney Wallis Newling
John Pedder
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty
Herbert Roper Barrett
Robert Baldock Scott
E.R. Tebbitt


Challenge round
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty *
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
w.o.


Rounds
Round 1
Charles Dixon*
John Pedder
6-4 6-3
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith*
Captain Brady
6-1 6-2

Round 2
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty *
Robert Francis Dunnell
7-5 6-1
Charles Gladstone Allen*
Sidney Wallis Newling
6-1 6-2
Francis Scrimgeour Hyde Forshall*
Henry Gillibrand Elwin Evered
6-1 1-6 8-6
Charles Dixon*
C.M. Fitzgerald
6-0 6-4
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith*
F.H. Garnett
6-2 6-1
Herbert Roper Barrett*
Robert Baldock Scott
6-1 10-8
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Henry Samuel Bourne-Harvey
6-1 6-2
Ferdinand Edward Paul Forster*
E.R. Tebbitt
6-1 6-0

Quarterfinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty *
Charles Gladstone Allen
6-4 8-6
Charles Dixon*
Francis Scrimgeour Hyde Forshall
6-1 6-2
Herbert Roper Barrett*
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith
6-1 3-6 6-1
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Ferdinand Edward Paul Forster
6-3 6-1

Semifinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty *
Charles Dixon
7-5 6-3
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Herbert Roper Barrett
7-5 3-1 ret.

Final
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
7-5 third set


Tournament
Round 1
Charles Dixon*
John Pedder
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith*
Captain Brady
Round 2
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty *
Robert Francis Dunnell
Charles Gladstone Allen*
Sidney Wallis Newling
Charles Dixon*
C.M. Fitzgerald
Francis Scrimgeour Hyde Forshall*
Henry Gillibrand Elwin Evered
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Henry Samuel Bourne-Harvey
Ferdinand Edward Paul Forster*
E.R. Tebbitt
Herbert Roper Barrett*
Robert Baldock Scott
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith*
F.H. Garnett
Quarterfinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty *
Charles Gladstone Allen
Charles Dixon*
Francis Scrimgeour Hyde Forshall
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Ferdinand Edward Paul Forster
Herbert Roper Barrett*
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith
Semifinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty *
Charles Dixon
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen*
Herbert Roper Barrett
Final
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen