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British Hard Court Championships 1947

General Date1947-04-28 - 1947-05-03
Tournament typeOpen
SurfaceClay
Rounds6
CityBournemouth, West Hants LTC
CountryEngland

Source Dunlop Almanack 1948

Media

Winner Player Eric William Sturgess

Players

Iftikhar Ahmed Khan
L.G. Allbut
John N. Archer
Derrick William Barton
Headley Thomas Baxter
Owen Murray Bold
Dilip Kumar Bose
V. Braxton
Donald William (Don) Butler
Roland E. Carter
Leslie Erastus Cater
R.N. Clancy
C.G. Curtis
W. Edgington
Evelyn Eustace Fannin
Norman Gordon Farquharson
Alexander M. Hamburger

Jack Edwin Harper
R.R.G. Hoare
J.W.B. Ireson
C.M. (2) Jones
Mirek Kizlink
Frederick (Derrick) Leyland
Claude Frederick Owen Lister
Camille Enright (Cam) Malfroy
Sumant Chandra (Tiny) Misra
Ghaus Mohammed Khan
Roland Morton
William John (Bill) Moss
Anthony John (Tony) Mottram
Gerald Davies (Gerry) Oakley
Geoffrey Lane Paish
Paul Harold Partridge
A. Laurie Proctor

A.E. Rawlings
Arthur Gordon (Paddy) Roberts
Dennis Henry Slack
Tadeusz A. (Ted) Slawek
R.C. Smith
Douglas G. Snart
Czeslaw Spychala
Anthony James Michael (Tony) Starte
Eric William Sturgess
Cuthbert Collingwood (Teddy) Tinling
Ignacy Hanislaw Tloczynski (Tloczyński)
Francis J. Wallis
Howard Francis Walton
John Charles (Jack) Warboys

Rounds
Round 1

Eric Sturgess*
Tadeusz A. (Ted) Slawek

6-0 6-1 6-3

Cam Malfroy*
Tony Starte

6-0 5-7 6-3 1-6 7-5

Headley Thomas Baxter*
Douglas G. Snart

1-6 8-10 6-4 ret.

Arthur Gordon (Paddy) Roberts*
V. Braxton

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

Tony Mottram*
Owen Bold

6-1 6-2 6-3

Ghaus Mohammed Khan*
Paul Harold Partridge

6-3 11-9 6-1

William John (Bill) Moss*
L.G. Allbut

6-3 7-5 6-2

Czeslaw Spychala*
Alexander M. Hamburger

3-6 9-11 6-3 6-2 10-8

Norman Farquharson*
Dennis Henry Slack

6-2 6-3 6-4

John Charles (Jack) Warboys*
Mirek Kizlink

6-2 9-11 6-3 6-4

Geoff Paish*
R.C. Smith

6-2 6-0 6-0

Ignacy Tloczynski*
Claude Frederick Owen Lister

6-2 6-1 6-3

Donald Butler*
C.M. (2) Jones

6-2 6-3 6-4

Iftikhar Ahmed Khan*
C.G. Curtis

6-1 6-2 6-3

Cuthbert Collingwood (Teddy) Tinling*
R.N. Clancy

6-2 6-4 6-2

Eustace Fannin*
Roland E. Carter

6-0 6-2 6-4

Round 2

Jack Harper*
Leslie Erastus Cater

6-2 6-4 6-2

Francis J. Wallis*
John N. Archer

6-0 6-2 6-3

A.E. Rawlings*
Dilip Bose

w.o.

J.W.B. Ireson*
Gerald Davies (Gerry) Oakley

5-7 6-2 ret.

Eric Sturgess*
Cam Malfroy

6-2 6-0 6-1

Headley Thomas Baxter*
Arthur Gordon (Paddy) Roberts

6-1 6-3 6-0

Tony Mottram*
Ghaus Mohammed Khan

6-2 5-7 6-1 4-6 6-1

Czeslaw Spychala*
William John (Bill) Moss

6-1 6-4 6-2

Norman Farquharson*
John Charles (Jack) Warboys

6-2 6-1 6-1

Ignacy Tloczynski*
Geoff Paish

6-2 6-2 6-2

Donald Butler*
Iftikhar Ahmed Khan

6-1 6-0 6-3

Eustace Fannin*
Cuthbert Collingwood (Teddy) Tinling

6-1 6-1 6-4

Frederick (Derrick) Leyland*
Roland Morton

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

Howard Francis Walton*
Derrick Barton

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

R.R.G. Hoare*
W. Edgington

6-0 6-3 6-3

Sumant Chandra (Tiny) Misra*
A. Laurie Proctor

6-3 6-0 6-2

Round 3

Jack Harper*
Francis J. Wallis

6-3 6-2 6-4

A.E. Rawlings*
J.W.B. Ireson

8-6 6-3 4-6 6-0

Eric Sturgess*
Headley Thomas Baxter

6-1 6-1 6-2

Tony Mottram*
Czeslaw Spychala

6-1 6-3 6-3

Ignacy Tloczynski*
Norman Farquharson

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

Eustace Fannin*
Donald Butler

6-2 6-4 6-0

Howard Francis Walton*
Frederick (Derrick) Leyland

1-6 6-3 4-6 7-5 9-7

Sumant Chandra (Tiny) Misra*
R.R.G. Hoare

6-1 6-1 9-7

Quarterfinals

Jack Harper*
A.E. Rawlings

6-1 6-2 6-1

Eric Sturgess*
Tony Mottram