Sandown 1908


General 1908-08-10 - 1908-08-15
Amateur
Grass
5
Sandown
Great Britain

Source Ayres 1909, Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter - Saturday 15 August 1908


Info Draw: 21

From "Lawn Tennis and Badminton", August 1908: "Fine weather and admirable management combined to render the first open tournament held in Sandown thoroughly enjoyable."


Report Mens doubles final (Draw:16): Ridding/Thomas def. Mounsey/Rhodes 6-4 6-3

Mixed doubles final (Draw: 25): Mrs Paine/George Thomas def. May Bloxsome/Charles Ridding 6-2 6-3



Media


Winner Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding


Players
J.E. Boyd
Gilbert Creswick Drabble
G.A. Duncan
Charles Gladstone Eames
James N. Eyre
W. Fletcher
M.O. Hunter
R.R. Hunter
Richard Russell Hunting
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor
Charles Harrison Mounsey
James Powell
Dunstan Rhodes
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding
Geoffrey Dorling Roberts
George Alan Thomas
Neville Willford

Stanley Charles Roe
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe
A.J. Snowden
G. Wood


Rounds
Round 1
A.J. Snowden*
bye
G.A. Duncan*
bye
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor*
bye
Charles Gladstone Eames*
bye
W. Fletcher*
bye
James N. Eyre*
bye
Gilbert Creswick Drabble*
bye
Richard Russell Hunting*
bye
George Alan Thomas*
Geoffrey Dorling Roberts
6-8 7-5 6-4
Neville Willford*
bye
Dunstan Rhodes*
Stanley Charles Roe
4-6 6-4 7-5
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe*
J.E. Boyd
6-2 6-0
Charles Harrison Mounsey*
James Powell
6-3 2-6 ret.
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
G. Wood
6-0 6-2
R.R. Hunter*
bye
M.O. Hunter*
bye

Round 2
A.J. Snowden*
G.A. Duncan
w.o.
Charles Gladstone Eames*
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor
6-2 6-4
George Alan Thomas*
Neville Willford
6-0 6-1
Gilbert Creswick Drabble*
Richard Russell Hunting
6-4 8-10 6-3
James N. Eyre*
W. Fletcher
1-6 6-3 6-3
Dunstan Rhodes*
R.R. Hunter
6-3 6-1
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe*
Charles Harrison Mounsey
6-1 6-2
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
w.o.

Quarterfinals
Charles Gladstone Eames*
A.J. Snowden
6-3 6-1
George Alan Thomas*
Dunstan Rhodes
10-8 6-4
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe
3-6 9-7 6-3
Gilbert Creswick Drabble*
James N. Eyre
6-2 5-7 6-1

Semifinals
George Alan Thomas*
Charles Gladstone Eames
6-4 6-4
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
Gilbert Creswick Drabble
6-2 6-1

Final
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
George Alan Thomas
6-3 8-6


Tournament
Round 1
M.O. Hunter*
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe*
J.E. Boyd
Charles Harrison Mounsey*
James Powell
Gilbert Creswick Drabble*
Richard Russell Hunting*
James N. Eyre*
W. Fletcher*
George Alan Thomas*
Geoffrey Dorling Roberts
Neville Willford*
Dunstan Rhodes*
Stanley Charles Roe
R.R. Hunter*
Charles Gladstone Eames*
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor*
A.J. Snowden*
G.A. Duncan*
Round 2
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe*
Charles Harrison Mounsey
Gilbert Creswick Drabble*
Richard Russell Hunting
James N. Eyre*
W. Fletcher
George Alan Thomas*
Neville Willford
Dunstan Rhodes*
R.R. Hunter
Charles Gladstone Eames*
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor
A.J. Snowden*
G.A. Duncan
Quarterfinals
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe
Gilbert Creswick Drabble*
James N. Eyre
George Alan Thomas*
Dunstan Rhodes
Charles Gladstone Eames*
A.J. Snowden
Semifinals
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
Gilbert Creswick Drabble
George Alan Thomas*
Charles Gladstone Eames
Final
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding*
George Alan Thomas