Toronto City Championships 1896


General 1896-09-01 - 1896-09-05
Amateur
Grass
5
Toronto, Athletic Club Courts
Canada

Source Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide for 1897 pages, Ottawa Citizen, The Sun, The Toronto World


Info Draw: 26



Media


Winner Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman


Players
Frederick George Anderson
Laurance H. Angel
Harry Eugene Avery
D.C. Bascom
Harold E. Choppin
A. Creasor
Dwight Filley Davis sr
John Fortescue Foulkes
Louis J. Grant
Arthur Powell Hawes

C.W. Bell
Guy Boughton
C.A. Campbell
Wylie Cameron Grant
Edward Scott Griffin
J.S.A. Johnson
J.G. Lay
A.N. MacDonald
Henry Gordon Mackenzie
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster
John Crosby Neely jr.
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
Mr. Sharpe
George Preston Sheldon jr
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman


Rounds
Round 1
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
J.G. Lay
w.o.
Guy Boughton*
bye
C.A. Campbell*
bye
Harry Eugene Avery*
bye
John Fortescue Foulkes*
Henry Gordon Mackenzie
6-1 6-4
C.W. Bell*
Louis J. Grant
3-6 6-0 6-4
Frederick George Anderson*
Dwight Filley Davis sr
w.o.
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
Laurance H. Angel
6-1 6-3
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret*
bye
Mr. Sharpe*
bye
J.S.A. Johnson*
bye
John Crosby Neely jr.*
Harold E. Choppin
w.o.
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster*
A. Creasor
w.o.
Wylie Grant*
A.N. MacDonald
6-2 6-1
Edward Scott Griffin*
Arthur Powell Hawes
w.o.
George Preston Sheldon jr*
D.C. Bascom
4-6 6-3 6-1

Round 2
John Fortescue Foulkes*
C.W. Bell
6-0 6-1
Harry Eugene Avery*
C.A. Campbell
7-5 8-6
John Crosby Neely jr.*
J.S.A. Johnson
w.o.
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Guy Boughton
6-1 6-0
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
Frederick George Anderson
6-2 6-0
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret*
Mr. Sharpe
6-3 6-0
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster*
Wylie Grant
6-4 6-1
George Preston Sheldon jr*
Edward Scott Griffin
w.o.

Quarterfinals
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Harry Eugene Avery
6-1 6-2
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
John Fortescue Foulkes
6-2 3-6 7-5
George Preston Sheldon jr*
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster
6-4 6-2
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret*
John Crosby Neely jr.
5-7 6-2 7-5

Semifinals
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
6-1 6-2
George Preston Sheldon jr*
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-3 8-10 7-5

Final

George P. SHELDON Jr. … was suffering from a very sore heel …" Wright and Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide for 1897 page 165

Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
George Preston Sheldon jr
6-3 8-6 1-6 6-1


Tournament
Round 1
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
J.G. Lay
Guy Boughton*
Harry Eugene Avery*
C.A. Campbell*
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
Laurance H. Angel
Frederick George Anderson*
Dwight Filley Davis sr
John Fortescue Foulkes*
Henry Gordon Mackenzie
C.W. Bell*
Louis J. Grant
George Preston Sheldon jr*
D.C. Bascom
Edward Scott Griffin*
Arthur Powell Hawes
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster*
A. Creasor
Wylie Grant*
A.N. MacDonald
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret*
Mr. Sharpe*
John Crosby Neely jr.*
Harold E. Choppin
J.S.A. Johnson*
Round 2
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Guy Boughton
Harry Eugene Avery*
C.A. Campbell
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
Frederick George Anderson
John Fortescue Foulkes*
C.W. Bell
George Preston Sheldon jr*
Edward Scott Griffin
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster*
Wylie Grant
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret*
Mr. Sharpe
John Crosby Neely jr.*
J.S.A. Johnson
Quarterfinals
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Harry Eugene Avery
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
John Fortescue Foulkes
George Preston Sheldon jr*
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret*
John Crosby Neely jr.
Semifinals
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
George Preston Sheldon jr*
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
Final
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
George Preston Sheldon jr