Grand National Tournament 1879


General 1879-06-30 - 1879-07-31
Amateur
Grass
5
Hendon,The Hyde, Middlesex
England

Source Mark Ryan


Info This tournament began on 30 June. Heavy rain interrupted play from the quarter-finals onwards. The final was eventually played 31 July.
Draw: 34



Media


Winner Edgar Lubbock


Players
W. Adams
Sir George Gough Arbuthnot
W.M. Bird
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
Arthur Basil Brooke
Victor Alexander Brooke
Lord Cardross
Charles John Cole
John James Comber
B.T. Cotton
Lestocq Robert Erskine
Thomas Hoare
A. Hore
F.G. Horne
Herbert Fortescue Lawford
St. George Littledale
Edgar Lubbock
William Cecil Marshall
Seton Montolieu Montgomerie
Alfred John Mulholland
Henry Lyle Mulholland
Frederick William Oliver
William Worsley Rashleigh
T. Smith
C.Leslie Stephen
H. Winslow
Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow
Otway Edward Woodhouse


Rounds
Round 2

Five players had a bye.

William Cecil Marshall*
A. Hore
?
Henry Lyle Mulholland*
John James Comber
?
Otway Edward Woodhouse*
Victor Alexander Brooke
?
Thomas Hoare*
W.M. Bird
?
C.Leslie Stephen*
St. George Littledale
?
Charles John Cole*
W. Adams
?
Edgar Lubbock*
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
?
William Worsley Rashleigh*
Sir George Gough Arbuthnot
?
F.G. Horne*
Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow
?
T. Smith*
H. Winslow
?
B.T. Cotton*
Seton Montolieu Montgomerie
?

Round 3
Henry Lyle Mulholland*
William Cecil Marshall
6-2 1-6 6-3
Lestocq Robert Erskine*
Arthur Basil Brooke
6-5 6-0
Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Frederick William Oliver
1-0 ret.
Otway Edward Woodhouse*
T. Smith
w.o.
Thomas Hoare*
Lord Cardross
w.o.
C.Leslie Stephen*
Charles John Cole
6-2 6-2
Edgar Lubbock*
William Worsley Rashleigh
6-0 6-2
Alfred John Mulholland*
F.G. Horne
w.o.

Quarterfinals
Lestocq Robert Erskine*
Henry Lyle Mulholland
w.o.
Edgar Lubbock*
B.T. Cotton
w.o.
Otway Edward Woodhouse*
Herbert Fortescue Lawford
2 sets to 1
Thomas Hoare*
C.Leslie Stephen
2 sets to 0

Semifinals
Lestocq Robert Erskine*
Otway Edward Woodhouse
2 sets to 1
Edgar Lubbock*
Thomas Hoare
2 sets to 0

Final
Edgar Lubbock*
Lestocq Robert Erskine
6-1 6-0 8-6


Tournament
Round 2
Edgar Lubbock*
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
F.G. Horne*
Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow
Thomas Hoare*
W.M. Bird
C.Leslie Stephen*
St. George Littledale
Charles John Cole*
W. Adams
Henry Lyle Mulholland*
John James Comber
William Cecil Marshall*
A. Hore
Otway Edward Woodhouse*
Victor Alexander Brooke
T. Smith*
H. Winslow
Round 3
Alfred John Mulholland*
F.G. Horne
Thomas Hoare*
Lord Cardross
C.Leslie Stephen*
Charles John Cole
Lestocq Robert Erskine*
Arthur Basil Brooke
Henry Lyle Mulholland*
William Cecil Marshall
Otway Edward Woodhouse*
T. Smith
Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Frederick William Oliver
Quarterfinals
Edgar Lubbock*
B.T. Cotton
Thomas Hoare*
C.Leslie Stephen
Lestocq Robert Erskine*
Henry Lyle Mulholland
Otway Edward Woodhouse*
Herbert Fortescue Lawford
Semifinals
Edgar Lubbock*
Thomas Hoare
Lestocq Robert Erskine*
Otway Edward Woodhouse
Final
Edgar Lubbock*
Lestocq Robert Erskine