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Kent Championships 1887

General Date1887-06-20 - 1887-06-25
Tournament typeAmateur / Challenge
SurfaceGrass
Rounds4
CityBeckenham, Cricket Club
CountryEngland

Source Pastime, The Field

Info Played on twelve courts.
Draw: 16

Report Mens doubles final (Draw: 19): Meers/Crispe def. Smith/Gwatkin 6-3 6-2 6-3

Mixed doubles final (Draw: 15): Miss Barlow/Harry Barlow def. May Jacks/HC Yockney 7-5 4-6 6-1

Media

Winner Player Frederick Alexander Bowlby

Players

Edward James Avory
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
Frederick Alexander Bowlby
James Herbert Crispe
Frederick Alexander Bowlby
Alfred Penn Gaskell
Herbert Chipp

A.M. Inglis
H.C. Lewin
Ernest George Meers
George Richmond Mewburn
George S. Murray Hill
F. Murray
L.E. Pilkington

George Nelson Stenhouse
Harold S. Stone
G.H. Taylor
William C. Taylor

Challenge round

Frederick Alexander Bowlby*
Herbert Chipp

1-6 8-6 6-4 6-1

Rounds
Round 1

William C. Taylor*
F. Murray

5-7 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-0

Frederick Alexander Bowlby*
A.M. Inglis

7-5 7-5 6-3

Edward James Avory*
James Herbert Crispe

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

H.C. Lewin*
L.E. Pilkington

6-2 6-1 6-0

Ernest George Meers*
George Richmond Mewburn

6-2 6-2 8-6

George Nelson Stenhouse*
George S. Murray Hill

6-2 7-5 6-4

Alfred Penn Gaskell*
G.H. Taylor

6-2 ret.

Harry Sibthorpe Barlow*
Harold S. Stone

7-5 6-4 7-5

Quarterfinals

Frederick Alexander Bowlby*
William C. Taylor

7-5 6-1 6-3

Edward James Avory*
H.C. Lewin

4-6 6-0 6-0 6-1

Ernest George Meers*
George Nelson Stenhouse

6-3 6-2 ret.

Harry Sibthorpe Barlow*
Alfred Penn Gaskell

8-6 3-6 6-1 6-3

Semifinals

Frederick Alexander Bowlby*
Edward James Avory

6-4 7-5 9-7

Harry Sibthorpe Barlow*
Ernest George Meers

7-5 6-2 5-7 0-6 6-2

Final

Frederick Alexander Bowlby*
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow

6-3 6-4 6-1

Tournament

Round 1