Victorian Championships 1891


General 1891-11-11 - 1891-11-14
Amateur
Asphalt
4
Melbourne, Cricket Club Grounds
Australia

Source The Argus, The Field


Info Draw: 11


Report Mens doubles final (Draw: 8): Bartram/Bayles def. Green/Peebles 6-2 7-5 1-6 4-6 6-3

Mixed Doubles (Draw: at least 10, but known to be incomplete):
?R: Phenie Shaw/O. Malcolm d Miss Aylwin/George Aylwin 6-1 6-1
?R: Ethel Guthrie/Gus Kearney d Miss Cumberland/E Hutton 6-1 4-6 6-2
?R: C.H. or C.K. Peach/Charles Cropper v Miss Wilson/John Crammond
?R: Mabel Shaw/Richard E. Shuter d May Brookes/Norman Brookes 6-3 6-4
?R: Miss Purves/G Norman Roberts d Edith Raleigh/Alec Chomley walkover

SF: Ellen Mayne/Ben Green d Maisie Parr/Baker default
SF: Shaw/Shuter d Miss Purvis/Roberts 6-1 8-6
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FI: Ellen Mayne/Ben Green d Mabel Shaw/Richard E. Shuter 6-3 7-5



Media


Winner Augustus Daniel (Gus) Kearney


Players
John K. Baker
Haworth William Bartram
Robert George Bowen
James Dickson Cramond
Charles William (Charlie) Cropper
Benjamin (Ben) Green
Dr David Thomas Harbison
Ernest Hamilton Hutton
Augustus Daniel (Gus) Kearney
Richard Ernest Shuter

Francis James (Frank) Highett


Rounds
Round 1
Charles William (Charlie) Cropper*
Frank Highett
6-3 6-4 6-4
James Dickson Cramond*
John K. Baker
6-1 6-2 6-2
Richard Ernest Shuter*
Robert George Bowen
6-4 7-5 7-9 6-3
Gus Kearney*
bye
Ernest Hamilton Hutton*
bye
Haworth William Bartram*
bye
Benjamin (Ben) Green*
bye
Dr David Thomas Harbison*
bye

Quarterfinals
Gus Kearney*
Benjamin (Ben) Green
7-5 5-7 2-6 7-5 10-8
Dr David Thomas Harbison*
Ernest Hamilton Hutton
6-3 5-7 7-5 7-5
Richard Ernest Shuter*
James Dickson Cramond
6-3 2-6 10-8 6-4
Haworth William Bartram*
Charles William (Charlie) Cropper
6-4 6-3 8-6

Semifinals
Richard Ernest Shuter*
Dr David Thomas Harbison
6-3 6-0 6-3
Gus Kearney*
Haworth William Bartram
6-3 6-2 6-3

Final
Gus Kearney*
Richard Ernest Shuter
6-2 5-7 1-6 6-4 6-2


Tournament
Round 1
Gus Kearney*
Benjamin (Ben) Green*
Haworth William Bartram*
Charles William (Charlie) Cropper*
Frank Highett
Richard Ernest Shuter*
Robert George Bowen
James Dickson Cramond*
John K. Baker
Dr David Thomas Harbison*
Ernest Hamilton Hutton*
Quarterfinals
Gus Kearney*
Benjamin (Ben) Green
Haworth William Bartram*
Charles William (Charlie) Cropper
Richard Ernest Shuter*
James Dickson Cramond
Dr David Thomas Harbison*
Ernest Hamilton Hutton
Semifinals
Gus Kearney*
Haworth William Bartram
Richard Ernest Shuter*
Dr David Thomas Harbison
Final
Gus Kearney*
Richard Ernest Shuter