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South Australian Championships 1926

General Date1926-03-18 - 1926-03-27
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CityAdelaide, Memorial Drive Park Courts
CountryAustralia

Source The Register

Info Draw: 39

Media

Winner Player Ernest Thomas Rowe

Players

Gerald Bowman Addison
Robert Harold Berriman
Kenneth (Ken) Berriman
Roy Latham Billing
Howard Samuel Allmond Bungey
Arthur James Chittleborough
L.G. Collins
Arthur Leonard Collins
Sir Darcy Rivers Warren Cowan
G.E. Faulkner
Robert A. (Bob) Fotheringham
Dr Reginald Alfred Goode
Dr. Colin Gurner
Dr Garton Maxwell (Gar) Hone

Ronald Bertram (Ron) Hone
Dr Francis Raymond (Frank) Hone
Peter Dovell Hooper
L.W. Hutton
Dr. William R. (Jogger) James
Ludwig Adolf Emmanuel Leidig
Thomas James Matthew Linn
Stanley Gordon (Pao Hua) Lum
Raymond Keith (Keith) Manthorpe
Archibald Hugh McColl
Donald L. Mellish
Francis Ashby (Frank) Messent
M.L. Norman
Dr Harry Carew Nott

T.P. Redden
H.E. Solomon
J.G. Turner

Gerald Michael O'Dea
Patrick (Pat) O'Hara Wood
John Ernest (Jack) Pontt
E. Richmond
Ernest Thomas Rowe
Alexander Frederick Robert Scott
Ron C. Thomson
R.A. Watts

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Ronald Bertram (Ron) Hone*
Thomas James Matthew Linn

6-3 6-1 6-4

Pat O'Hara Wood*
Dr Harry Carew Nott

6-4 6-0 6-4

Dr Reginald Alfred Goode*
Archibald Hugh McColl

6-3 6-1 1-6 6-2

L.W. Hutton*
Ron C. Thomson

5-7 6-2 9-7 6-4

Dr Francis Raymond (Frank) Hone*
Arthur James Chittleborough

2-6 6-2 6-2 6-0

Gerald Michael O'Dea*
M.L. Norman

8-6 6-4 6-1

Stanley Gordon (Pao Hua) Lum*
Robert A. (Bob) Fotheringham

6-2 6-3 6-1

Round 2

Ernest Rowe*
Kenneth (Ken) Berriman

6-1 6-3 6-1

Roy Latham Billing*
Howard Samuel Allmond Bungey

4-6 1-6 7-5 6-2 ret.

John Ernest (Jack) Pontt*
T.P. Redden

6-1 6-2 6-2

E. Richmond*
G.E. Faulkner

7-5 6-3 6-2

Francis Ashby (Frank) Messent*
Sir Darcy Rivers Warren Cowan

4-6 6-2 6-3 8-6

Ronald Bertram (Ron) Hone*
L.G. Collins

6-2 6-0 6-1

Pat O'Hara Wood*
Dr Reginald Alfred Goode

6-3 6-0 6-1

Dr. Colin Gurner*
Alexander Frederick Robert Scott

6-4 6-1 6-1

Peter Dovell Hooper*
Robert Harold Berriman

6-1 5-7 6-3 6-1

Donald L. Mellish*
Ludwig Adolf Emmanuel Leidig

6-3 6-3 6-3

R.A. Watts*
L.W. Hutton

6-2 6-2 6-0

Gerald Michael O'Dea*
Dr Francis Raymond (Frank) Hone

6-1 6-3 8-6

Stanley Gordon (Pao Hua) Lum*
Arthur Leonard Collins

6-2 6-1 6-0

Raymond Keith (Keith) Manthorpe*
H.E. Solomon

5-7 3-6 10-8 7-5 6-4

Dr. William R. (Jogger) James*
J.G. Turner

6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3

Garton Hone*
Gerald Bowman Addison

both did not play

Round 3

Ernest Rowe*
Roy Latham Billing

6-4 15-13 6-4

E. Richmond*
John Ernest (Jack) Pontt

7-5 6-4 7-5

Ronald Bertram (Ron) Hone*
Francis Ashby (Frank) Messent

13-11 6-3 7-5

Pat O'Hara Wood*
Dr. Colin Gurner

6-3 6-0 6-0

Dr. William R. (Jogger) James*

Bye

Donald L. Mellish*
Peter Dovell Hooper

6-3 4-6 6-2 6-2

R.A. Watts*
Gerald Michael O'Dea

6-4 7-5 6-1

Stanley Gordon (Pao Hua) Lum*
Raymond Keith (Keith) Manthorpe

6-2 6-2 6-2

Quarterfinals

Ernest Rowe*
E. Richmond

6-0 6-2 6-1

Pat O'Hara Wood*
Ronald Bertram (Ron) Hone

6-1 6-2 6-1

Dr. William R. (Jogger) James*
Donald L. Mellish

6-8 8-6 5-7 7-5 6-4

Stanley Gordon (Pao Hua) Lum*
R.A. Watts

6-2 6-3 6-2

Semifinals

Ernest Rowe*
Pat O'Hara Wood

8-6 7-5 6-4

Stanley Gordon (Pao Hua) Lum*
Dr. William R. (Jogger) James

3-6 6-4 5-7 6-2 7-5

Final

Ernest Rowe*
Stanley Gordon (Pao Hua) Lum

6-2 6-3 7-5

Tournament

Round 1