Walter Cecil
Crawley
Male
England
1880-03-29
Masham, Yorkshire, England
1940-10-11
Graffham, West Sussex, England
The son of a Church of England minister and grammar school headmaster, Yorkshire-born Walter Crawley was educated at Oxford. He won the lawn tennis championship of his native county in 1907, a year that saw him also win the Dieppe tournament, the West Sussex Challenge Cup at Chichester, and reach the final of the South of England championship where he lost to George Hillyard. The following year was equally memorable for Crawley as he won the Sussex championship and enjoyed his best year at Wimbledon, reaching the singles quarter-final, but lost to Josiah Ritchie. And it was Ritchie who beat him again in the final of the European Championship at Queen’s Club. At the 1908 Olympics Crawley and partner Kenneth Powell beat the Canadian pair Captain Foulkes and Bobby Powell before losing to fellow Britons George Hillyard and Reggie Doherty. In the singles, Walter reached the third round after receiving a bye in round two but was no match for Britain’s Josiah Ritchie, the eventual champion, who won in straight sets. Walter reached the semi-final of the men’s doubles at Wimbledon on two occasions – with Ireland’s Cecil Parke in 1910 and with Augustus Hendriks in 1913. He made his last appearance at Wimbledon in 1927 aged 47.
Walter’s older brother Alfred was a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon in 1902 and 1906 and in the 1913 Queen’s Club tournament the two brothers met in the last eight, with Walter winning.
1901 - 1927
8
223
155
1923 - New Forest Tournament (Amateur)
1922 - New Forest Tournament (Amateur)
1922 - Roehampton Autumn Meeting (Amateur)
1908 - Sussex Championships (Amateur)
1908 - Epsom (Amateur)
1907 - Dieppe (Amateur)
1907 - Chichester (Open)
1907 - North of England Championships (Open)
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
J.D. Fisher
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Maurice Summerson
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Eduardo Flaquer 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
2-6
9-7
9-7
7-5
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Henry Vere Shirley Dillon
11-9
6-1
9-7
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Athar Ali Fyzee
6-3
7-5
6-4
Round 3
Patrick Wheatley 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Harold Scotter Owen
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Francis T. (Skipper) Stowe
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Jean Borotra 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
3-6
6-2
3-6
7-5
6-0
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
José María Alonso de Areyzaga
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Olav Lindstrom
6-3
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Henri Cochet 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
5-7
6-3
6-4
9-7
Final
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Brame Hillyard
6-4
5-7
6-2
8-6
Round 1
Henri Cochet 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
4-6
3-6
6-4
7-5
6-2
Final
George Alan Thomas 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-4
1-6
6-8
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
R.A. Raphael
6-1
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Marcus Wallenberg
6-3
7-5
5-7
7-5
Round 3
Malcolm Dennis (Tim) Horn 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
w.o.
Final
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Athar Ali Fyzee
6-2
2-6
6-4
Final
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Ullah Kramet
6-2
9-7
6-3
Round 1
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
w.o.
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Raymond Rodel
6-3
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Bill Tilden 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
4-6
6-3
6-4
7-5
Final
André Gobert 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-2
6-4
4-6
0-6
7-5
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
7-9
6-3
6-1
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
7-9
7-5
ret.
Round 1
Arthur W. MacPherson jr 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Stanley Prouse
6-1
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Ernest Lamb
6-2
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Stoddart
6-0
6-3
4-6
4-6
7-5
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
2-6
6-2
6-3
6-3
Final
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Ambrose Dudley
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Cartwright
6-2
6-4
6-1
Round 3
Louis Graves 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-0
8-6
8-6
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Croxton Buckley Bingham Smith-Bingham
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Harold Robert Price 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
14-12
10-8
ret.
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
A.J. Ross
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Frederick William (Fritz) Goldberg
6-2
6-1
0-6
6-4
Round 4
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-2
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Sydney J. Watts
6-4
4-6
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
3-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Georges Gault
w.o.
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
10-8
0-6
6-4
9-7
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-2
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Alfred Warburton Davson
7-5
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Percival Davson
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Watt
6-0
6-4
ret.
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Alfred Ernest Crawley
6-3
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Wallace Johnson 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
7-5
7-5
4-6
6-4
Round 1
R.F. Potter 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
w.o.
Round 2
Beals Wright 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
7-5
3-6
6-2
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
A.C. Butler
6-2
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
R. Curle
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-2
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
J.W. Jenkins
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Ernest Blackburne
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Francis Drayton Drewitt
6-4
8-6
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
3-6
13-11
7-5
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Samuel Percy Hardy
4-6
6-3
6-2
Final
James Zimmermann 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
w.o.
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
John Alfred Lenox Figgis
6-2
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
C. Mallet
6-2
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Samuel Ernest (Ernest) Charlton 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
0-6
1-6
6-0
7-5
ret.
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Arthur Wallis Myers
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Frederick A. L'Estrange Burgess
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
C.S. Lewis
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Benjamin Bernard Venn
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Henry Alan Page
w.o.
Final
Arthur Gore 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
7-5
3-6
6-3
ret.
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Neville Deed
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Bernhard Julius Pfleiderer
6-4
6-2
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Leslie Poidevin sr
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Eric Pockley 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
w.o.
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
C. Mallet
6-2
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-3
6-3
1-6
6-4
Semifinals
Beals Wright 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
1-6
3-6
6-0
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
W.W. Hunt
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Mark Hick
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
4-6
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Montagu Edward Nigel-Jones
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Cecil Lonsford Sweet-Escott
6-4
6-1
Final
John Mycroft Boucher 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
8-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Douglas Gordon Lunt
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Neville Deed
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Frederick A. L'Estrange Burgess
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-2
2-1
ret.
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
H.E. Schwartz
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
F.T. Walker
6-4
6-1
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
H.R. Lymbery
6-3
3-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
Robert Rowland Waddell Dudley 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
w.o.
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
D.A. Larking
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
7-9
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
A. Player
w.o.
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
1-4
4-2
4-0
Quarterfinals
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
4-2
4-2
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
J.Ramsey Cox
6-0
6-2
Round 2
H.S. Fellowes 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
1-6
6-3
ret.
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Henry Wilson-Fox
6-0
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Henry Pollard
1-6
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 4
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Alan Thomas
6-1
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Hillyard
w.o.
Round 3
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
4-6
8-6
6-2
5-7
6-2
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
bye
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
C. Carter
w.o.
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Henry Johnston Carson
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Henry Marvelle (Harry) Read
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Alfred Egerton Maynard Taylor
6-1
6-4
Final
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
H.C. Smedley
7-5
6-3
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Col. Charles J. Brierley
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Percy M. White
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
George Hillyard 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
1-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Watt
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Bernard Oswald Roe
6-1
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
6-1
2-6
2-6
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Sydney Adams
6-8
2-6
6-4
6-1
6-2
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
10-8
6-8
2-3
ret.
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
L. West
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Alexander Gilmour (Sandy) Neilson
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
F.T. Walker
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Charles Dixon 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Charles Dixon
6-3
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
3-6
6-0
6-3
Final
George Hillyard 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
H.G. Wells
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Cecil Stewart Hartley
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Thomas Edmett Haydon
4-6
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
George Alan Thomas 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Frederick William (Fritz) Goldberg
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
L. Harvey
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
William Godfrey Milburn
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Alan Thomas
3-6
6-3
6-3
Final
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Charles Tuckey
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
G.W. Pratt
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
J. Travieux
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Ernest Blackburne
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
C. Goldesborough
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
W.P. Wright
6-1
6-1
Final
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Turketil George Pearson Greville
6-2
3-6
6-1
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
W.W. Hunt
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Mark Hick
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Frederick A. L'Estrange Burgess
6-3
6-2
Final
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Arthur Lowe
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Donald Fossick Alderson
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
W.P. Tankard
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Charles Dixon 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
8-6
7-5
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Harold Scotter Owen
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Roderick McNair
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
John Rendall
6-4
5-7
6-2
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Arthur Lowe
7-5
6-4
6-3
Final
George Hillyard 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-4
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
James Powell
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
J.B. Ward
6-1
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
George Caridia 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Kenneth Powell
4-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Wilfred Leonard Hollick
6-0
7-5
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Hugh Plaskitt
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
John Rendall
4-6
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Alfred Leonard Bentley
6-8
6-4
6-0
Final
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
André Thellier de Poncheville
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Pierre Camille Gautier
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
E. Koenig
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Dunstan Rhodes
6-8
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
W. Gladky
6-4
3-6
6-2
Final
Leslie Poidevin sr 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
C.L. Adda
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
T.B. Dorman 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
w.o.
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
L.S. Boxall
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Alexander Morrice MacKay
6-1
7-5
Round 3
George Hillyard 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
E.H. Smythe
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Charles William Wade
3-6
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Gouldesborough 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
1-6
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
J. Jenkinson
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Herbert Bird Routledge
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Lawrence Orme
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
7-5
6-1
Round 1
George Caridia 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
1-6
12-10
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Noel Henry Essex Partridge
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Bennet L'Estrange Burgess
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
4-6
7-5
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
F.J. Williams
6-0
6-1
Round 2
John Mycroft Boucher 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-8
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
David Marc Andrew Graham Hawes
6-3
7-5
Final
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
5-7
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Sydney Adams 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
w.o.
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
H.E. Clarke
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Mycroft Boucher 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
William Henry Pickering
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Hubert Laws
3-6
8-6
6-0
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
C.A. Patterson
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
George Ball Greene
9-7
6-3
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Sidney Howard Smith
9-11
6-2
6-4
Final
John Mycroft Boucher 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-4
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Arthur Wallis Myers
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
N.R. Hills
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Frank Warner Abbatt
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Frederick William Payn
7-5
3-0
ret.
Final
Xenophon Casdagli (Kasdaglis) 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Frederick William (Fritz) Goldberg
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Herbert Bird Routledge
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Henry James Wilson Fosbery
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
3-6
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
A. Raleigh
6-0
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
6-2
7-9
4-6
6-0
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
G.F. Goodman
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frederick A. L'Estrange Burgess 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
8-6
6-0
Round 2
Courtney Llewellyn Nedwill 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
10-8
6-0
1-6
0-6
6-4
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Canon William Vernon Doherty
w.o.
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Owen Beaumont Pease
6-0
8-6
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
6-2