Dr Andrew James
Rowan
Male
South Africa
1875-04-14
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1931-09-08
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
A medical doctor/surgeon by profession.From the internet: Took B.A. degree at Stellenbosch Victoria College. Taught at Heidelberg, Transvaal, for a year, then his godfather Christiaan Marais lent him the money to study medicine in Edinburgh. He practiced medicine in Claremont (Cape Town) and lived at Kingsbury (now a private hospital) when newly married and later in Grove Road. He was in partnership with Dr Louise Beck. When war broke out he was sent to Roberts Heights (Voortrekker Hoogte) and then stayed in Pretoria and practiced as a surgeon. He died at 56 from kidney failure due to high blood pressure.
1896 - 1915
6
36
23
1907 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1903 - Border Championships - Scotland (Amateur)
1899 - Border Championships - Scotland (Amateur)
1898 - Border Championships - Scotland (Amateur)
1898 - North of Scotland Championships (Amateur)
1897 - Western Province (Open)
Final
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
6-3
7-5
6-1
Semifinals
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
H.B. Hunt
6-4
6-4
Final
Lionel Tapscott 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
3-6
6-1
9-7
6-3
Round 2
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
P. De Gersigny
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
C.J. Bissett
6-1
6-3
7-5
Round 4
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
T.C. Johnstone
6-2
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
6-3
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Henry Moore Steele
6-1
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
6-2
2-6
7-5
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Cecil Edward Howard Tripp
3-6
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
6-0
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
5-7
6-2
6-2
6-3
Final
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Cecil Edward Howard Tripp
7-5
5-7
1-6
6-4
6-3
Final
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Ferdinand Leon Scholtz
6-2
6-4
3-6
6-1
Challenge Round
Bennie Van Ryn 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
6-3
6-1
9-7
Round 1
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Sir Ernest Henry Pooley
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
G.A. Baillee
6-2
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Christopher Maitland Howard Hathorn
6-2
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Walter Charles Howard Tripp
6-4
9-7
6-4
Semifinals
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
G.O. Schmidt
6-0
6-1
6-1
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
6-1
2-6
6-3
8-6
Final
Wylie Grant 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
4-6
7-5
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Robert Baird
4-6
6-4
6-1
Final
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Kenneth Sanderson
6-1
6-3
Challenge Round
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Charles James Glenny
6-1
11-9
6-3
Final
Wylie Grant 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
7-5
6-3
8-6
Challenge Round
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
James Martin Buist
7-5
4-6
10-8
6-2
Challenge Round
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
6-2
6-3
2-6
6-3
Round 1
John Mycroft Boucher 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
6-1
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
G.K. Harvey
9-7
6-1
6-3
Challenge Round
J.A. Ashby 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
w.o.
Semifinals
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
A.J. Sanderson
?
Final
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Dr. G.L. Findlay
w.o.
Challenge Round
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Charles James Glenny
6-2
6-0
6-4
Challenge Round
Dr Andrew James Rowan 1 *
Percival Donald Leslie Fynn
?
Final
Percival Donald Leslie Fynn 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
3-6
7-5
6-1
6-4