Charles Richard
Read
Male
England
1889-03-01
Kensington, London, England
1962-01-20
Worthing, West Sussex, England
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Read_(squash_player)
Charles Richard Read was a professional squash player from England, where professional squash began in 1907. Read was based at the Queen’s Club in London, and beat C. Bannister of the Bath Club 15-5, 15-13 at the Bath Club to win the first English professional championship title. Read then defended his title as English champion three more times until 1928.
Read was born in Kensington, London to Alfred, a whitesmith, and Clara Agnes Read (née Stevens). When the British Open men’s squash championship was instituted in 1930, Read was officially designated the first titleholder, and thus played in the first final as the ‘defending champion’. The 41-year-old Read, however, lost the inaugural final series, played in home and away legs, 6-9, 5-9, 5-9 and 3-9, 5-9, 3-9 in December 1930 to the 25-year-old challenger Don Butcher, a professional player from the Conservative Club in London.
Read was a versatile sportsman, having also been British professional champion at lawn tennis and rackets.
1920 - 1948
3
48
32
1926 - South America Pros (Professional)
1926 - Gipsy Club Professional Tournament (Professional)
1920 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
Round 2
Charles Richard Read 1 *
A. Bryant
6-0
6-2
Round 3
John J. Pearce 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 1
A.E. Millman 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Edgar Colliard 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-4
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-0
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Charles Richard Read 1 *
bye
Round 2
Charles Richard Read 1 *
E.P. Smith
6-1
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Charles Richard Read 1 *
A.C. Roberts
6-2
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Roman Najuch 1 *
Charles Richard Read
4-6
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Charles Richard Read 1 *
H. Knibbs
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Charles Richard Read 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Jack Rodgers sr
6-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
C. Lockyer
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
J. Cutts
w.o.
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-3
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
F. Ashford
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
6-0
6-2
Final
Joseph Negro 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-1
6-1
6-4
Poule
Charles Richard Read 1 *
A. Pozzo
6-1
1-6
6-4
6-1
Poule
Charles Richard Read 1 *
A. Pozzo
6-2
4-6
6-1
8-10
8-6
Round 1
Charles Richard Read 1 *
bye
Round 2
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Kenneth James Eastmond Ingram
3-6
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
H. Knibbs
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-4
6-4
Final
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Cecil Arthur McConchie
6-1
6-1
6-2
Poule
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Joseph Negro
6-1
6-2
6-2
Poule
Roman Najuch 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-4
6-3
8-6
Poule
Charles Richard Read 1 *
R. Amedo
3-6
6-3
6-3
6-4
Poule
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Otto Schmidt
6-2
6-2
6-1
Poule
Martin Plaa 1 *
Charles Richard Read
7-5
6-1
7-5
Poule
Roman Najuch 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-3
6-0
6-0
Poule
Albert Burke 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-2
3-6
6-2
9-7
Poule
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Edgar Colliard
?
Poule
Karel Kozeluh 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-3
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Kenneth James Eastmond Ingram
6-2
6-3
3-6
7-9
6-1
Quarterfinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Cecil Arthur McConchie
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Frank L. Pearce
6-4
4-6
6-3
6-0
Final
Francis Wordsworth (Frank) Donisthorpe 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Charles Richard Read 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Pierre Guidici
6-2
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
A.A. Page 1 *
Charles Richard Read
2-6
6-2
7-5
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Romeo Acquarone
6-4
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Francis Wordsworth (Frank) Donisthorpe
6-0
6-2
6-2
Final
Albert Burke 1 *
Charles Richard Read
4-6
4-6
6-2
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Charles Richard Read 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Pierre Guidici
6-2
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
A.A. Page 1 *
Charles Richard Read
2-6
6-2
7-5
2-6
6-2
Final
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Charles Robert Hierons
6-0
8-6
6-2