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General First nameGeorge Edward
LastnameGodsell
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1907-04-26
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of death1953-05-01
Place of deathKensington, London, England


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From the London Times, 8 May 1953: Verdict on Lawn Tennis Player. A verdict that George Edward Godsell, aged 46, the lawn tennis player, committed suicide while the balance of his mind was disturbed was recorded by the coroner, Mr H. Neville Stafford, at an inquest at Hammersmith yesterday. Godsell was found dead in a gas-filled room in his flat in Sinclair Road, West Kensington, last Friday.

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Archive statistics Career1930 - 1952
Tournament wins34
Matches260
Match wins133


Tournament wins 1950 - Henley Hard courts Autumn Meeting (Amateur)
1950 - Havant ()
1950 - Glamorgan (Amateur)
1950 - Cirencester (Amateur)
1950 - Norfolk (Amateur)
1950 - Cromer Covered Courts Autumn Meeting (Amateur)
1949 - Hull (Amateur)
1949 - Cromer Covered Courts Autumn Meeting (Amateur)
1949 - Cirencester (Amateur)
1949 - Lee-on-Solent (Open)
1948 - Cirencester (Amateur)
1947 - Worcestershire Championships (Amateur)
1946 - Lee-on-Solent (Open)
1939 - North of England Hardcourts (Open)
1939 - New Forest Tournament (Amateur)
1939 - Juan-Les-Pins Summer (Amateur)
1938 - South Herefordshire Championships (Amateur)
1937 - Bath (Amateur)
1937 - South Herefordshire Championships (Amateur)
1937 - Cirencester Autumn Meeting (Amateur)
1936 - South Herefordshire Championships (Amateur)
1936 - Cheltenham (Amateur)
1936 - Cirencester Autumn Meeting (Amateur)
1935 - Tunbridge Wells (Open)
1935 - Cannes Club Tournament (Amateur)
1934 - Cheltenham (Amateur)
1934 - Cirencester (Amateur)
1934 - Southdean-on-Sea (Amateur)
1934 - West of England Championships (Amateur)
1933 - Torbay (Amateur)
1933 - Stroud (Amateur)
1932 - East of England Championships (Open)
1932 - Cheltenham (Amateur)
1932 - Stroud (Amateur)


Tournaments Wimbledon - 1952 Queens Club Tournament - 1952 British Covered Court Championships - 1952 Wimbledon - 1951 Queens Club Tournament - 1951 Kent Championships - 1951 Surrey Championships - 1951 South of England Championships - 1951 British Covered Court Championships - 1951 Paddington - 1951 Roehampton Grass Courts - 1951 Cumberland Hard Courts - 1951 Guildford Hardcourts - 1951 Southdean Covered Court Championships - 1951 Wimbledon - 1950 Queens Club Tournament - 1950 British Hard Court Championships - 1950 Kent Championships - 1950 North of England Championships - 1950 South of England Championships - 1950 British Covered Court Championships - 1950 Paddington - 1950 Palace Hotel - 1950 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1950 Surrey Hard Court Championships - 1950 Cumberland Hard Courts - 1950 North of England Hardcourts - 1950 London Hard Courts - 1950 Wolverhampton - 1950 Glamorgan - 1950 Lee-on-Solent - 1950 Havant - 1950 Cromer Covered Courts - 1950 Cromer Covered Courts Autumn Meeting - 1950 Hull - 1950 Norfolk - 1950 Henley Hard courts Autumn Meeting - 1950 Cirencester - 1950 Cirencester Autumn Meeting - 1950 Wimbledon - 1949 Queens Club Tournament - 1949 British Hard Court Championships - 1949 North of England Championships - 1949 West of England Championships - 1949 Surrey Championships - 1949 South of England Championships - 1949 Paddington - 1949 Buxton - 1949 Cumberland Hard Courts - 1949 London Hard Courts - 1949 Carlisle - 1949 Lee-on-Solent - 1949 Lowther - 1949 Cromer Covered Courts - 1949 Cromer Covered Courts Autumn Meeting - 1949 Hull - 1949 Henley Hard courts Autumn Meeting - 1949 Cirencester - 1949 Cirencester Autumn Meeting - 1949 Wimbledon - 1948 British Hard Court Championships - 1948 Surrey Championships - 1948 Hampshire Championships - 1948 British Covered Court Championships - 1948 Middlesex Championships - 1948 Buxton - 1948 North of England Hardcourts - 1948 London Hard Courts - 1948 New Malden - 1948 Scottish Lowlands Championships - 1948 Cirencester - 1948 Wimbledon - 1947 Roland Garros - 1947 Cannes Carlton - 1947 West of England Championships - 1947 St. George's Hill - 1947 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1947 London Hard Courts - 1947 Worcestershire Championships - 1947 Wimbledon - 1946 Irish Championships - 1946 British Hard Court Championships - 1946 West of England Championships - 1946 Surrey Championships - 1946 St. George's Hill - 1946 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1946 Middlesex Championships - 1946 North of England Hardcourts - 1946 London Hard Courts - 1946 Lee-on-Solent - 1946 Budleigh Salterton - 1946 Harrogate Hard Courts - 1946 Wimbledon - 1939 Bermuda Championships - 1939 British Hard Court Championships - 1939 Brighton Hard Courts Tournament - 1939 German International Championships - 1939 Palm Springs - 1939 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1939 North of England Hardcourts - 1939 Elbe Cup - 1939 Juan-Les-Pins Summer - 1939 New Forest Tournament - 1939 Wimbledon - 1938 US Open - 1938 Pacific Coast Championship - 1938 British Hard Court Championships - 1938 Cheltenham - 1938 Hampshire Championships - 1938 England vs. Wales - 1938 Bath - 1938 South Herefordshire Championships - 1938 Wimbledon - 1937 Queens Club Tournament - 1937 Championships of Wales - 1937 Surrey Hard Court Championships - 1937 London Hard Courts - 1937 Bath - 1937 Henley Hard courts Autumn Meeting - 1937 Cirencester Autumn Meeting - 1937 South Herefordshire Championships - 1937 Wimbledon - 1936 Cheltenham - 1936 Tunbridge Wells - 1936 Bath - 1936 Cirencester Autumn Meeting - 1936 South Herefordshire Championships - 1936 Wimbledon - 1935 British Hard Court Championships - 1935 Cannes Club Tournament - 1935 Cheltenham - 1935 Juan-Les-Pins - 1935 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1935 Tunbridge Wells - 1935 Bath - 1935 Cirencester - 1935 Wimbledon - 1934 Cheltenham - 1934 West of England Championships - 1934 Bath - 1934 Bedford - 1934 Cirencester - 1934 Southdean-on-Sea - 1934 Roehampton Autumn Meeting - 1934 Stroud - 1934 Wimbledon - 1933 Cannes Carlton - 1933 Cannes Gallia - 1933 Juan-Les-Pins - 1933 Teignmouth and Shaldon - 1933 Bedford - 1933 Lausanne Sports - 1933 Torbay - 1933 Cannes New Courts Easter Tournament - 1933 Stroud - 1933 Wimbledon - 1932 Cheltenham - 1932 East of England Championships - 1932 Stroud - 1932 Wimbledon - 1931 Wimbledon - 1930 West of England Championships - 1930