Dr. Harry
Barniville
Male
Ireland
1927-01-20
Dublin, Ireland
2013-02-20
Dublin, Ireland
From The Irish Times, 22 February 2013:
Death of Dr Harry Barniville
One of the best known characters in Irish tennis, Dr Harry Barniville, died peacefully on Wednesday night in Dublin. An accomplished player, administrator and a former Irish Davis Cup captain, Barniville represented Ireland as recently as 2005, when he was part of a team which travelled to the world championships in Turkey.
He topped the Irish senior rankings consistently in the 1950s and early 1960s and won most of the major domestic championships. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he made a huge contribution to the development of the junior game here, mentoring a group of talented young players, the “Barniville Babes”.
Amongst the players who took part in his now annual trips to the leading UK junior tournaments over a 27-year period were former internationals Karen Nugent, Scott Barron, Eoin Collins, Dave O’Connell, James McGee and Rachael Dillon.
Harry Barniville was a former president of Lansdowne and Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Clubs and sat on the General Council of the Irish Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis Ireland), and also on the Leinster Branch.
Dr Harry Barniville married fellow tennis player Geraldine Houlihan who, like him, became a medical doctor.
1950 - 1975
2
60
20
1960 - East of Ireland Championships (Amateur)
1956 - Munster (Amateur)
Round 1
Peter Jackson 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Harry P. Sheridan 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-0
2-6
6-2
Round 1
Owen Davidson 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Derek Pollock
8-6
3-6
6-2
Round 2
Graydon C. Garner 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Paul Fitzsimmons
4-6
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Sean Hehir
6-1
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Keith E. Wooldridge 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
William A. Browne
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
John O'Rourke
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Dick Crealy 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Michael P. Hickey 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Jim L. (Jimmy) Moore
6-8
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Peter Jackson 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Martin E. Kennedy
6-2
9-7
Final
Michael P. Hickey 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Peter D. Mockler 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Geoff C. Bluett 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
James P. (Jim) Buckley 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
9-7
8-6
Round 1
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Thomas J. Buggy
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Peter Jackson
4-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
Jaroslav Drobny 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Peter D. Mockler 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Michael P. Hickey 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-1
7-5
Semifinals
James P. (Jim) Buckley 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
9-7
0-6
6-1
Round 1
Barry W. Geraghty 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
w.o.
Semifinals
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
James P. (Jim) Buckley
6-1
1-6
6-2
Final
Harry P. Sheridan 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
9-7
4-6
6-4
Final
John G. O'Brien 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
M.J. Buchanan
6-1
6-1
Round 3
John Fraser 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Michael P. Hickey 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-3
6-2
Final
Joseph Dominik (Joe) Hackett 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
10-8
6-3
Round 2
Frew McMillan 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
4-6
6-3
17-15
Poule
Trevor A. Adamson 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
5-7
7-5
6-2
Poule
Mike J.A. Braund 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-2
8-6
Semifinals
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Derek Arthurs
6-4
3-6
6-1
Final
John J. Murray 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Derek Arthurs 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 2
Thomas J. Buggy 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
4-1
ret.
Semifinals
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Jim J. Fitzgibbon
6-2
6-1
Final
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
James P. (Jim) Buckley
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Ian A. McDonald 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-4
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
James P. (Jim) Buckley 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
2-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
B. Shortall 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
w.o.
Semifinals
Guy Jackson 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
2-6
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Isias S. (Iyo) Pimentel 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Thomas MacNamara
4-6
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Budge Patty 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Joseph Dominik (Joe) Hackett 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-4
2-6
6-1
Final
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Benjamin Alan Haughton
2-6
10-8
8-6
6-2
Round 1
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
J.D. Moore
6-2
6-3
Round 2
John Griffin Fleitz 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Gilbert James (Gil) Shea 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Ian Ayre 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
bye
Round 2
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
William Claude (Claude) Odlum
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Guy Jackson 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Dr. Harry Barniville 1 *
Harry P. Crowe
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Cyril Kemp 1 *
Dr. Harry Barniville
w.o.