John Redfern
Deykin
Male
England
1861-07-27
King's Norton, Birmingham, England
1899-03-30
King's Norton, Birmingham, England
From Pastime, 1 September 1886:
John Redfern Deykin was born on 27 July 1861, and was educated at the Birmingham and Edgbaston Proprietary School and Pembroke College, Oxford. At school he took a prominent part in outdoor games, and carried off a great many prizes in the annual athletic sports, and at the university he gained his blue as one of the representatives of Oxford at Lillie Bridge in the weight-pulling competition.
He is also well known as a rugby player under rugby union rules, and was last year elected captain of the Midland Counties team. As a member of the Moseley team, he assisted in April last at the memorable defeat of the crack South Wales fifteen, on their own ground, at Cardiff.
As a lawn tennis player Deykin is entitled to credit for the perseverance with which he has studied to improve his play, and for the pluck which he has invariably shown when matched with an antagonist of skill superior to his own. His style is remarkable on account of the fact that he plays with his left hand only, having recently given up the practice, common with ambidextrous players, of occasionally transferring the racket to the right hand, in order to improve his backhand stroke.
He plays a hard and vigorous game, taking every opportunity to kill a weak return, and never despairing of getting back any ball until it is clearly proved to be beyond his reach. He is tall and powerfully built, standing almost 6 feet in height, and weighing about 12 stone, 7 pounds.
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1881 - 1894
12
218
140
1891 - Leamington (Amateur)
1890 - Midland Counties Championships (Amateur)
1890 - Waterloo (Amateur)
1889 - Midland Counties Championships (Amateur)
1889 - Staffordshire (Amateur)
1889 - Waterloo (Amateur)
1888 - Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (Amateur)
1888 - Warwickshire Championships (Amateur)
1887 - Midland Counties Championships (Amateur)
1886 - Warwickshire Championships (Amateur)
1883 - Warwickshire Championships (Amateur)
1883 - Worcester (Amateur)
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Arthur Short
6-4
6-1
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Philip Grove
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Bennet L'Estrange Burgess
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Stanley Johnstone
1-6
6-4
8-6
Final
R.A. Bennett 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
6-1
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Arthur Short
7-5
6-1
Round 2
George Hillyard 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
7-5
6-0
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Herbert Haden Monckton
8-6
6-3
Semifinals
Henry Guy Nadin 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
4-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Frank Riseley
6-1
6-3
6-4
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Arthur Knox Cronin
7-5
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Thomas (Tom) Chaytor 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-0
6-4
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William John Down
6-4
6-8
7-5
Quarterfinals
Percy Bateman Brown 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-2
6-2
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Arthur Henry Riseley
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Percy Bateman Brown 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
7-5
7-5
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
R.C. Hamilton
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Thomas (Tom) Chaytor 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-2
6-3
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
John William Beaumont Pease
6-2
4-6
6-2
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Walter Carey
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Percy Bateman Brown 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
w.o.
Round 1
G.E. Lowe 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-5
6-1
Round 2
Francis Saint Barbe Haskett-Smith 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-2
6-2
8-10
1-6
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Charles Branston Hunt
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Ernest Wool Lewis
w.o.
Semifinals
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-4
5-7
6-4
Challenge Round
Jacob Gaitskell Brown 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
6-0
5-7
8-6
Quarterfinals
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-0
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
C. Hill
8-6
5-7
-5
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
A.E. Passman
6-4
6-8
6-3
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
G.F. Goodman
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
R.A. Bennett 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
6-3
4-6
9-7
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Francis Saint Barbe Haskett-Smith 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
7-9
6-3
Challenge Round
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
6-3
6-3
4-6
9-7
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-2
6-3
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Dr Edward Barnard Fuller
8-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Albert Francis (Frank) Stoddart 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
4-6
6-4
6-4
Challenge Round
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William Parkfield Wethered
6-0
1-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
F.C. Whitehouse 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
w.o.
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
?
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
C.F. Chamberlain
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
E.F. Chamberlain
w.o.
Semifinals
Alfred Ernest Crawley 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-4
6-0
Challenge Round
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-0
6-3
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
H.S. Player
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
R.A. Bennett
3-6
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
6-4
6-1
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Harold Weston Carlton
2-6
6-1
3-6
6-3
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
W.A. Kindersley
6-2
4-6
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-2
2-6
6-3
6-0
Final
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
7-5
6-1
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Robert Olivers Rawlins
7-5
6-0
7-5
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Henry Chambre Holder
6-2
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William Parkfield Wethered
5-7
6-3
2-6
6-2
6-1
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William Dod
6-2
7-5
7-5
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Francis Saint Barbe Haskett-Smith
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Charles Gladstone Eames 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Wilson Pease
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
G.E. Lowe
6-5
0-6
8-6
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
H.S. Player
w.o.
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Willoughby James Hamilton
w.o.
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William John Bush-Salmon
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
G.E. Lowe
6-2
6-1
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-4
6-2
2-6
4-6
6-4
Challenge Round
Harry Stanley Scrivener 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-2
6-0
9-7
Challenge Round
Harry Stanley Scrivener 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-2
6-0
9-7
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
G.B. Hodson
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
6-3
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William C. Taylor
8-10
8-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Arthur Nevile John Story
6-3
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
12-10
7-5
2-6
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-3
6-3
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-2
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Edward Charles Pine-Coffin
6-2
6-1
6-4
Final
Herbert Chipp 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-0
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
C. Hill
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
J.H. Mitchell
5-6
6-4
6-2
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Rev. Guy Seymour Back
6-3
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon
6-3
6-8
9-7
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
J.H. Mitchell
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Francis Russell Burrow
6-2
6-4
Final
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
1-6
6-3
6-0
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather
6-0
6-2
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
J.H. Mitchell
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
2-6
6-3
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Bargeny McCulloch
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Francis Russell Burrow 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-5
6-3
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Ernest George Meers
w.o.
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
3-6
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
George Ernest Dixon Brown
2-6
6-5
6-1
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon
2-6
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
12-10
6-2
1-6
6-3
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
5-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Alfred Ernest Crawley
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
H.S. Player
w.o.
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
G.E. Lowe
6-2
6-2
Challenge Round
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
H. Bingley
6-1
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
3-6
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
F.N. Pedley
7-5
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
C.H. Davies
6-2
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
8-6
6-4
2-6
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Percy Bateman Brown 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-5
6-5
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William Sidney Nelson Heard
6-2
2-6
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
G.E. Lowe
6-2
6-5
Quarterfinals
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
1-6
6-5
6-3
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Alfred Edward Thompson
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
George Ernest Dixon Brown
6-3
6-5
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon
5-6
6-5
7-5
Final
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
1-6
6-1
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
8-6
3-6
6-2
6-4
Round 2
John Charles Kay 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
4-6
6-5
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
L. Richardson
5-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
J. Goodacre
6-1
6-5
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Albert Cecil Hill
6-1
6-2
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
H. Brain
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Philip Grove
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
James Dwight
6-0
6-5
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
John George Thursfield
6-0
2-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
Conway John Morgan 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
w.o.
Round 1
H. Peters 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
w.o.
Round 1
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
5-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
5-6
6-5
Round 1
John Ball Forman 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Robert Charles Thompson 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
w.o.
Round 1
Herbert Fortescue Lawford 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Richard Dudley Sears
w.o.
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Pelham George Von Donop
6-1
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
7-9
6-0
4-6
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
C.K. Wood 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
7-9
12-10
10-8
6-4
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
J.H. Mitchell
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Henry Blane Porter
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
John George Thursfield
6-3
4-6
6-3
Final
Dr Walter William Chamberlain 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
2-6
10-8
6-1
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Philip Grove
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Leveson Granville Campbell
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Hugh Vibart MacNaghten 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
1-6
8-6
Round 1
Edward Lake (Teddy) Williams 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-0
5-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Dr Walter William Chamberlain 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-4
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
J.G. Hill
6-1
6-0
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Charles Hobson Marriott
6-0
6-1
Round 3
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William C. Taylor
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
A.J. Harlock
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Robert Rawnsley Bowles
6-5
6-4
Semifinals
Edward Lake (Teddy) Williams 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
John George Chamberlain 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
w.o.
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Jonas Henry William Gardner
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Dr Walter William Chamberlain 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
0-6
6-3
Round 1
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
8-6
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
E.T. Hopkins
6-?
6-1
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
F.W. Spencer
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
bye
Semifinals
Arthur Walton Fuller 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
3-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
H.P. Hughes
6-4
6-0
6-2
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Arthur John Stanley
3-6
6-4
6-3
5-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Charles Walder Grinstead 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Henry Blane Porter
6-4
6-0
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
H.H. Green
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Dr Walter William Chamberlain 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-4
4-6
6-3
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William Henry Rawlinson
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
F. Shapley
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
bye
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
James Powell
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
W.H. Hayes
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Wilberforce 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
6-3
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Sidney Alfred Noon
4-6
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Charles Walder Grinstead 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
4-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Captain James Spens
1-6
6-3
6-4
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Barrington Henry Syer Barnes
6-3
6-5
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
bye
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
A. Fuller
6-4
6-2
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Dr Walter William Chamberlain
2-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Arthur Walton Fuller
6-4
5-6
6-5
4-6
6-3
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
4-6
6-3
6-4
6-5
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
C.E. Maly
6-3
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Wilberforce 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-4
6-1
4-6
6-0
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
W. Smith
w.o.
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
E. Fisher
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
bye
Semifinals
Dr Walter William Chamberlain 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
4-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Francis Regner Brooksbank Pinhorn 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Charles John Chichester Smith
?
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
R. Long
2-6
6-4
6-5
6-0
Semifinals
Arthur Walton Fuller 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-4
1-6
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Conway John Morgan
w.o.
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
E. Taylor
2
sets
to
0
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
bye
Semifinals
R.W. Smith 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
?
Round 1
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
?
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
F.G. Leslie
6-1
6-0
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
W.H. Scott
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Reston Brewerton 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
G.S. Raynor
4-6
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Robert Glen Lee Wallace Braddell 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-0
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
A.H. Griffiths
?
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
George Howard Cartland
6-4
6-5
Semifinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Arthur Sandiford Openshaw
6-2
6-4
Final
George Reston Brewerton 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-8
6-4
6-0
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Reginald Smith
6-4
5-6
6-0
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Reginald Smith
6-4
5-6
6-0
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
A.J. Percival
6-3
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
C.W. Howe 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Rev. Maurice George Lascelles 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
6-1
6-5
Round 1
R. Long 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
2-6
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
C. Halliday
?
Round 2
F.S. Goodwin 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
?
Round 1
H.O. Hall 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-5
6-5