William
Dod
Male
England
1867-07-18
Bebington, Cheshire, England
1954-10-08
London, England
William Dod was the brother of fellow lawn tennis players Lottie, Ann and Anthony Dod.
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From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dod
William Dod was born in Bebington, Cheshire, a descendant of Sir Anthony Dod of Edge, who was knighted at the Battle of Agincourt by King Henry V. It has been claimed that Sir Anthony was in command of the English archers although this must be an exaggeration as Sir Thomas Erpingham is universally credited with having overall command.
William was educated at home by private tutors and his family fortune, gathered from the cotton trade, meant that he never had to work for a living. He indulged his passion for the sporting life as both a scratch golfer and a big game hunter. He took up archery at the home of the Legh family, who had an estate close to the Dods in Cheshire and were one of the greatest names in the sport.
Neither Dod nor his sister Lottie took part in competitive archery until they moved from Cheshire south to Berkshire in 1906, where they joined the newly formed Welford Park archery club. Within two and a half years Dod had become Olympic Champion. William Dod mastered the torrential rain on the first day of the Olympic competition to hold a 10-point advantage. When the rain gave way to swirling wind conditions on the second day, Dod forged ahead and comfortably took gold with a margin of 47 points over Reginald Brooks-King.
He went on to win the Grand National Archery title, effectively the British national title, in 1909 and 1911. Dod retired from competition after the 1911 championship and rekindled his love of golf. In 1912 he reached the 4th round of the British Amateur Championship.
After the outbreak of World War One Dod enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers and served as a private in the trenches for a brief time before successfully applying for a transfer to the Royal Navy. He was commissioned in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1915 and spent a year as an administrative officer in France with the Royal Navy Air Service before being invalided back home to England.
William and Lottie Dod settled at Westward Ho! in Devon after World War Two and settled to a life of golf in retirement. In his eighties he moved back to London and died in Earl’s Court in 1954.
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1884 - 1892
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Quarterfinals
David Davy 1 *
William Dod
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
William Dod
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Hugh John Edward Marsden
6-1
6-2
Round 2
George Richmond Mewburn 1 *
William Dod
6-1
6-2
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Ernest Hubert Pease
6-3
6-2
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
William Dod
6-3
3-6
6-2
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
J.H. Mitchell
6-4
6-4
7-5
Round 2
William Dod 1 *
F. Rathbone
6-0
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Dod 1 *
James Alexander Rome
6-1
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
William Dod
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon 1 *
William Dod
7-5
7-9
6-2
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Wilson Pease
6-5
6-2
Round 2
William Dod 1 *
William Edwin Pease
0-6
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
R. Hendy 1 *
William Dod
5-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Arnold Harrop Wolff
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 2
William Dod 1 *
John Charles Bythell
6-2
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
William Dod
6-3
9-7
6-3
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Climenson Charles Yelverton Dawbarn
6-0
6-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
William Dod 1 *
James Alexander Rome
6-2
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
William Dod 1 *
Arthur Percy (Percy) Jones
1-6
6-2
7-5
6-2
Final
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
William Dod
6-2
7-5
7-5
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Arthur John Stanley
2-6
8-6
6-4
Round 2
William Dod 1 *
Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
Harold Gurney Pease 1 *
William Dod
6-0
ret.
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Charles Stananought
6-4
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Dod 1 *
Andrew Laurie Macfie
6-2
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
William Dod 1 *
Ernest Joseph Soares
6-3
6-3
6-4
Final
Herbert Chipp 1 *
William Dod
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Claude Erskine Farrer
w.o.
Round 2
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion 1 *
William Dod
6-2
6-2
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Herbert Romaine Hallward
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather 1 *
William Dod
7-5
8-6
Round 2
William Dod 1 *
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Mark Anthony Hartnell 1 *
William Dod
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 1
William Dod 1 *
Beresford Saint George Verschoyle
8-6
6-3
5-6
2-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
William Dod 1 *
Andrew Laurie Macfie
6-1
6-1
0-6
2-6
6-0
Semifinals
William Dod 1 *
Climenson Charles Yelverton Dawbarn
6-1
6-4
6-0
Final
William Parkfield Wethered 1 *
William Dod
6-4
6-4
3-6
3-6
6-1
Round 2
C.P. Brett 1 *
William Dod
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 2
J. Clark Forrest 1 *
William Dod
6-5
6-4