Minden
Fenwick
Male
New Zealand
1864-12-18
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
1938-02-08
Hastings, New Zealand
From The Auckland Star, 8 February 1938:
Obituary – Mr Minden Fenwick – Pioneer player
Death at Hastings. As the curtain went down today on the 48th New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championships death removed one of the country’s most notable players of the past, Mr Minden Fenwick. His death occurred at Hastings this morning at the age of 74 years.
Mr Fenwick was the New Zealand men’s singles champion in 1889, 1892 and 1893; men’s doubles champion in 1886 (the first year in which New Zealand Championships were held), 1889 and 1891, his partners in respective years being his brother Percival C. Fenwick, John F. Jardine (who was responsible for the foundation of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association in 1886) and F. Logan, all of Napier.
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He started playing tennis at the age of 13 while at college in Harrogate. He won his first major title in 1881 , a foreigners tournamentin Belgium. He emigrated in 1884.
1881 - 1904
5
90
64
1893 - New Zealand Championships (Amateur)
1892 - New Zealand Championships (Amateur)
1889 - New Zealand Championships (Amateur)
1886 - Christchurch (Open)
1883 - Buxton (Amateur)
Round 1
Frederick Reginald Laishley 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-1
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Frederick Reginald Laishley 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-1
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Frederick Reginald Laishley 1 *
Minden Fenwick
3
set
to
0
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
John (Jock) Harold
6-1
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
F.C. Baddeley
6-3
3-6
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
James Richard Hooper
6-3
6-2
6-3
Final
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Dr. Patrick Marshall
1-6
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Frederick George Dalziel
6-0
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
John Ulrich Collins
6-2
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
A. Borrows
7-5
2-6
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Albert Ernest Harraway
7-5
2-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Richard Dacre Harman
1-6
7-5
9-7
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Arthur Hector Gore
6-4
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Robert Osmond Koch 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-4
6-8
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
F. Logan
4-6
2-6
1-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Richard Dacre Harman
6-3
7-5
2-6
6-3
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Frederick George Dalziel
6-1
6-2
6-2
Final
Joy Marriott Marshall 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-3
6-4
10-8
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Joseph Penfound Grossman
6-4
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Charles Dugald Kennedy
?
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Richard Dacre Harman
6-2
6-2
7-5
Final
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Joy Marriott Marshall
6-4
0-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
H.A. Howe
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
A. Dunn jr. 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
George John Gillies
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
A.P. Chapman
6-2
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Charles Dugald Kennedy
6-2
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Edward Robert Boddington
6-3
6-2
6-4
Final
Percival Clennell Fenwick 1 *
Minden Fenwick
4-6
4-6
6-1
6-4
9-7
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
William Edward Barton
1-6
6-4
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Frederick Wilding
6-3
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Percival Clennell Fenwick 1 *
Minden Fenwick
5-7
10-8
6-0
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Percival Clennell Fenwick 1 *
Minden Fenwick
?
Round 1
Percival Clennell Fenwick 1 *
Minden Fenwick
3-6
6-4
3-6
6-5
6-3
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
J.W. Begg
3-6
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Frederick Wilding
6-5
6-3
Final
Minden Fenwick 1 *
W.V. Millton
6-3
6-4
6-3
Final
Eric Pollard Hudson 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
E.M. Sinclair
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Mark Fenwick 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
E. Collingwood
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Percival Clennell Fenwick
6-5
5-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
A. Dunn jr.
6-5
6-4
Final
E.M. Sinclair 1 *
Minden Fenwick
2-6
6-4
4-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Jasper Gibson
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
R.W. Murray
4-6
6-3
1-6
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
A.L. Davidson
6-4
6-4
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
Patrick Bowes-Lyon 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
E. Collingwood
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Percival Clennell Fenwick
6-5
5-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
A. Dunn jr.
6-5
6-4
Final
E.M. Sinclair 1 *
Minden Fenwick
2-6
6-4
4-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
A.B. Fisher
2
sets
to
0
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Richard Paul Agar Swettenham
2
sets
to
0
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Major Henry Hills Goodeve
2
sets
to
0
Semifinals
Final
Mark Fenwick 1 *
Minden Fenwick
3
sets
to
0
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
W.C. Wiseman
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Arsène Prospène Bugle
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
H. Matthew
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
G.A. Bolt
6-2
3-6
6-5
Final
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Robert Parsons Earwaker
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
William Fitzwilliam James Dundas
?
Round 2
Marmaduke Strickland Constable 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-2
6-5
6-3
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
H.C. Jenkins
6-5
6-3
6-5
Round 2
Peter Aungier 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-3
6-1
6-5
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
James L. Oliver
2-0
in
sets
Round 2
Mark Fenwick 1 *
Minden Fenwick
2-0
in
sets
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Joseph Bruce Ismay
2-6
6-0
3-6
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
E. Hacking
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Robert Glen Lee Wallace Braddell 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Charles John Chichester Smith
1-6
6-5
1-6
6-5
6-5
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
George E. Newby
6-3
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-3
4-6
6-5
0-6
6-5
Final
Arthur Wellesley Hallward 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-1
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
F. Gray
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
Minden Fenwick
w.o.
Final
E.A. Simpson 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-5
6-4
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Herbert Romaine Hallward
6-3
6-2
2-6
6-4
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Arthur John Chitty
6-3
2-6
6-5
0-6
6-1
Round 3
George S. Murray Hill 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-2
2-6
6-5
6-4
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Sir Edward Tootal Broadhurst
6-0
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
H. Blane
6-2
6-1
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Percival Clennell Fenwick
6-2
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
John James Comber 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-3
3-6
6-2
6-5
Round 1
Minden Fenwick 1 *
E.A. Walker
6-2
2-6
6-5
Round 2
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Richard Paul Agar Swettenham
0-6
6-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Mark Fenwick 1 *
Minden Fenwick
6-2
6-1