An athletics blue (1905-08), Kenneth Powell won the 120y hurdles vs. Oxford in 1907-08 and also won a blue for lawn tennis (1905-07). At the 1908 Olympics he played in the tennis singles and doubles in addition to running the hurdles. At the AAA Championships he had the remarkable record of placing in the first three for six successive years (1909-14) without ever winning the title. In 1907 he twice set British record (15.8/15.6) and in the 1912 Olympic final he was an early leader but faded in the later stages. On leaving Cambridge he joined the family firm of leather factors in London and was later killed in action while serving as a private in the HAC.
Personal Best: 110H ? 15.3 (1912).
Round 1
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Peter Hicks
7-5
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Reginald Arthur Gamble
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
4-6
6-1
6-3
7-5
Round 4
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Charles Dixon
6-3
3-6
3-6
6-3
11-9
Quarterfinals
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Kenneth Powell
6-4
6-1
5-7
6-0
Round 1
Kenneth Powell 1 *
E. de Neufville
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-4
2-6
6-4
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Francis Riou Leighton-Crawford
6-3
6-0
Round 4
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Neville Willford
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Arthur Lowe 1 *
Kenneth Powell
11-9
6-2
Round 1
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Charles Stuart Gordon-Smith
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Captain Reginald William Fowler Harding
4-6
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Percy Hugo Stanley-Adams
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Gilbert Creswick Drabble
6-4
6-3
Final
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Henry Holgate Yolland
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Benjamin Bernard Venn
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Samuel Ernest (Ernest) Charlton
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Harold Bower
6-1
6-3
Final
James Zimmermann 1 *
Kenneth Powell
7-5
1-6
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
C.B. Thompson
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Reginald Charles Salisbury Butler
6-1
6-0
Round 4
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Alfred Beamish
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Kenneth Powell
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Kenneth Powell 1 *
R.A.C. Kett
w.o.
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Luther Bidlake
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Frederick William (Fritz) Goldberg
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
W.D. Waller
6-4
6-0
Final
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6-4
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Kenneth Powell 1 *
J.E. Boyd
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
John Alfred Lenox Figgis
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Frederick William Charlton
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Captain Reginald William Fowler Harding
7-5
3-6
6-4
Final
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Kenneth Powell 1 *
D.H. Lindsay
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Douglas Saint John Duke
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
A.H. Green
6-4
8-10
1-6
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Percival Davson
13-11
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-2
6-4
6-0
Final
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-4
3-3
ret.
Round 1
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Arthur Gore
6-4
9-7
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Harry Sturtz
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Hans Carling
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Tore Akerholm
6-1
6-3
Final
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Gunnar Setterwall
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Kenneth Powell 1 *
R. Oakes
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
F. Good
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Bernard Oswald Roe
6-0
6-0
Round 4
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
H.D. Marshall
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
George Hillyard 1 *
Kenneth Powell
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Gilbert Mahon
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
A. Robinson
6-2
3-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-4
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6-2
6-3
Final
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-4
2-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Kenneth Powell 1 *
G.H. Bryant
w.o.
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Neville Oswald Duke
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Douglas Saint John Duke
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Arthur Henry Riseley
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
George Hillyard 1 *
Kenneth Powell
6-4
6-1
7-5