Robert Matthew (Kiddie)
Kidston
Male
Australia
1868-06-09
St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
1953-07-22
, -
He was one of the best tennis players in New South Wales. He was a contemporary of such players as Sir Norman Brookes and Horace Rice.
He was a noted writer on tennis.
He was a prosecuting officer of the Crown Solicitor's office for about six years. He resigned in 1924 to be admitted to the bar.
1894 - 1922
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Round 1
Ernest Rowe 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
4-6
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
7-5
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Noel Mervyn Heath 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
3-6
6-2
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Horace Rice 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-2
6-2
Round 1
A. Moss 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
4-6
8-6
6-2
3-1
ret.
Round 2
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
Craig Biddle
w.o.
Round 3
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Harry Alabaster Parker 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-3
7-9
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Ashley Campbell 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
w.o.
Round 1
Norman Peach 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
w.o.
Round 1
James Cecil Parke 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
w.o.
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
Ernest William Hicks
6-4
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Harry Alabaster Parker 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
Digory Warne (Warne) Pearse
7-5
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
S. Upton
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Geoffrey Morton Ollivier 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
4-6
8-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dudley (Dudley) Webb 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
w.o.
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
Gordon Wright
w.o.
Semifinals
Dr Granville Gilbert Sharp 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Stanley Doust 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-1
3-6
6-4
6-8
6-4
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
Alfred Dudley (Dudley) Webb
6-2
4-6
7-5
2-1
ret.
Quarterfinals
Stanley Doust 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
4-6
6-1
1-0
ret.
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
Elias Outram Anderson
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Alfred Jones 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-3
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Harry Alabaster Parker 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Stanley Doust 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
7-5
6-2
6-0
Round 1
John Neville Griffiths 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-1
6-4
6-0
Round 1
John Peacock 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
8-6
4-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Dr Granville Gilbert Sharp 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
Louis George Humblestone Saxon
6-3
6-2
5-7
6-3
Semifinals
Dr Granville Gilbert Sharp 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-2
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
John Neville Griffiths 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
1-6
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Norman Brookes 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
6-1
6-2
Round 1
David Sutherland Edwards 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
9-7
5-7
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
H.L. Latreille
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Thomas Carlyle Irving 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Leslie Poidevin sr 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-2
4-6
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Norman Brookes 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
12-10
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
Wilfrid G. Blaxland
6-1
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-1
4-6
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Thomas Carlyle Irving 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Benjamin (Ben) Green 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
3-6
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
A.H. Lee
6-1
8-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dr. Samuel Henry Hughes 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
10-8
7-5
6-1
Round 1
David Sutherland Edwards 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Arnold Edward Crossman 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-2
6-2
5-7
6-2
Round 1
David Leslie (Leslie) Gaden 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
w.o.
Round 2
Arnold Edward Crossman 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston 1 *
Charles Edward Devenish Meares
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
K.J. Newman 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
6-4