Sir John Cecil F.
Masterman
Male
England
1891-01-12
Kingston-upon-Thames, London, England
1977-06-06
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Masterman was educated at the Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth, at Worcester College, Oxford, where he read modern history. He studied at the University of Freiburg where he also was an exchange lecturer in 1914, at the outbreak of World War I. As a result, he was interned as an enemy alien for four years in a detention camp in Ruhleben. During his internment, Masterman took the opportunity to further polish his German.
After his return from captivity, Masterman became tutor of Modern History in Christ Church, Oxford, where he was also censor (1920?26). In the 1920s he became a noted player of cricket, tennis and hockey, participating in international competitions, and in 1931 he toured Canada with the Marylebone Cricket Club; he was acknowledged as a master gamesman in Stephen Potter's book Gamesmanship.
After World War II he returned to Oxford, becoming Provost of Worcester College (1946?61) and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University during 1957 and 1958. Masterman was knighted for his services in 1959.
1913 - 1932
3
26
14
1920 - Warwickshire Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Mid-Kent Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Warwickshire Championships (Amateur)
Final
Jack Lysaght 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Charles Aeschlimann 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Patrick Spence 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
6-4
6-4
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Nicolae Mishu 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
w.o.
Round 1
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
Henry Standring
6-2
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
Carl-Erik Von Braun
4-6
6-4
1-6
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
Henning Larsen
6-4
6-4
6-1
Round 4
Major David M. Evans 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
5-7
6-0
6-1
5-7
9-7
Round 1
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
9-7
4-6
5-7
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
6-4
6-4
10-12
6-2
Round 1
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
Dr Ernest Ulysses Williams
3-6
6-4
6-3
3-
6-3
Round 2
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
Ernest Lamb
5-7
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Charles Stedman (Chuck) Garland 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
6-4
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
Victor Alexander (capt.) Cazalet
2-6
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
G.P. Wallace
6-1
6-1
Final
Lawrence Francis Davin 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
6-3
1-6
6-2
1-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
P.H. Stevens
w.o.
Semifinals
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
W.E. Hunt
6-0
6-2
Final
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
Claude Whitehouse
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
Peter Matthew Dixon
6-2
6-0
Final
Cotah Ramaswami 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
9-7
6-2
Round 1
Ronald Victor Thomas 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
6-4
2-6
6-3
6-8
9-7
Final
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
G.N. Thompson
2-6
6-0
7-5
Final
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
John Norman (Jack) Radcliffe
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman 1 *
A.L. Hills
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Arthur Wallis Myers 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
6-2
6-0