Albert Davis
Prebble
Male
Great Britain
1873-10-22
Islington, Middlesex, Great Britain
1946-08-27
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Albert David Prebble was born in London on October 22nd 1873. He was educated at King?s College, London where he was in the Cricket XI and very prominent in the athletic sports. After leaving college most of his leisure time was devoted to lawn tennis, and it was not until 1901/2 that he first played badminton at Crystal Palace, and by 1903 he was recognised as a very fine player. He was also a member of the Logan Club for many years.
He made a close study of the tactics of the game, and his rise to fame was very rapid. He was selected to captain England against Ireland in Dublin in February 1903, the first international ever played. He was a regular choice for England, but unable to play in 1907 and 1909 and retired from competitive play in 1911 having appeared for England on five occasions. During his ten years of serious competition, he won the All England men?s doubles in 1904, 1907 and 1909 each time with a different partner and also won the mixed doubles in 1909. The 1907 men?s doubles final was a memorial match owing to the fact that it was commenced so late that it had to be stopped due to failing light, and was replayed the next morning. Business commitments prevented Mr Prebble from doing himself justice during his last year of competitive play.
Albert Prebble was also very involved in the administration of badminton, being first elected to the committee of the Badminton Association in 1903, serving continuously for 43 years. He acted as Hon Secretary of the All England Championships on three occasions doing much to increase the prestige of this tournament during its early years. He was also honorary referee at many other tournaments.
Later Albert Prebble was chairman of the committee of the Badminton Association of England taking the chair upon the inauguration of the International Badminton Federation in 1934.
For 25 years he was a Vice President of Kent, but his only appearance in a county match was representing Surrey. In 1903 and 1904 Surrey played Hampshire and qualifications were not clearly defined ? excusable as no regulations had been drawn up and neither county had formed a county association.
In Lawn Tennis he also was also highly respected reaching the final of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon on four occasions. He represented England versus Ireland and was a member of the English teams which toured South Africa and Russia. He played many times for London v Paris. He was also involved in the administration of Lawn Tennis, being honorary secretary of Kent for 21 years. He was captain of the British Davis Cup team six times.
He was a very successful stockbroker and well respected in a wide field of activities.
In 1909 he won the mixed doubles at the All England Badminton Championships with Miss Dora Boothby and the same pair won the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis mixed doubles within four months, but sadly the tennis achievement does not feature in the record books as the latter title was then the prerogative of the Northern Association.
His interest in the development of the game continued even during the period of his long illness which culminated in his death in a nursing home at Eastbourne on August 27th 1946.
References ? Badminton Gazette December 1910, Badminton Gazette, November 1946
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Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Jesse Spaulding
w.o.
Round 3
Albert Prebble 1 *
Philip Rufford Hewlett
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 4
André Gobert 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-1
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
Marquis Antonio José R. Jimenez
6-3
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Edward Stanley Franklin 1 *
Albert Prebble
0-6
3-6
7-5
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Artemas H. (Artimus) Holmes
6-4
10-8
6-4
Round 3
George Alan Thomas 1 *
Albert Prebble
5-7
6-3
4-6
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
W. Alfred
3-6
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Arthur Wallis Myers 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 2
Frederick A. L'Estrange Burgess 1 *
Albert Prebble
3-6
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Roderick McNair
7-5
1-6
6-2
Round 3
Leslie Poidevin sr 1 *
Albert Prebble
7-5
3-6
6-4
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Athar Ali Fyzee
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Albert Prebble 1 *
Oswald Charles Johnson
7-9
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Albert Prebble 1 *
Charles E.L. Lyle
6-3
6-0
Final
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-1
6-8
6-1
ret.
Round 2
Colin Charles Wyllie 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 1
Henry Wilson-Fox 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
A. Whelan
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Reginald Speke Barnes 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-3
ret.
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Joshua Francis Pim
w.o.
Round 3
W.E. Gillespie 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 2
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Albert Prebble
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
A. Fault
w.o.
Round 2
Charles Gladstone Allen 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
H.S. Fellowes
w.o.
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
H. Thomas Haydon
7-8
ret.
Round 3
Harry Alabaster Parker 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
Mr. B.
w.o.
Round 2
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
8-6
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
H.G. Hetherington
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Arthur Wallis Myers 1 *
Albert Prebble
3-6
8-6
8-6
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Peter Hicks
6-3
6-8
6-3
0-6
6-1
Round 3
George Alan Thomas 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
C. Pollas
w.o.
Round 2
Charles Dixon 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
2-1
ret.
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
Capt. Arthur Berger
3-6
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Charles Harrison Mounsey
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
R. Lee
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Andrew Leicester Irvine 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-4
Round 2
F. Chesterton 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 2
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-3
6-3
Round 1
N.D. Malcolm 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 2
Quarterfinals
J.S. Talbot 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Samuel Bradley Figgis
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Albert Prebble 1 *
A.M. Shore
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Ernest George Parton 1 *
Albert Prebble
3-6
6-0
6-2
Round 2
George Alan Thomas 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-8
6-0
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
David Marc Andrew Graham Hawes
3-6
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Henry Theodore Schmidt
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Albert Prebble 1 *
Robert Harry Hotham
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Charles Dixon 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Arthur Lowe
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Albert Prebble 1 *
Carl Zenger
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 4
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Thomas Henry Oyler
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Alan Thomas 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Frank Pearson 1 *
Albert Prebble
8-6
6-2
Round 2
G.B. Vernon 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
F. Daubeny
6-1
6-2
Round 3
A. Hay 1 *
Albert Prebble
3-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
J.S. Paige
6-0
7-5
Round 2
J.S. Talbot 1 *
Albert Prebble
9-7
ret.
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
Sidney Wallis Newling
6-0
3-6
6-2
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Lawrence Edward Milburn
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Albert Prebble 1 *
Arthur Henry Riseley
4-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frederick William (Fritz) Goldberg 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
W.H. Gingell
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
E. Warnant
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Albert Prebble 1 *
Francis Henry (Frank) Pearce
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Albert Prebble 1 *
Kenneth Powell
6-0
4-6
6-4
Final
Sydney Adams 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
A.H. Hicks
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Albert Prebble 1 *
Dr David Thomas Harbison
5-7
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
Thomas Henry Oyler
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Harry Alabaster Parker
w.o.
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
Kenneth James Eastmond Ingram
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Frank Riseley 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
C.S. Smith
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Andrew Leicester Irvine 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-1
8-10
6-4
Round 1
S. Glen Walker 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
Norman Brookes
w.o.
Round 2
G. Hart 1 *
Albert Prebble
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
J. Slade
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Percy Ernest Tooth
4-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Albert Prebble 1 *
Philip Thomas Oyler
?
Semifinals
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Tony Wilding 1 *
Albert Prebble
2-6
6-2
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Charles Gladstone Allen 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Sigismund Raynor Arthur 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
W. Frazer
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Charles Gladstone Allen 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Edward Lyell Bristow
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frederick William Payn 1 *
Albert Prebble
2-6
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
N. Morris
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Albert Prebble 1 *
Stanley A. Young
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Albert Prebble 1 *
G.J. Searle
6-2
7-5
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-0
6-1
ret.
Round 2
Albert Prebble 1 *
Charles François Simond
6-2
1-6
6-3
9-7
Round 3
E.S. Salmon 1 *
Albert Prebble
3-6
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Wylie Grant 1 *
Albert Prebble
4-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
C. Eden
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Alexander Frederick Fellowes 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Archdale Palmer 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-3
9-7
11-9
Round 1
Ernest George Parton 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Albert Prebble
w.o.
Round 2
Frank Riseley 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-3
6-3
Round 1
C.J. Evans 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
S.Y. Denham
5-7
6-2
7-5
Round 2
George Hillyard 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-0
6-4
Round 2
J. Hemmant 1 *
Albert Prebble
0-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Roderick McNair 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Albert Prebble 1 *
H.T. Thomson
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Edward Yatman 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-4
2-6
6-2
Round 1
Robert Stanley Ransome 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
1-6
6-4