George Walter William Henry
Bray
Male
England
1880-06-04
St. Petersburg, Russia
1954-09-01
Kensington, London, England
George Bray was the second of the four children of William Henry Bray and Sarah Eleanor Bray (née Phillips). Both of the Bray parents had been born in England. George Bray’s siblings were Sarah Eleanor, junior (b. 1883), Lucy (b. 1884) and Walter George (b. 1888). All four of the Bray children were born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where William Bray was headmaster at a college in the city.
George Bray, who has the middle name (or patronym) ‘Vassilievich’ in some Russian sources, became a member of the nascent Krestovsky Lawn Tennis Club in Saint Petersburg circa 1900, and was later its treasurer. He was a director and, from 1913-17, vice-president, of the Russian-English Bank in Saint Petersburg.
George Bray won the men’s singles event at the early All-Russian Lawn Tennis Championships in 1907 and 1909 and, together with his brother, Walter (listed as ‘Vladimir’ in some early sources), the men’s doubles title in the years 1908-11. With the advent of the October Revolution in 1917, George Bray left Russia. As of September 1939, he was a company director and living in Kensington, London. His wife, Alice Augusta Bray, had died in London in August 1934.They had had at least two children together, boys name Reginald and Lawrence.
George Bray died in London in September 1954 at the age of 73. From the National Probate Calendar of England and Wales: Bray, George Walter William Henry, of 41 Kensington Mansions, Trebovir Road, Kensington, London, and of Rose Cottage, Littleham, near Bideford, Devonshire, died 1 September 1954 at 41 Kensington Mansions. Probate London, 3 February 1955 to Reginald George Arthur de Bray, university lecturer, and Lawrence Lancelot Geoffrey Bray, company director. Effects: £5,569, 4s, 7d.
1901 - 1912
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43
31
1909 - All-Russian Championships (Amateur)
1909 - Championships of Moscow (Amateur)
1909 - St Petersburg Circle of Sportsmen Championships (Amateur)
1908 - St. Petersburg Championships (Amateur)
1908 - Championships of Moscow (Amateur)
1907 - All-Russian Championships (Amateur)
1907 - Championships of Moscow (Amateur)
1907 - St Petersburg Circle of Sportsmen Championships (Amateur)
1906 - St. Petersburg Championships (Amateur)
1906 - St Petersburg Circle of Sportsmen Championships (Amateur)
1906 - Championships of Moscow (Amateur)
1905 - St. Petersburg Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Championships of Moscow (Amateur)
1904 - St. Petersburg Championships (Amateur)
1904 - St Petersburg Circle of Sportsmen Championships (Amateur)
1903 - Championships of Moscow (Amateur)
1902 - Championships of Moscow (Amateur)
Round 2
Rudolf Ventselli 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
6-1
6-0
6-3
Round 2
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
George Viktorovich Martynov
6-1
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Arthur W. MacPherson jr
6-2
6-2
0-6
ret.
Semifinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
V. Zeimer
6-1
6-0
6-3
Final
Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
3-6
6-1
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Alexei Lvovich (Alexis) Raffalovich
2-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Aleksandr Appolonovich Alenitsin (Alenitsyn) 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
3-0
ret.
Round 2
Alexei Lvovich (Alexis) Raffalovich 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
w.o.
Final
Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
6-1
6-3
Round 2
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Richard Richardovich Ramme
6-3
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Ambrose Pavlovich Petrocochino
6-2
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Aleksandr Appolonovich Alenitsin (Alenitsyn)
6-1
6-0
6-3
Final
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Walter George (Vladimir) Bray
6-2
6-3
1-6
6-0
Final
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Walter George (Vladimir) Bray
6-3
2-6
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Final
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston
6-3
2-6
6-3
Round 1
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Robert Ventselli
7-5
6-1
6-1
Final
Leo Urusov 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
6-3
6-3
2-0
ret.
Round 1
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Rudolf Karlovich Königsberger
w.o.
Quarterfinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Leo Förster
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Aleksandr Appolonovich Alenitsin (Alenitsyn)
6-1
6-0
Final
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Richard Richardovich Ramme
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 2
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Valentin Lessing
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Rudolf Karlovich Königsberger
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Walter George (Vladimir) Bray
w.o.
Final
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Richard Richardovich Ramme
6-3
3-6
6-3
6-4
Round 2
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
M. Kuntz
6-1
7-5
6-0
Quarterfinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Klavdiy Ermolov
6-2
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Leo Urusov
7-5
2-6
3-6
6-4
6-1
Final
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Walter George (Vladimir) Bray
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 1
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Mr. Conrad
6-2
6-0
Round 2
John Flavelle 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
6-3
6-2
Round 2
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
V. Wallenberg
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gunnar Setterwall 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
6-1
6-0
Final
Frederick William Payn 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
?-?
4-6
ret.
Round 1
Wollmar Bostrom 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
6-2
6-2
Round 1
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
A. Kolomnin
6-2
6-8
6-1
Round 2
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Sergei Lvovich (Serge) Raffalovich
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frederick William Payn 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
6-3
4-6
ret.
Semifinals
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
Sergei Lvovich (Serge) Raffalovich
6-4
3-6
6-3
Final
George Vassilievich Bray 1 *
A. Stivens
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Sergei Lvovich (Serge) Raffalovich 1 *
George Vassilievich Bray
6-2
6-1