Sir Edward William
Wallington
Male
England
1854-12-07
Oakley Hall, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
1933-12-12
Widcombe, Bath, Somerset, England
Attended Oxford University. From the internet: \"Wallington gained his [cricketing] blue at Oxford in 1877. His last match was played for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1885.
?He was groom in waiting to the then king, then the Prince of Wales and Private Secretary to the Queen. Prior to that he was the Private Secretary to the Governor of Fiji from 1883-1885. He also spent many years in Australia, and in 1889 was appointed Secretary to the Melbourne Club and in the same year became Private Secretary to the then Governor of Victoria.? He was knighted in 1916.
1880 - 1893
0
17
7
Round 1
Gus Kearney 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
7-5
6-0
Round 1
Benjamin (Ben) Green 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Sir Edward William Wallington 1 *
A.C. Proctor
6-4
11-13
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Stanley Barton Orr 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
4-6
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Sir Edward William Wallington 1 *
Richard Ernest Shuter
8-6
6-2
Semifinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
3
sets
to
0
Quarterfinals
Sir Edward William Wallington 1 *
Walter Bayles
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Walter John Carre Riddell 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Henry Richard Crossman 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
7-5
6-4
2-6
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Sir Edward William Wallington 1 *
Herbert A. Merewether
6-0
2-6
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Arthur Gideon Hugh Colquhoun 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
6-2
7-5
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Robert David Fitzgerald 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
2-6
6-4
4-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
J.R. King 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
1-6
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Sir Edward William Wallington 1 *
Eugene Silvester
3-2
Quarterfinals
Sir Edward William Wallington 1 *
William McEvoy
3-0
in
sets
Semifinals
Sir Edward William Wallington 1 *
Bye
Final
Frank Highett 1 *
Sir Edward William Wallington
w.o.