Henry Leaf
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| silver | London 1908 | singles |
| bronze | London 1908 | Double |
Henry Meredith Leaf , DSO (born October 18, 1862 in Scarborough , † April 23, 1931 in London ) was a British racket and cricketer .
successes
At the Olympic Games in London in 1908 , Henry Leaf took part in the racket competitions in singles and doubles. Together with Evan Baillie Noel , he won the bronze medal in doubles. There were only two games in the competition: in the semifinals Leaf and Noel were defeated by the later Olympic champions Vane Pennell and John Jacob Astor , so that their third place was already certain. In singles, Leaf won his semifinals against Henry Brougham in three sets. Since he suffered a hand injury at the end of the game, he did not play for the final against Evan Baillie Noel and thus received the silver medal. Leaf was a member of the Queen's Club . Before the Olympic Games, Leaf played two games in first-class cricket .
Leaf, who had degrees in engineering from Trinity College and University College London , served with the Royal Engineers of the British Army and most recently held the rank of captain . During the Second Boer War he volunteered for active service. During the First World War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order . In 1931 he died in a traffic accident when he was run over by a bus on Cockspur Street.
Web links
- Henry Leaf in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 27174, HMSO, London, March 16, 1900, p. 1793 ( PDF , accessed March 11, 2020, English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Leaf, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leaf, Henry Meredith (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racquet player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scarborough , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1931 |
| Place of death | London , UK |