James Parke

James Parke medal table

Tennis player
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Olympic Summer Games
silver	1908 London	Double (lawn)

James Cecil Parke (born July 26, 1881 in Clones , Ireland , † February 27, 1946 in Llandudno , Wales ) was an Irish tennis , rugby and golf player .

Life

As a student he played from 1903 in the rugby team at Trinity College Dublin . Until 1906 he took part in international matches for the Irish national rugby team, where he was twice captain of the team. Then he turned to tennis.

At the London Olympics in 1908 , he represented the United Kingdom in grass tennis competition . Together with Josiah Ritchie, he lost to gold medalists George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty in the double final . In his most successful year, he won the Australian tennis championships in singles and doubles in 1912 . In singles he defeated Alfred Beamish, in doubles he won together with Charles Dixon against Alfred Beamish and Gordon Lowe. At Wimbledon he won in 1914 together with Ethel Larcombe in mixed. In 1914 and 1920 he played for Great Britain in the Davis Cup . In 1920 he took part for the last time in the individual tournament at Wimbledon and was defeated there in the third round against Bill Tilden .

title

singles

No.	year	competition	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1912	Australian championships	United Kingdom 1801 Alfred Beamish	3: 6, 6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 1, 7: 5

Double

No.	year	competition	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1912	Australian championships	United Kingdom 1801 Charles Percy Dixon	United Kingdom 1801 Alfred Beamish Francis Gordon Lowe United Kingdom 1801	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2

Mixed

No.	year	competition	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1914	Wimbledon Championships	United Kingdom 1801 Ethel Thomson Larcombe	France Marguerite Broquedis Anthony Wilding New Zealand	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Brendan Gallagher: Irelands finest ever sportsman James Cecil Parke remembered 100 years on. Daily Telegraph , February 5, 2009, accessed October 23, 2012 .

personal data
SURNAME	Parke, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Parke, Cecil; Parke, James Cecil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Clones , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 1946
Place of death	Llandudno , Wales , United Kingdom

[1] Brendan Gallagher: Irelands finest ever sportsman James Cecil Parke remembered 100 years on. Daily Telegraph , February 5, 2009, accessed October 23, 2012 .