James Thompson (table tennis player)

James Thompson (* 1889 in Bristol ; † 1967 there ) was an English table tennis player and official. He took part in the first World Cup in 1926 .

Career

Thompson was a penholder-style attacking player . He was in the final of the championships of West England in 1907/08, a year later he won this competition. During the First World War he retired from table tennis.

In 1923 he won the title at the Daily Mirror British Championships . He won against Moss Cohen and Percival Bromfield , who gave him five points. In 1923/24 he was nominated for an international match against Wales. At the 1926 World Cup he was third with the English team. In the individual, he was eliminated in the first round against the eventual world champion Roland Jacobi . In doubles with FSB Lawes, he lost immediately to the Hungarians Roland Jacobi / Dániel Pécsi .

James Thompson later took on official duties. In addition to activities in several local table tennis organizations, he was Vice President of the English Table Tennis Association (ETTA) from 1947 to 1967 .

Private

James Thompson was married with one daughter. In 1967 he died after a long illness.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CLOSELY	World Championship	1926	London	CLOSELY	last 64	last 32	no participants	3

Web links

• The Table Tennis Collector issue 33 page 12 (accessed October 4, 2010; PDF; 7.3 MB)
• The Table Tennis Collector Issue 57 Page 8 (accessed October 4, 2010; PDF; 5.3 MB)
• Photo by James Thompson (accessed April 19, 2014)
• Obituary by Ivor C. Evles in Table Tennis News, No. 11, December 1967, p. 2 (accessed July 24, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ James Thompson (table tennis player) Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 16, 2011)