Manliffe Francis Goodbody

Manliffe Francis Goodbody

Manliffe Francis Goodbody (born November 20, 1868 in Dublin , † March 24, 1916 in the English Channel ) was an Irish tennis and football player.

Life

Goodbody was born in 1868 to Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin.

From 1887 on, Goodbody took part in tennis tournaments. In 1889 he won the Northern Ireland Championships in Belfast . In the same year he reached the round of 16 at the Wimbledon Championships . In 1894 he played in the US championships and immediately reached the final of the All-Comers competition, which he won against Bill Larned in five sets. In the Challenge Round , however, he had to admit defeat to defending champion Robert Wrenn . In 1895 he reached the final at the Queen's Club Championships . In 1896 and 1897 he won the French indoor championships. After that he only appeared occasionally in tournaments.

Goodbody was also active as a soccer player and played for the Irish national soccer team in 1889 (1: 6 against English national soccer team ) and 1891 (7: 2 against Wales ) two internationals as a right defender. Goodbody also studied temporarily in England and appeared during his stay there for Corinthian FC , one of the most important amateur teams in England.

After his tennis career he worked as a ship broker for the Baltic Exchange . On November 22, 1904, he married Margarita Howat Mathieson. The marriage resulted in two children: Kenneth Manliffe Goodbody (born December 8, 1905) and Sheila Margarita Goodbody (born April 10, 1910).

He died at the age of 47 on board the canal ferry Sussex , which was torpedoed in the English Channel on March 24, 1916 by the German submarine UB 29 .

Single track

No.	year	competition	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1889	North of Ireland Championships	T. Dickson	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 2
2.	1890	North of Ireland Championships	Arthur Henry Gore Ashe	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 0, 6: 2
3.	1890	Northumberland Championships	Francis Seymour Noun	6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 3
4th	1890	Buxton	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow	6: 2, 7: 5, 6: 3
5.	1892	Craigside	James Herbert Crispe	6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 2
6th	1892	Cheltenham	Sydney Howard Smith	6: 1, 8: 6, 7: 5
7th	1893	County Dublin Championships	Arthur Horsbrugh Porter	6: 3, 6: 2, 7: 5
8th.	1896	French indoor championships	George Miéville Simond	7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 4
9.	1897	French indoor championships	Frank Lorymer Riseley	6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 0

Sources and web links

• Manliffe Francis Goodbody. tennisarchives.com, accessed on November 14, 2012 (English). 
• B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 454.
• H. Montgomery-Massingberd: Burke's Irish Family Records. Burkes Peerage, London 1976, ISBN 0-85011-018-1 , p. 482.
• Manliffe Francis Goodbody on thepeerage.com , accessed September 17, 2016.
• Profile on NI Footballing Greats