1908 Summer Olympics / Rackets

Rackets at the IV Olympic Games
information
venue	London
Competition venue	Queen's Club
Nations	1
Athletes	6 (6 men)
date	April 27 - May 1, 1908
decisions	1

At the IV Olympic Games in London in 1908 , a single and a double competition in rackets took place, a forerunner of squash . The venue was the Queen's Club in West Kensington .

Results

singles

space	country	player
1	GBR	Evan Baillie Noel
2	GBR	Henry Leaf
3	GBR	John Jacob Astor
	GBR	Henry Brougham
5	GBR	Vane Pennell
6th	GBR	Cecil Browning

Date: April 30th to May 1st, 1908
6 participants from 1 country

The game was played on three winning sets up to 15 points; If the score was 14:14, there was an extension of 18 points. Evan Baillie Noel won the final without a fight, as his opponent had suffered a hand injury at the end of his semi-final.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Evan Baillie Noel

15th

15th

15th

Vane Pennell

12

7th

5

Evan Baillie Noel

15th

15th

15th

John Jacob Astor

8th

5

4th

Evan Baillie Noel

-

Henry Leaf

Henry Leaf

15th

15th

15th

Henry Brougham

4th

12

6th

Double

space	country	player
1	GBR	Vane Pennell , John Jacob Astor
2	GBR	Edmund Bury , Cecil Browning
3	GBR	Evan Baillie Noel , Henry Leaf

Date: April 27 to May 1, 1908
6 participants from 1 country

The game was played on three winning sets up to 15 points; If the score was 14:14, there was an extension of up to 18 points. There were only two games: Astor / Pennell beat Noel / Leaf with 15:11, 0:15, 15: 7, 18:14 and 17:15. Astor / Pennell won the final against Bury / Browning with 6:15, 15: 7, 16:15, 15: 6 and 15: 7.

Web links

• Rackets at the Olympic Games 1908 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the Olympic Games 1908 (PDF, 12.4 MB)