Robert Branks Powell

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The Canadian Davis Cup team in 1913, seated Robert Powell

Robert Branks Powell (born April 2, 1881 in Victoria , Province of British Columbia , † April 28, 1917 in Vimy , France ) was a Canadian tennis player.

Life

Powell was the private secretary of the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière from 1900 to 1904 . In 1904 he accepted a position with the Governor of the Fiji Islands , in 1905 and 1906 he worked for the West Pacific High Commission . In 1909 he graduated from law school.

Powell learned the game of tennis from his father. Among other things, he won the championships of British Columbia and the Fischi Islands (1905, 1906) as well as the Scottish championships and the Sussex championships in Europe . At the Wimbledon Championships he reached the semi-finals in 1908, but lost to the eventual winner Arthur Gore with 8:10, 4: 6 and 2: 6. In doubles he was able to advance to the semifinals the following year alongside Kenneth Powell , which was lost to Stanley Norwood Doust and Harry Alabaster Parker . In 1913 and 1914 he also played for Canada in the Davis Cup .

Powell took part in the 1908 Olympic Games lawn tournament in London. In singles he reached the third round, in doubles he had to admit defeat at the side of John F. Foulkes in the first game to Brits Walter Cecil Crawley and Kenneth Powell.

When the First World War broke out , Powell became a lieutenant in the 48th Canadian Infantry Battalion . He fell in northern France on April 28, 1917 at the age of 36.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 417
  2. ↑ Tennis Star War's Victim. (pdf) New York Times, May 5, 1917, accessed October 26, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Powell, Robert Branks
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Victoria , Canada
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1917
Place of death Vimy , France