Ashley Campbell (tennis) explained

Ashley Campbell
Birth Date:1880 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales
Death Place:East St Kilda, Victoria
College:Newington College
Australianopendoublesresult:W (1910, 1914)

Ashley De Vere Campbell (29 September 1880 – 5 July 1943)[1] was an Australian male tennis player who was active before World War I. He was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1893–1898)[2] where he was a noted cricketer. Campbell didn't play tennis until the age of eighteen and his game was heavily influenced by David Edwards who was a fellow Old Newingtonian.[3] Campbell moved to Melbourne in 1903 and was winner of the 1910 and 1914 Australasian men's doubles championships.[4] From 1929 until 1939 he lived In Europe, having been an executive of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company in Australia and New Zealand.[5] Campbell became secretary of the Free French movement in Victoria, and was secretary of the Red Cross and an active member of the Alliance Française. He died in a hospital in East St Kilda, Victoria.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/4811.html Australia Open
  2. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 28
  3. News: LAWN TENNIS. . The Referee. Sydney . 16 January 1918 . 30 September 2014 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Lawn Tennis. . . Melbourne . 26 May 1915 . 30 September 2014 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: OBITUARY. . . Launceston, Tas. . 6 July 1943 . 30 September 2014 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: DEATH OF FRENCH SECRETARY. . . 7 July 1943 . 30 September 2014 . 8 . National Library of Australia.