George Miéville
Simond
Male
England
1867-01-23
Marylebone, London, England
1941-04-09
Monte Carlo, Monaco
George Miéville Simond was born in London in January 1867. He was the second of the nine children – seven sons and two daughters – of François Frédéric Simond (1824-1912), a native of the municipality of Yver-les-Bains in the west of Switzerland, and Ada Simon (née Spurgin; 1846-1926), who was from London. The Miéville in George Miéville Simond comes from his mother’s side of the family; his maternal grandmother was Susanne Marie Miéville (1807-83).
François Frédéric Simond was involved in the banking sector and for several years was a member of the firm Kraeutler and Miéville, which had offices in the City of London. As the following notice from The London Gazette of 5 April 1899 shows, this partnership was dissovled in March 1899. (The firm would continue under the name Simond & Co.):
“Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, François Frédéric Simond, John Frank Miéville, and André Henri Simond, carrying on business as Bankers and Merchants, at 11 and 12, Angel Court, in the City of London, under the style or firm of Kraeutler and Miéville has been dissolved, by mutual consent, as from the 30th day of March, 1889. All debts due to and owing from the said partnership will be received and paid by Mr Daniel Baily, of 11 and 12, Angel Court aforesaid, who has been appointed by us as Liquidator of the business.— Dated this 30th day of March, 1889. F. F. Simond. J. Frank Miéville. A. H. Simond.”
No less than four of George Simond’s brothers – Amedée, Charles, Herman and Septimus – also took part in lawn tennis tournaments, but George was the most successful. In 1906, together with Clement Cazalet, George notably reached the all-comers’ final of the men’s doubles event at Wimbledon. They were beaten at that stage by the eventual champions, Frank Riseley and Sidney Smith, who won a four-set match, 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
At the indoor lawn tennis events, held at the Queen’s Club in London in May 1908 as part of the Olympic Games, Simond won a silver medal with George Caridia by reaching the final of the men’s doubles event. They lost the match in question to their compatriots Arthur W. Gore and Herbert Roper Barrett, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
For many years Simond also acted as referee at lawn tennis tournaments, particularly those held on the French Riviera and in Switzerland. Indeed, when the Census of England and Wales was taken in June 1921, Simond’s occupation was listed as ‘Lawn Tennis Referee’. (The census return for 1911 had listed his occupation as ‘Bill Broker Agent’.)
George Simond retired from lawn tennis competition before World War One. He did not marry and died in Monte Carlo in April 1941 at the age of 74.
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1894 - 1914
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1910 - East Yorkshire Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Lyon Covered Court Championships (Open)
1905 - Middlesex Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Swiss International Championships (Amateur)
1901 - French International Covered Court Championships (Amateur)
1899 - Swiss International Championships (Amateur)
1898 - French International Covered Court Championships (Amateur)
1894 - Craigside (Amateur)
Round 2
Max Decugis 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-1
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
A.F. Stephen
w.o.
Round 3
James Cecil Parke 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-3
ret.
Round 1
Max Decugis 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-0
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Percy M. White
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Henry Whittick Mackrill
2-0
ret.
Final
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Mark Hick
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 1
G. De Pas 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 2
Francis Henry (Frank) Pearce 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 2
Edgar William Timmis 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Semifinals
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
G. Hofman
w.o.
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Réginald Storms
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
G. De Bray
6-4
6-4
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Tony Wilding 1 *
George Miéville Simond
7-5
4-6
6-1
Round 1
L. Girdlestone 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Johannes Carnap
6-2
6-1
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Paul Compes
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Arnold Frese
6-0
5-7
6-1
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Oscar Kreuzer
6-3
6-4
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 3
John Flavelle 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-4
7-5
Round 1
G.K. Roberts 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 2
Tony Wilding 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Frederick Arthur Bridgman
6-1
6-1
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Walker Salisbury
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
W. G. Seymour
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
A. Haffner
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
George Cartwright
6-2
6-2
Round 3
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Gilbert Allis
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-3
4-0
ret.
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Arnold Frese
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Karl Schmidt-Knatz 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
8-6
Round 2
W. Schnobling 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 1
Tony Wilding 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Roderick McNair
6-2
6-0
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
John d'Apice
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
George Alan Thomas
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Kenneth James Eastmond Ingram
6-2
6-4
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 2
George Hillyard 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
9-7
6-2
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
B. Herz
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Pierre Picot
6-2
7-5
Final
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Saint John Stewart Blacker Douglas
w.o.
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Pierre Verdé Delisle
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
A. Kimmerling
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Fernand Eugène Victor Zambaux
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
J. Latour
6-0
6-1
Final
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Maurice Germot
6-2
4-6
6-2
6-2
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Sidney Wallis Newling
w.o.
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Albert Prebble
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
H.E. Pollock Hodsoll
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
George Miéville Simond
4-6
6-0
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
J. Lelianoff
6-1
6-0
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Paul Grüder
6-0
6-0
Round 3
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Otto Mario Widmann
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Louis Trasenster 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Dr. D.O. Mannesmann
6-0
6-1
Round 3
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Moritz von Bissing
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Oscar Kreuzer
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
George Ball Greene 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 1
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
J. Duckworth
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Augustus Wallace MacGregor 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-3
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Dudley Thomas Reynolds Larcombe
6-2
6-4
Round 3
George Miéville Simond 1 *
L. Mossop
w.o.
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Roderick McNair
6-4
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
George Alan Thomas
4-6
6-0
6-1
Final
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Henry Pollard
9-7
3-6
10-8
Round 1
Leonard Astley Moysey 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Evan Gwynne-Evans
7-5
6-4
6-3
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Robert Hough
6-2
9-7
6-2
Round 3
Roderick McNair 1 *
George Miéville Simond
9-7
1-0
ret.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Jean-Charles Worth
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Arthur J.B. Norris
10-8
11-9
Semifinals
Max Decugis 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Evan Gwynne-Evans 1 *
George Miéville Simond
4-6
8-6
6-3
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
William Henry Zimmern
6-2
6-0
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
E.H. Allen
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
F.P. Down
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Septimus Duncan Simond
6-2
6-3
Final
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Frederick William Payn 1 *
George Miéville Simond
18-16
6-2
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
I. Baker
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 2
George Caridia 1 *
George Miéville Simond
2-6
6-3
4-6
6-1
6-1
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Henry Wilson-Fox
9-7
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Charles Edward Finlason
1-6
12-10
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Thomas Dudley Stoward
w.o.
Final
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-1
6-4
7-9
5-7
6-4
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
M. Fontaine
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Victor González de Andía de Yrarrázaval
w.o.
Semifinals
Max Decugis 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
7-5
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
George Caridia
6-3
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Robert Hough 1 *
George Miéville Simond
5-7
3-6
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
E.R. Clarke
6-3
6-1
3-6
6-1
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Dr Allan Campbell Pearson
6-1
8-6
7-5
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-1
9-7
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
John Brown
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Robert Hough
4-6
4-6
6-4
ret.
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
George Lawrence Orme
6-3
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
3-6
6-0
6-1
6-2
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-3
6-4
6-0
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Marcel Vacherot
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
Max Decugis 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-1
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Frederick Russell Canning
6-2
2-6
6-1
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
John Baker Dufall
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Sydney Adams
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
A. Sepia
6-2
6-4
Final
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
6-4
ret.
Challenge Round
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-0
6-3
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
H.H. Ripley
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
4-6
9-7
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
George Caridia 1 *
George Miéville Simond
9-7
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-3
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Edward Yatman
6-0
6-3
9-7
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Arthur J.B. Norris
4-6
8-6
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
George Caridia
6-3
6-1
3-6
6-4
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Arthur J.B. Norris
2-6
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 3
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Courtney Llewellyn Nedwill
6-1
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Charles Dixon 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
7-5
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
L. Fontaine
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Dr Paul Lebreton
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
8-6
6-3
Final
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Max Decugis
6-0
7-5
6-1
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Brame Hillyard
6-2
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-8
6-1
6-4
3-1
ret.
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Arthur J.B. Norris
6-3
8-6
6-4
Final
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Alfred F. Langley
2-6
7-5
9-7
Quarterfinals
Edward Key Harvey 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
3-6
11-9
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
George Harold Lawson Whale
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Robert Hough
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
George Caridia 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Captain Ernest Douglas Black 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Clement Cazalet
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Alexander Morrice MacKay
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
4-6
8-6
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Dr. De Frey
6-1
6-0
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Albert George Morganstern
w.o.
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
C. Lamperti
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Edward Key Harvey
6-1
8-6
Final
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Robert Hough
6-0
6-1
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Courtney Llewellyn Nedwill
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-1
6-0
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
9-7
3-6
6-3
12-10
Round 3
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Oswald Milne
6-2
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
J. Letord
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Arthur J.B. Norris
5-7
11-9
7-5
Final
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Paul Aymé
9-7
2-6
7-5
ret.
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Roger Thorpe Green
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-3
9-7
Round 1
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
George Miéville Simond
11-9
1-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
J.F. Martin
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Dr Allan Campbell Pearson
6-2
2-6
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Arthur Wellesley Hallward 1 *
George Miéville Simond
2-6
3-6
7-5
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-0
3-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Archdale Palmer
w.o.
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
George Miéville Simond
w.o.
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Francis Regner Brooksbank Pinhorn
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
George Caridia 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
8-6
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Turketil George Pearson Greville
6-4
3-6
2-6
7-5
6-3
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
6-1
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
George Miéville Simond
2-6
6-4
6-4
1-6
6-3
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Clement Cazalet
2-6
6-3
5-7
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-3
7-5
3-6
6-1
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
George Hetley
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Jean Schopfer
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
John Flavelle
6-4
6-3
Final
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
George Miéville Simond
7-5
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
8-6
6-1
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Robert Baldock Scott
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Charles Gladstone Allen 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-1
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Stanley Johnstone
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
George Miéville Simond
9-7
6-3
Round 2
George Lawrence Orme 1 *
George Miéville Simond
9-7
1-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
D. Fuller
6-0
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
George Miéville Simond
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Allen Roper
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding
6-1
6-1
Final
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-0
6-0
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Henry Pollard
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Bill Larned 1 *
George Miéville Simond
4-6
3-6
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Stanley Johnstone
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
George Miéville Simond
9-7
6-3
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Edward James Avory
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-2
7-5
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Samuel Martin Jones
6-2
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Walter George Bailey 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-2
2-6
4-6
7-5
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
James Anthony Traill
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
William Cranston 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
A. Firth
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Sir Edward Tootal Broadhurst
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
William Sidney Nelson Heard 1 *
George Miéville Simond
1-6
6-0
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Robert Hough
6-0
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
E.G. Chittenden
2-6
8-6
6-1
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Tancred Disraeli Cummins
6-1
6-4
Final
George Miéville Simond 1 *
James Herbert Crispe
1-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
G. Edmondson
6-2
6-2
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Stanley Johnstone
1-6
7-5
6-3
Round 3
George Miéville Simond 1 *
G.H. Piercy
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Henry James Wilson Fosbery 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-0
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Mr. E. Taylor
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Robert Hough
w.o.
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Edward Carey
8-6
6-4
Final
William Sidney Nelson Heard 1 *
George Miéville Simond
4-6
8-6
7-5
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Henry Montague Stack
6-0
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
G.H. Savage
6-2
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
George Miéville Simond 1 *
S.E. Robins
6-3
2-6
6-3
2-6
6-2
Final
Walter George Bailey 1 *
George Miéville Simond
7-5
1-6
6-3
6-2