Ernest
Watson
Male
England
1877-00-00
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
An insurance broker by profession, Ernest Watson was the brother of fellow lawn tennis players Leslie and Sidney Watson. They were three of the ten children of Joseph Watson, an estate agent and insurance manager, and Margaret Watson.
1894 - 1929
7
110
82
1908 - East Yorkshire Championships (Amateur)
1908 - Ilkley (Open)
1908 - Yorkshire Championships (Amateur)
1906 - East Yorkshire Championships (Amateur)
1906 - Hull Westbourne Avenue (Amateur)
1905 - Ilkley (Open)
1900 - North of England Championships (Open)
Semifinals
Craig H. Campbell 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
A.C. Blunt
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Sidney Watson 1 *
Ernest Watson
w.o.
Round 2
Round 3
Percy Widdas 1 *
Ernest Watson
13-11
6-3
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
G.C. Smithson
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
H.C. Smedley
3-6
6-3
7-5
Round 4
Samuel Ernest (Ernest) Charlton 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-1
8-10
6-1
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
S.B. Wright
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Edgar Middleton
3-6
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
John Percival Medley
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Edgar Middleton 1 *
Ernest Watson
9-7
6-2
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
A.B. Clark
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
11-9
4-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
Stanley B. Pearson
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
G.R. Coxon
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
Leonard Gordon Wrigley
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Sidney Watson
w.o.
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Brame Hillyard
6-3
10-8
Final
Samuel Ernest (Ernest) Charlton 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
A.K. Brook
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
A.W. Davis
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Leslie Poidevin sr 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Edgar William Timmis
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Arthur Lowe 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
Gilbert Mahon
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
G.R.T. Taylor
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Harold Bower
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Sidney Watson
w.o.
Final
Ernest Watson 1 *
John Francis Moss
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
Leslie Poidevin sr
w.o.
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
H.D. Webster
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Reg. Webster
5-7
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
P. Marsden
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
A.S. Pickering
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Edgar Middleton
4-6
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Mark Hick
6-3
6-1
Final
Ernest Watson 1 *
Samuel Ernest (Ernest) Charlton
6-4
5-7
8-6
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
H.C. Smedley
6-3
1-6
6-2
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Stanley Gill
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Mark Hick
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Sidney Watson
w.o.
Final
Ernest Watson 1 *
Alec Smith
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
H.C. Hess
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
John Francis Moss
6-0
6-1
Final
Edgar Middleton 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-3
3-6
6-8
6-0
6-4
Round 1
F.H. Slater 1 *
Ernest Watson
w.o.
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
Harold Penn Gaskell
6-4
6-1
Round 4
Ernest Watson 1 *
Mark Hick
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
C.H. Ford
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Sidney Watson
w.o.
Final
Samuel Ernest (Ernest) Charlton 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
J. St. G. Heath
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
A. Black
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Frank Warner Abbatt
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Sidney Watson
w.o.
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Mark Hick
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
G.L. Grey
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
John Staines Wilton
6-1
6-2
Final
Ernest Watson 1 *
Sidney Watson
7-5
2-6
6-4
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Mark Hick
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
G.L. Grey
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
John Staines Wilton
6-1
6-2
Final
Ernest Watson 1 *
Sidney Watson
7-5
2-6
6-4
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
William Charles Youll
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Ralph Douglas Watson
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
Gerald William Chesterman
6-4
6-2
Round 2
E.M. Carter 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Edward Joseph Sampson 1 *
Ernest Watson
w.o.
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
A.P. Ford
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Edward Fletcher
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Edgar Middleton
3-6
6-2
6-2
Final
Ernest Watson 1 *
Reg. Webster
6-2
ret.
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
G. Ralph
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
Hubert Laws
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
N.R. Hills
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
George Ball Greene 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
Frederick William Charlton
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Alfred Leonard Bentley
6-3
5-7
6-3
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Mark Hick
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Sidney Watson
w.o.
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Henry Oswald Wade
6-2
6-3
Final
Ernest Watson 1 *
Charles William Wade
6-3
2-6
8-6
3-6
6-4
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
R.F. Phillips
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Ernest Watson 1 *
Stanley Brook Learoyd
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
Hugh Plaskitt
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Captain Ernest Douglas Black 1 *
Ernest Watson
3-6
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Ernest Watson 1 *
W.E. Sharp
6-4
7-9
12-10
Round 2
Thompson Jowett 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-3
2-6
9-7
Round 1
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Sidney Watson
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Henry Oswald Wade 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-2
9-7
Round 1
Robert Francis Dunnell 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
Edward Fletcher
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
F.H. Garnett
6-2
3-6
11-9
Semifinals
Ernest Watson 1 *
J.W.E. Sharpe
6-4
6-4
Final
Robert Francis Dunnell 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Ernest Watson 1 *
F.H. Garnett
7-5
7-9
6-3
Round 3
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Ernest Watson
6-4
6-2