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Arthur Wallis Myers CBE (24 July 1878 – 17 June 1939) was an English tennis correspondent, editor, author and player. He was one of the leading tennis journalists of the first half of the 20th century.[1] [2]
Family life [ edit ]
Myers was son of the Rev. John Brown Myers, secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society , and Agnes Traphena (née Nutter). He attended the Watford Endowed School and The Leys School in Cambridge .[3] [4]
In 1900 Myers married Lilian Gentry, daughter of Captain George Gentry, of Maldon , Essex .[4] The couple had seven children, the youngest of whom, Prue, wrote a tribute to her father entitled A. Wallis Myers: A testament to tennis .
Playing career [ edit ]
He was a keen tennis player himself and was active mainly in amateur doubles competition. In April 1906 he won the doubles title with New Zealander Anthony Wilding at the Championships of Barcelona.[5] He also won the Monte Carlo doubles championship in 1910 and 1921.
In mixed doubles competition, Myers competed at Monte Carlo in 1909[6] and later at the 1914 World Hard Court Championships with Phyllis Satterthwaite , reaching the semi-finals. He also teamed up with Molla Bjurstedt Mallory for the 1923 Monte Carlo tournament.[7]
Also in 1923 he won the doubles title at the South of France Championships .[6] He was the captain of British tennis teams on tour in Europe, South Africa and India.[1]
Journalism [ edit ]
Myers was the editor of the Ayers Lawn Tennis Almanack beginning in 1908.[8] The following year he began work as the lawn tennis correspondent of The Daily Telegraph , a position he held until his death in 1939. He also served as lawn tennis editor of The Field and he wrote several books on tennis including a biography of four-time Wimbledon champion Anthony Wilding who was killed in the First World War. During that war Myers served in the Ministry of Information .[9]
In 1924 he founded the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain[10] [11] with Lord Balfour , former Prime Minister and later a Member of the Cabinet, as its first President.
Honours [ edit ]
Myers was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1920 New Year Honours , dated 30 March 1920, for his work at the Ministry of Information.[12]
He was appointed Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour by French President Paul Doumer on 29 April 1932 for his service to the game of tennis.[13]
Bibliography [ edit ]
Lawn tennis at home and abroad (1903) (online )
The complete lawn tennis player (1908) (online )
Leaders of lawn tennis (1912) (online )
C.B. Fry : the man and his methods (1912)
The story of the Davis Cup (1913)
Captain Anthony Wilding (1916) (online )
Twenty years of lawn tennis : some personal memories (1921) (online )
Fifty years of Wimbledon : the story of the lawn tennis championships (1926)
Lawn tennis, its principles & practice: a player's guide to modern methods (1930)
Memory's parade (1932)
References [ edit ]
^ "Tennis" . Worker . 20 June 1939. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
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^ Who was who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949, originally compiled by Edward Martell and L. G. Pine, Gale Research Co., 1978, p. 1033
^ a b Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, ed. Arthur Hesilrige, Kelly's Directories, 1931, p. 1933
^ "Open Tournaments – Barcelona". Lawn Tennis and Badminton . Vol. XI, no. 277. 18 April 1906. pp. 8, 9.
^ a b Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual . London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1935.
^ "Miss Mallory Eliminated in Singles and Doubles of Tennis Tournament at Monte Carlo" . Providence News . 3 March 1923.
^ "A. Wallis Myers – Tennis Authority's Death" . The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 June 1939.
^ Martin Smith, ed. (2010). The Daily Telegraph book of Wimbledon . London: Aurum. pp. XIV, XV. ISBN 9781845135430 .
^ History of the IC Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Death of Wallis Myers" . The Sunday Times . Perth: National Library of Australia. 18 June 1939. p. 15.
^ "No. 31840" . The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3769.
^ "Legion of Honour For Tennis Player" , The Straits Times , 28 May 1932.
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