Ashley Campbell (tennis)

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]

Ashley Campbell
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1880-09-29)29 September 1880
Sydney, New South Wales
Died5 July 1943(1943-07-05) (aged 62)
East St Kilda, Victoria
CollegeNewington College
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1910, 1914)

References
  1. Australia Open
  2. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 28
  3. "LAWN TENNIS". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 16 January 1918. p. 11. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. "Lawn Tennis". The Winner. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 26 May 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. "OBITUARY". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. "DEATH OF FRENCH SECRETARY". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 7 July 1943. p. 8. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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