A. Wallis Myers

Arthur Wallis Myers ( born July 24, 1878 in Kettering, † June 16, 1939 in Berrow in Epsom, Surrey ) was a British tennis player and sports journalist.

Life

Myers, son of a minister, took part in tournaments since 1903. 1912 and 1913 as well as 1920 and 1921 he took part in the Wimbledon Championships in singles, but never got beyond the second round.

From 1909 until his death he worked at the Daily Telegraph as rapporteur for tennis. Also for the sports magazine The Field, he wrote a regular contributor. In addition, he has published several books, including a biography of the four-time Wimbledon champion Anthony Wilding.

During the First World War he worked from 1917 for the British Ministry of Information, for which he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire later.

He died in 1939 in Berrow at Epson.

Works

• The Complete Lawn Tennis Player. George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia, 1908. (Online)
• The story of the Davis Cup (the International Lawn Tennis Championship ). Methuen & Co., London, 1913.
• Captain Anthony Wilding. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1916. (Online)
• Twenty Years of Lawn Tennis: Some Personal Memories. Methuen & Co., London, 1921. (Online)
• Fifty Years of Wimbledon: The Story of the Lawn Tennis Championships. All England Club, Wimbledon 1926.
• Lawn Tennis, its Principles & Practice: A Player's Guide to Modern Methods.. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1930.
• Memory 's Parade. Methuen & Co., London, 1932.

Swell

• Obituary from The Courier Mail ( Brisbane, Australia) ( online)