Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's doubles

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Rackets at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Singles men
Doubles men

The men's doubles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Standings

Place Players Nation
1 John Jacob Astor
Vane Pennell
Great Britain Great Britain
2 Cecil Browning
Edmund Bury
Great Britain Great Britain
3 Henry Leaf
Evan Noel
Great Britain Great Britain

[edit] Matches

There were only two matches. Astor and Pennell defeated Leaf and Noel in the semifinal, 4-2. They went on to defeat Browning and Bury in the final, 4-1.

[edit] Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). Racquets 1908. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 6 May 2006.