Class Of - 1931
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During his school years, he became a skilled and enthusiastic sportsman. He played cricket and football for Gardiner House and also played in the School 1st XVIII. Tennis became a major sport for him at this time. He won the ‘B’ Grade Tennis Championship of Victoria and commenced his involvement with the Victorian ‘A’ Grade Tennis competition which continued until 1949. After leaving School, he worked for various sporting goods firms, interrupted by the War in which he served as part of the Heavy A.A. Regiment in Australia and overseas. He finally left this phase of employment in 1968 when he joined the Professional Tennis Coach Association. He continued his involvement in tennis and played in the Linton Cup for Victoria between 1929 and 1932, and won the Doubles Championship in 1931 and 1932. In 1930 and 1931, he also won the Victorian Hard Court Doubles Championship with a former Scotch Collegian, Vic Beament. In 1932 he was selected in the Victorian Interstate Tennis Team and continued in the team until 1949. He coached Linton and Wilson Cup squads from 1954 to 1968, and was a State Selector both for these squads and for the Men’s Interstate team from 1956. He is now in his 73rd year as a member of Kooyong Tennis Club. In 1932, he started playing badminton and played in the Victorian State Team from 1934 to 1949. He won the Victorian Doubles Championship in 1934, 1935 and 1937, and also won the Australian Mixed Doubles Championship in 1943 and the Men’s Doubles in 1950. He was selected in the 1st Australian Badminton Team against New Zealand in 1938, 1939 and 1949. He also received the International Badminton Association Service to Badminton Award. In recent years, Bert has played lawn bowls with Glen Iris, Camberwell, Burwood and Bennetswood Clubs as well as with Old Scotch Bowls Club of which he was President from 1987 to 1989. He married Margery Frazer in 1938 and they have just celebrated his 65th wedding anniversary. | |
