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Keble College.
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Charles Grinstead
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He reached the Wimbledon All Comers Final in 1884 (and the quarterfinals the year before). In 1884, the Oxford Men"s Doubles event and its trophy were handed over to the All England Club to be known as the All England Men"s Doubles as part of the Wimbledon Championships. Consequently winners of the Oxford events are included as Wimbledon champions.
He was ranked World Number.
3 for 1884 by Karoly Mazak. While Grinstead had enjoyed his academic studies and his sport at university, he did not wish to become a cleric.
Instead in the spring of 1885, he immigrated to Ontario, Canada where he spent nine months, and then relocated to the United States of America. Charles Walder Grinstead died in Nikenbah, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia on 16 March 1930.
He was buried in Polson Cemetery, Hervey Bay, Queensland.
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He was educated at the University of Oxford, matriculating in 1879 as a member of Keble College and graduating in 1874 as a member of Charsley"s Hall.
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United Kingdom