Background
Parke was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland.
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James Parke
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Lurgan College; University of Dublin.
Career
He played rugby with both Monkstown and Dublin University and between 1901 and 1908 played ten times for Leinster. Parke was ranked World Number. 3 for 1912 by Karoly Mazak, and in both 1913 and 1920 he was ranked World Number.
4 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.
He recorded his greatest feats in the where he defeated Norman Brookes and Rodney Heath in the Challenge Round on 28–30 November 1912 when his team, the British Isles captured the Cup and next year he beat Maurice McLoughlin and Richard Norris Williams in the Challenge Round on 25–28 July 1913, though his nation lost the meeting against the United States of America. He played golf for Ireland in 1906 and was also a top-class track and field sprinter and a cricketer. He played chess for the Clones team when he was nine years old.
He died in Llandudno, Wales. Singles: 1 title Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up).
Achievements
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Between 1903 and 1909, he won twenty Ireland caps. As a tennis player he won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title in 1912 and 1914. He won the Australian Men"s singles and doubles tennis titles in 1912. He was Singles Champion of Europe in 1907 and played for Britain in the Davis Cup. In 1908 he won an Olympic Silver medal in Men"s Doubles. He won eight Irish Lawn Tennis Singles titles, four doubles and two mixed titles. He also won the depleted Australasian Championships in 1912.
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Nationality
Ireland United Kingdom