Obituaries

Dick Kittermaster(extract from the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 1997/98)It is sad to record the death of Dick Kittermaster at 71, a three-times winner of the Kinnaird Cup with fellow Salopian…

Alec Home, who died last year, was a man who earned the greatest respect not only at home but also in the intern/national field, and it was the Association's good fortune that for all his wide-rangin…

Doug Keeble (1925-1995)Many will be sorry at the death of Doug Keeble at the age of seventy, after a long illness. He was one of Eton Fives' great characters and was also a strong link with the histo…

Peter May in the 1951 Cambridge Eton Fives teamPeter May (1929-1994)If ever one player's name in Eton Fives has been synonymous with that of a legend then Peter May must rank foremost. As a pair with…

Tom Wood and his wife JoanTom Wood(extract from the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 1994/95)Tom Wood was one of a rare breed who played both Eton and Rugby Fives. In this respect he became a val…

Jim Wallis(extract from the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 1994/95)It is with very great sadness that we have to report the tragic death of Jim Wallis in January. Jim was a very good all round …

Graham Turnbull(extract from the Eton Fives Association Annual Report 1994/95)Earlier this year the whole Fives world was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Graham Turnbull. He had been in…

Paul Dicker (1938-1994)It is especially sad to record the death of Paul Dicker from a heart attack in June at the age of fifty-six after an early retirement. He had been the master-in-charge at Berkh…

Neil Davenport (1952-1994)Neil died on 5th February 1994, a few days before his fifty-second birthday. His death was sudden and a shattering experience to family and friends. He died on the night tha…

Frank Hooper (1912-1993)Francis Barrington Hooper was born in December 1912, and died of cancer in August 1993. Frank, as he was universally known, was educated at Westminster School, and went straig…

David Barker (left) & Guy Vine, National Schools' Winners in 1957David Barker (1939-1993)For all those who knew, or knew of, David Barker his recent death will have come as a grievous shock. He atten…

Roald Dahl (1916-1990)This obituary is taken from \"A History of Eton Fives\" by Dale Vargas and Peter Knowles.