Eric Osbaldiston Pockley (18 May 1876 – 11 November 1956) was an Australian tennis player and medical doctor. Pockley finished runner-up to

Algernon Kingscote Algernon Robert Fitzhardinge "Algy" Kingscote (3 December 1888 – 21 December 1964) was a British tennis player, who won the Men's Singles event at the Australasian Championships in 1919. Kingscote also competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics in ...

at the singles event of the 1919 Australasian Championships, the future

Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...

. He also reached the semifinals in 1907 and 1908, and took part in the

1905 Australasian Championships The 1905 Australasian Championships was a tennis tournament played on Grass courts in Melbourne, Australia at Warehouseman's Cricket Ground. The tournament took place from 21 November through 25 November 1905. It was the inaugural edition of the A ...

, the inaugural edition of the tournament. He received a bye in the first round and defeated E Robertson in the second round in five sets. In the quarterfinal he was defeated by A Curtis in four sets. Pockley participated in the singles and doubles events at the 1910 and 1911

Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...

. His best performance was reaching the third round in the singles and the semifinal in the doubles, both in 1911. Pockley, who was born in 1876, used to travel in a dogcart from his home in

Killara Killara is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia north-west of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council. East Killara is a separate suburb and ...

to Sydney, where he was among the first 12 pupils at the

Church of England Grammar School The Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS), formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie, is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Q ...

. After graduating from the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

and serving as resident doctor at the

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (abbreviated RPAH or RPA) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown. It is a teaching hospital of the Central Clinical School of the Sydney Medical School ...

, he also studied at Oxford University and in Vienna. Pockley travelled extensively during his life, showing interest in bird behaviour.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 loss)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pockley, Eric 1876 births 1956 deaths Australian male tennis players 20th-century Australian medical doctors People from the North Shore, Sydney Tennis players from Sydney University of Sydney alumni People educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School Sportsmen from New South Wales