Jamsetji Merwanji

Jamsetji Merwanji (also spelled Jamsetjee; born 1871/2#tag:ref|He was aged 39 in February 1911. at Queen's Club and Prince's Club for the vacant world title, winning by five games to one. The world title was contested by challenge, and the distance between India and Britain or America meant he never had to defend his title until 1911. He was finally challenged in late 1909, for 5,000 rupees, by Charles Williams, who had beaten amateur E. M. Baerlein to become English champion. The contest did not take place until 1911, when several Indian sports teams journeyed to Britain around the coronation of George V and 1911 Imperial Conference. but Williams, 17 years Jamsetji's junior, beat him at Queen's Club by five games to nil.

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