TENNIS.
AUSTRALIA PLAYS ENGLAND. SUCCESS IN THE DOUBLES. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, July 19. In the tennis match England versus Australia, at Eastbourne, in the doubles A. Quist gfcl D. P. Turnbull defeated G. P. Hughes and C. R. D. Tuekey, 3-G, 6-3, 8-6, 6-4. Turnbull was the best of the four. He served and smashed with savage accuracy. The Australians generally were superior in volleying and smashing. Tuekey, England’s new Davis Cup recruit, is playing much better with experience. He is serving powerfully, and. his ground strokes have improved.
A PROFITABLE TOUR. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, July 19. Harry Hopman, writing in the “Sun” on tennis subjects, says that the Australians’ tour has been a financial success. Tlie profits, without those at Eastbourne, where most of the seats have been sold, should approach £2OOO. The New Zealand tie yielded £IOO, the French £2500, and the German. £9OO.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 237, 20 July 1935, Page 6
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