TENNIS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 37, 23 November 1937, Page 2

TENNIS.

COUNTY RANKING LIST. Following is the Ashburton County ranking list issued by the Mid-Canter-bury Lawn Tennis Sub-Association: — Men. Women. 1. P. McLauchlan Miss E. Meredith 2. E. P. Bryant Miss I. Dahlberg 3. A. Stanley Miss H. Harper 4. V. W. Russell Mrs F. Dickens 5. W. T. Watkins Miss T. Cowan 6. R. Joyce Mrs N. Robilliard 7. L. R. Clarke Miss K. McQuilken 8. R. Lambie Miss I. McLennan 9. D. MI Bruce Mrs C. Werry 10. K. G. Fowke Miss M. Watson 11. W. T. Corbett Miss D. Wall 12. N. Stoddart Miss D. Burgess

WINCHMORE BEATS SPRINGBURN A lawn tennis match was played between Winchmore and Springburn at Winclimore on Saturday afternoon, resulting in a win for Winchmore by 13 sets to 11. Results were as follow (Winchmore names first) : Women’s Singles—Miss E. King lost to Miss Christiansen 2-6, Mrs Riddell lost to Miss Smith 4-6, Mrs Pauli lost to Miss R. Tyler 4-6, Miss T. Jones beat Mrs C. Jessep 6-1, Miss K. Scott lost to Miss A. Smith 2-6, Miss D. King lost to Miss G. Grieve 5-6. Men’s Singles—M. Verrall lost to S. Pawsey 2-6, H. Thornton lost to C. Mcßae 3-6, E. King lost to O. Pawsey 1-6, K. Verrall beat O. Smith 6-0, T. Wakelin beat W. Goldsmith 6-4, K. Lill beat R. Pringle 6-0. Women’s Doubles—Miss-E. King and Mrs Riddell beat Misses Christiansen and Smith 6-2, Mrs Pauli and Miss T. Jones beat Miss R. Tyler and Mrs C. Jessep 6-5, Miss K. Scott and Miss D. King beat Misses A. Smith and G. Grieve 6-1. Men’s Doubles —M. Verrall and H. Thornton lost to S. Pawsey and C. McRae 1-6, E. King and K. Verrall beat O. Pawsey and O. Smith 6-3, R. Wakelin and K. Lill beat W. Goldsmith and R. Pringle 6-1. Mixed Doubles—Miss E. King and M. Verrall beat Miss Christiansen and S. Pawsey 6-3, Mrs Riddell and H. Thornton lost to Miss Smith and C. Mcßae 0-6, Mrs Pauli and E. King lost to Miss R. Tyler and O. Pawsey 4-6, Mis 9 T. Jones and K. Verrall beat Mrs C. Jessep and O. Smith 6-3, Miss K. Scott and R. Wakelin beat Miss A. Smith and Wi Goldsmith 6-1, Miss D. King and K. Lill beat Miss G. Grieve and R. Pringle 6-2. AUSTRALIA DEFEATS AMERICA (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. Australia defeated America in a women’s tennis test by three rubbers, eight sets, eighty-two games, to two rubbers, six sets, seventy-three games. Mrs ' Westacott (Australia) defeated Miss Dorothy Workman (America), 6-3, 6-3. Miss Mary Hardcastle (Australia), lost to Miss 'Dorothy Bundy (America), 6-3, 4-6, 6-8. The doubles between Mrs Westacott and Miss Hardcastle versus Misses Workman and Bundy was abandoned when the score was 6-4, 4-6, 8-5, 5-5.