MID-CANTERBURY BEATEN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 107, 16 February 1948, Page 5

MID-CANTERBURY BEATEN

TENNIS,

STRONG CANTERBURY SIDE A strong Canterbury tennis team which included many players on the provincial ranking ladder beat the senior representative team of the MidCanterbury Lawn Tennis Sub-Associa-tion by 33 matches to seven. The match was played at Ashburton on Saturday. The winning margin perhaps flatters the visiting team, as in the doubles play six matches were won by them by the minimum margin, ancl a further five matches went to the visitors who obtained nine games to the home combinations’ seven. In singles play, the Canterbury men won six of the ten matches and the Canterbury women won eight matches to two. Murray Beats Dymond ■ A fine performance was put up by P. J. Murray (Mid-Canterbury) who heat the former Wilding Shield player. H. Dymond. (5-5 in the third set after being down 2-5. Canterbury won all matches in the men’s and women’s doubles and all hut one match in the mixed doubles. Results. Canterbury names first are: Men’s Singles—A. R. Cant heat C. Hooper, 6-1, 6-2; A. L. Blackwell beat W. S. Richards, 6-2, 6-3; H. Dymond lost to P. J. Murray, 6.-3, 3-6, 5-6; A. Goddard heat N. J. Gosnell, 6-2, 6-2; G. Atkinson lost to E. P. Bryant, 6-4, 1-6, 1-6; B. Winchester lost to P. Jackson, 2-6, 4-6; K. Hardie heat J. R. Cocks, 6-3, 6-4; D. Martin lost to R. W. Oaklev, 4-6, 5-6; ,T. K. Burtt heat A. Stanley. 5-6, 6-3, 6-1; T. W. Patterson heat D. F. Watson, 6-5, 6-3. Women’s Singles—Miss J. Mac Gibbon heat Mrs R. W. Oakley, 6-2, 6-4; Mrs V. Rogers heat Mrs M. Wall, 6-2, 6-2; Miss J. Murray heat Miss J. Kilworth, 6-5, 6-1; Miss L. Luxton heat Mrs D. Porter, 6-2, 6-4; Mrs V. Boatwood beat Miss I. McLennan, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Miss V. Rollitt heat Mrs J. Brown, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3; Mrs S. Peacock lost to Miss P. Cullen, 6-0, 4-6, 1-6; Miss B. Pierce heat Miss N. Clarke, 6-1, 6-1; Mrs L. Holland heat Mrs W. G. Todd, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Miss A. Hughes lost to Miss G, Pauli, 6-3, 3-6, 1-6. Men’s Doubles —Cant and Blackwell 9, Hooper and Richards 3; Dymond and Goddard 9, Murray and Gosnell 8; Atkinson and Winchester 9, Bryant and Jackson 6; Martin and Patterson 9, Cocks and Oakley S; Hardie and Burtt 9, Stanley and Watson 7. Women’s Doubles —Miss MacGihhon and Mrs Rogers 9, Mesdames Oakley and Wall 6; Misses Murray ancl Luxton 9, Miss Kilworth and Mrs Porter j; Mesdames Boatwood and Peacock 9,' Miss McLennan and Mrs Brown 7; Misses Pierce and Holland 9, Misses Cullen and Clarke 3; Misses Rollitt and Hughes 9, Mrs Todd and Miss Pauli 7. Mixed Doubles—Cant and Miss MacGihhon 9, Hooper and Mrs Oakley 7; Blackwell and Mrs Rogers 9, Richards and Mrs Wall 7; Dymond and Miss Murray 9, Murray and Miss Kilworth 5- Goddard and Miss Luxton 9, Gosnell and Mrs Porter 6; Atkinson and Mrs Boatwood 9, Bryant and Miss McLennan 8; Winchester and Miss Rollitt 9, Jackson and Mrs Brown 8; Hardie and Mrs Peacock 9, Cocks and Miss Cullen 8; Patterson and Miss Holland 3, Oakley and Miss Clarke 9: Burtt and Miss Pierce 9, Stanley and Mrs Todd 4; Martin and-Miss Hughes 9, Watson and Miss Pauli 8.