TENNIS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 119, 4 March 1950, Page 6

TENNIS

GALA CUP MATCHES

THIS MORNING’S PLAY The Gala Cup competitions were continued to-day in favourable Aveather. Results of the morning’s play are as follow: A GRADE Women’s Singles.—Quarter-finals: Mrs R. W. Oakley beat Miss W. Wall, 6-0, 6-1; Mrs N. Reddecliffe beat Mrs J. Brown, 6-1, 6-5; Miss P. Cullen beat Miss N. Clarke, 6-4, 6-1; Mrs S. McDonnell beat Miss M. Watson, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Semi-finals: Mrs R. Oakley beat Mrs Reddecliffe, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Mrs S. McDonnell beat Miss P. Cullen, 1-6, 6-5, 6-0. Men’s Singles.—Quarter-finals: P. Murray beat H. McLay, 6-2, 6-2; G. King beat J. Cocks, 7-5, 7-5; C. Hooper beat R. Oakley, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; J. Coward beat L. Grogan, 6-3, 6-0. Semi-finals: P. Murray beat G. King, 6-4, 6-1; J. Coward beat C. Hooper, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2. Men’s Doubles. —P. Murray and R. Oakley beat W. Watkins and E. P. Bryant, 6-1, 6-1. Combined Doubles.—First Round: E. P. Bryant and Mrs J. Brown beat D. Bruce and Mrs C. Bonnington, 6-1, 6-2. Second Round: Oakley and Mrs Oakley beat D. Watson and Mrs P. Anderson, 7-5, 6-2; J. Byrne and Mrs Byrne beat J. R. Cocks and Mrs M. Moore, 6-2, 6-3; N. Gosnell and Mrs L. Porter beat G. Blacklow and Mrs D. Moore, 6-1, 6-1; W. Watkins and Miss I. McLennan beat F. W. Allan and Mrs Allan by default; J. D. Coward and Mrs D. Wall beat G. King and Mrs J. Drummond, 6-3, 6-0. Third Round: J. Coward and Mrs D. Wall beat Watkins and Miss McLennan, 6-1, 6-2. B GRADE 4 Men’s Singles.—T. Gallagher beat F. Amos, 9-6; H. Sinclair heat A. Wilkinson, 9-2; E. Nightingale beat S.-Mc-Gregor, 9-8; R. I-I. Pearce beat E. Croy, 9-4; D. Martin beat R. Neilson, 9-5; G. Street heat W. Johnson, 9-S; S. D. Clay beat R. Patterson, 9-8; S. Thompson beat W. McLay, 9-4. Semi-finals: D. Martin beat G. Street, 9-7; S. Thompson beat S. D. Clay, 9-S. Women’s Singles. Quarter-finals: Mrs M. Kelly heat Mrs S. Low, 9-5; Miss A. Holmes heat Mrs McKelvey, 9-7; Miss M. McKay heat Miss N. Biard, 9-4; Miss B. Taylor heat Mrs B. Hayes, 9-5. Semi-finals: Miss A. Holmes beat Miss N. Kelly, 9-8; Miss B. Taylor heat Miss M. McKay, 9-3. Men’s Doubles. —McLay and Patterson beat Gallagher and Neilson, 9-6; Gosnell and Sinclair beat Amos and Thompson, 9-2; Robinson and Street beat Slaven and Bailey, 9-5; Johnson and Anderson beat Bennett and Ford, 9-3. Combined Doubles. —Anderson and

Mrs Anderson heat Pearce and Miss N. Baird, 9-3; Bennett and Mrs Husband beat Shaw and Miss Dwyer by default; W. McLay and Mrs Low beat Nightingale and Miss McDonald, 9-4; Robinson and Mrs McKelvey beat Barker and Miss Barker, 9-4; Ford and Miss Thomas beat Sinclair and Miss Rooke, 9-6; Gosnell and Miss Protlieroe beat McGregor and Miss Lynch, 9-1; Garner and Miss M. McKay heat Patterson and Miss Bland, 9-5; F. Amos and E. Croy won by default; Martin and Mrs Martin heat Clay and Miss Owen, 9-8; G. Thomson and Miss A. Holmes won by default; Johnson and Mrs Andrews won by default; G. Gallagher and Miss B. Taylor beat Edge and Mrs Pluck, 9*B.