CHRISTCHURCH TOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 13

CHRISTCHURCH TOURNEY.

i PKELIMIXAUY CONTESTS. (By Tele-raph. —Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday. The South Island trnnis tournament began in splendid weather at Wilding Park Results :— Ladies' Singles. — First round: Miss Speirs beat Mrs. Steeds. o—o 6 i • Miss Ferrier beat Miss Dorman. 6—3 'β-o* Miss Ward beat Miss Andrew, tf—3 6 3 : Miss Wake beat Miss Turner, 6—l 6 3' Second Round.—Miss Speirs beat Mis* Macdonald, 6—o. 7—5; Miss Ferrier beat Miss E. Johnston. 6— i, 6—■_> • Miss Wak° beat Miss 6—l, 6— i. vr- Lad l es ' Doubles.—Mrs. Fleming and Miss Borrows beat Misses Holmes and Hewlett, 6—2. C—2; Misses Reed and Andrew beat Mrs. Norton and Mis« Taylor 6—3. I—6 6— i ; Misses Ferrier and Saunders beat Mrs. Dorman and Miss Wri ? ht β-li 6—2; Misses Tnrrell and Hoare bent Mrs. Srepds and Mi>-, Willis !'—-• +— C>. 6— i: Misses McDonald and iuriier beat Mrs. Goss, jun., and Miss Goss. ?Z — *•* '! Mioses Bowron and Ward beat Mrs. Hardie and Miss Denton 6-4) fi—4 Men's Sinjrlps.—Second round: 'j R Johnston beat N. U. Morxisua, Q—2, &—£,

J. H. Sheppard beat J. Mercer. C— l. o—3. Men's Singles.—First round: Sheppnrd beat Hale, G—2, S —G; O. (Timaru) beat W. S. Sonierville, G — i. G —;; ; K. J. Walker beat M. G. Moore. 4 —<>. 7—5, 6—l. Second round: Seay beat Anderson. 6— 2, 6—o; S. Denton beat'w. Peart* , , t! —1. e—1; Angas beat Cuff, 6—3, C 1; T. Patterson beat Innes-Jones. G—2. 6 —4 ; Walker beat Bonninston, G—2, 0 — " ; P. C. Johnston be.it P. F. Glanville. T— •">, o—3. Third round: Angus beat DeuK'U, o—o,0 —0, 7— o. Double?.—Cuff ami >n boat Mercer and Wise, t;—l. ii—l : <;..*s and Glanville heat Andersou and Dontmi. o—l. ■i —l>, t>—3: Patterson and _\i:-ri> tu>:it Hatch anil Aitken, 6—S. f>— ?,. 0— 1: S.-ay and Walker beat Burrows ivu'l I*rnvvniiiv:. G—-i: Johnston and Morris !••':»: Chiiman and Hardie. r.— 1. r, — •_': ?'im. rvlHp and Hale, beat Di-uton i<:id W.ni.-. o—l, 3—G, G—2