LAWN TENNIS.
DOMINION ASSOCIATION. DECREASE OP 1700 PLAYERS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. .The annual report of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association states that the number of player-members of affiliated clubs decreased by 1700 from tlie previous season, the number for 1935-36 being 30,172. The statement of accounts shows an excess of expenditure over income for the year of £101, which is explained by the expenditure of £304 by the association in connection with the visit of players to Australia. The tour of V. B. McGratli and E. P. Moon resulted in a satisfactory financial return to the association. The association spent £54 during the year 011 junior coaching, with beneficial 1 results to . players. Owing to the unfavourable financial results of the Davis Cup matches played by New Zealand in the European zone during the previous two years it was decided not to enter a challenge for 1036. The loss for the two years was £247.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 192, 14 August 1936, Page 13
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