N.Z. BADMINTON.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 207, 2 September 1938, Page 3

N.Z. BADMINTON.

FOW TO MEET LEWIS. FORMER DOUBLES HOLDERS LOSE. (By Telegraph.— Own Correspondent.) HAMILTOX, thii, <ia3". Playing on u>;> of form. H. H. Fow (Hamilton, winner of the in«n"s title Lj 1934). doioat.'d A. Pe.iice 1 Wellinatoii •, in straight set- in the Now Zealand, badminton championships ]a~t evening. R. Lewis. Auckland champion, beat I. \ ostv iH.iwkr's Kay) and later M. C. Sheeiin i.M,inaiv,iti]i. H- will now meet l ow 111 tiie semi-final and if the latter can produce the lorm he displayed aj.ain.-t Pearce. Lewis will have 110 easy task. However. 011 Liu;?." present io: in it idifficult to imagine him not 3 caching the tin al. Ihp present holder. P. Hawkswo:". h (Mastcrton), produced h:< best form Ij eliminite .?. ]). Lewis. Th? Aucklander has penoimed exceptionallv well thtoughout the tournament, but met his match ;n th« ihampion. P. Anderson 'Auckland) earned the right io meet Hawk-worth in the semifinal. when he beat M. T. Wilson (Auckland). M iss M. Edmondson's strong all-round game "proved a match for Mrs. Hawksworth's severity in the quaiter-finals of the women's singles. The Hamilton pair. H. H. Fow and R. T. Fear, former holder of the title, were eliminated from the men's doubles hv B. A. While and P. Anderson, a strong Auckland o-mbination. One of the best matches was that in which I. Ellett and R. Hull. Au'Vmd do'ib'es < hampions. defeated M. T. Wilson and A. Weir.