INTER-HOUSE TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 297, 14 December 1940, Page 17

INTER-HOUSE TENNIS.

OUTER SUBURBAN CONTESTS. TO BE RUN ON PASCOE CUP LINES. Inc Auckland Lawn Toiinis Association nas decided to inaugurate a business houses competition in the outer-suburban districts tor a trophy donated by the Passenger Transport Company. Twenty business houses and institutions have been approached and favourable replies have been received by the majority. Ihe donors of the trophy also offered to donate miniature cups for the members ot the team winning the competition for the first year. It was proposed that the teams should consist of four men each and that doubles only be played. The rules of the Pascoe Cup competition would be adopted, with the suggested variation that each team should have two lives. Matches would be played during the week-ends on the Windmill Road courts Messrs. S. A. Cleal, A. C. Johns and J. K. S. Hall were appointed a subcommittee to arrange details. The success of the women's mid-week competition inaugurated this season was commented on by the president. Mr. deal, who said that in many cases the players had been so enthusiastic that return matches had been arranged outside the competition. Mr. Cleal announced that the following committee had been appointed to control the Auckland championships, starting on January 25:— Messrs. A. Ohlson (manager), J. K. S. Hall (assistant-manager). J. Fernandez. J. S. Broun. A. Fraser. J. McKain. The executive decided to allocate two silver cups to the winners of the men's doubles events at the Auckland championships, the cups to be known as the "E. W Griffiths Memorial Cups." in memory of the late Mr. E. W. Griffiths, a former holder of the title.