N.Z. LAWN TENNIS TITLES
ate FINE PERFORMANCE R. S. McKENZIE d MEN AND WOMEN CHAMFIO|J DECIDED l onv (P.A.) Auckland. todaj of t! R. S. McKenzie, of Welling »] men’s singles champion of the llerr and 1946 seasons, proved the sA e c standing player of the 53rd Zealand lawn tennis championship • which concluded at the Stan- Kc Street courts yesterday. whi He not only became the first since H. A. Parker in 1904 to f dih the men’s singles championship,yai three successive years, but he became the first New Zealand 'jed 1 since Parker in 1905 to win ®por share in the winning of three t#the the singles, the men’s doubles 3 the combined doubles. Parker’s time triple successes Htio been performed in 1934 by M b Perry, of England, the world cb-jiga pion of the time, and in 1939 by t or E. Bromwich, the Australian, dal Four titles changed an new champions for the A season are:— ~ Men’s Singles.—R. S. McKeNjt (Wellington). 3 r Women’s Singles.—Miss E. G. wood (Auckland). _ , Men’s Doubles.—McKenzie and ay
Painter (Wellington). M Women’s Doubles. —Miss Attw and Miss M. L. Kerr ( Otagol : Combined Doubles. — McKenzie Mrs J. J. C. McVay (Well®| ton). ' yd
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14568, 12 January 1948, Page 2
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