SQUASH RACKETS

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22110, 4 June 1937, Page 5

SQUASH RACKETS

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW FOR TOURNEY AT PALMERSTON NORTH An entry of 29 players, including practically all the leading exponents of the game in the Dominion, has been received for the annual New Zealand squash rackets championship, which will begin at Palmerston North on June 12. W. R. Fea, of Timaru, the defending champion, heads the list of seeded payers, with P. D. Hall (Canterbury), champion from 1933 to 1935, second on the list. A notable absentee will be D. W. J. Gould, of Christchurch, who has been a consistent runner-up in recent years. The draw is as follows: Byes in top half—W. R. Fea*, J. Davis. First Round—S. Hooper v. J. M. Cope, E. C. Ball v. C. V. Birch*, W. A. Lewis* v. H. L. Tancred, M. B. Rrwlands v. W. Hooper, P. E. Allison v H. C. B. Wycherley, L. Thorne v. M. A. Johnston*, W. E. Renton* v. W. S. Fox, R. Hooper v. T. P. McGrath, K. W. Ballantyne v. T. Young, D. Roche v. G. E. F. Kingscote*, D. I. Robertson* v. G. R. Whyte, G. Crossley v. J. D. H. Buchanan, R. Hill v. O. H. Williams. Bye in bottom half—P. D. Hall* * Denotes seeded players.