LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22432, 20 June 1938, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS

WINTER SERIES CONCLUDED CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY LINWOOD By winning all Its inter-cltib matches in the winter tennis competition, Linwood has won the championship. On Saturday the team beat Addington in the final series of matches by five rubbers to nil. The two North Beach teams wer% also successful. The courts were rather muddy. The results were:—

Linwood v. Addington Singles R. Kear beat R. Lane, 6-4, 6-5. N. Adams beat J. K. Burtt, 4-6, 6-5, 6-5. W. Chrystal beat J. B. Corbett. 6-2, 0-6, 6-3. M. Sharman beat F, Potter, 6-3, 6-1. Doubles Chrystal and Sharman beat Burtt and Corbett, 6-3, 6-4. Kear and Adams v. Lane and Potter, 6-4, 5-6, 3-2 (unfinished). Linwood won by five rubbers to nil. North Beach A v. Edgeware B Singles K. Hardie beat M. Hatch, 6-1, 6-1. M. McGillivray beat H. Neal, 6-4, 5-6, 6-1. D. Cormack lost to J. Strong, 4-6, 2-8. Doubles Hardie and Cormack lost to Hatch and Strong, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6. North beach won by 47 games to 40. Avonsidc v. North Beach B ' Singles V. G. Hill lost to G, Duncan. 5-6, 3-6. S. Kirk lost to R. Cattermole, 0-6, 0-6. L. Harrison beat R. Loach, 6-1, 6-5. B. O’Connell lost to M. Leake, 5-6. 3-6. Doubles Kirk and O'Connell lost to Cattermole and Leake, 2-6, 6-4, 4-6. Hill and Harrison beat Duncan and Loach, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4. North Beach B won by four rubbers to two.

LONDON TENNIS TOURNAMENT

MRS WILLS-MOODY BEATEN IN SEMI-FINAL

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LONDON, June 17. In the semi-final of the women’s singles at the lawn tennis championships, Mrs Sperling beat Mrs Helen Wills-Moody, 8-6, 6-2. In the final Miss J. Jedrzejowska (Poland) beat Mrs Sperling, 6-3, 6-0.

DEPENDABLE RACQUETS. Alexander racquets, including the famour “Night Eagle” at 90s, are always reliable from The Tennis Shop, 127 Armagh street. Restrings, three months’ guarantee, 12s 6d, 17s 6d, 255, 30s ,and 355. —1