DECISIVE WIN FOR AUSTRALIANS
BADMINTON AT WELLINGTON WELLINGTON, June 2? The Australian badminton team beat a strong Wellington team by seven rubbers to one. Results (Australian players mentioned first): — T. Thompson beat H. D. Reid, 15-5, 15-10; C. Craske beat E. A. Roussell, 15-7, 15-11; Miss M. Horsburgh lost to Miss N. Fleming, 9-12, 6-11; Miss B. Cuthbertson beat Miss F. Fernie 11-6, 4-11, 11-5; Craske and Thompson beat Roussell and Reid, 15-7, 15-11; Misses Horsburgh and Cuthbertson beat Misses Fleming and Fernie, 15-11, 15-5; Thompson and Horsburgh beat Reid and Miss Fernie, 15-6, 17-14; Craske and Miss Cuthbertson beat Roussell and Miss Fleming, 15-6, 15-10.
WANGANUI TEAM BEATEN WANGANUI, June 23. An Australian badminton team beat Wanganui this evening by 6 matches (13 sets and 223 points) to two matches (four sets and 162 points). A feature of the play was the defeat of Miss Robert, the leading woman in the visiting team for the North Island, by Miss T. Greaves, 11-4, 11-1. In mixed doubles, Miss Greaves and Holroyd won from Harper and Miss Hewitt, 18-17, 8-15, 15-8.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22436, 24 June 1938, Page 12
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