UNIVERSITY WINTER TOURNAMENT

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25273, 27 August 1947, Page 9

UNIVERSITY WINTER TOURNAMENT

EVENT OPENS AT WELLINGTON (P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 28. The New Zealand University’s first full winter tournament to be held in Wellington began to-day with men’s and women’s hockey matches at Karori Park and table tennis at the Star Boating Club. In the visiting teams there are nearly 400 players. An extensive programme of sporting activities has been arranged by the tournament committee of the Victoria University College. The tournament will end on Mpnday. Results were:—

Men’s Hockey.—Victoria A 2, Victoria B 1; Auckland 2, Otago 2; Canterbury 3, Massey 1. Women’s Hockey.—Victoria A 5, Victoria B 0. Otago 5, Auckland 3; Canterbury 4, Massey 2.

Table Tennis.—D. Yen (Massey) beat W. Phiilipps (Otago), G. Johns . (Auckland) beat V. Doidge (Canterbury), E. D. White (Lincoln) beat W. Greenlees (Victoria), K. Wood (Victoria) beat R. Perry (Lincoln), Miss J. Davies (Otago) beat Miss B. Pack wood (Canterbury), Miss Anderson (Auckland) beat Miss M. Paterson (Massey), Miss H. Spencer (Massey) beat Miss J. Cowdry (Lincoln), Miss J. Davies (Otago) beat Miss Taylor (Lincoln), Miss P. Levita (Victoria) beat Miss Anderson (Auckland), Miss H. Spencer (Massey) beat Miss S. McLeod; Wood and Greenlees (Victoria) beat Kienander and Yeats (Massey); Johns and Danby (Auckland) beat Du Four and Mukriji (Lincoln); Doidge and Denson (Canterbury) 1 beat Braithwaite and Ross (Auckland); Johns and Darby (Auckland) beat Adarn arid Tolley (Canterbury); McKenzie and Phillips (Otago) beat Wood and Greenlees (Victoria); Johns and Miss Poohill (Auckland) beat Perry and Miss Cowdrj (Lincoln): Miss McLeod and Phiilipps (Otago) beat Miss Robbins and Greenlees (Victoria); Miss Paterson and Daniel (Massey) beat Miss Levita and Wood (Victoria).