CANTERBURY COLLEGE WINS SENIOR

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25734, 21 February 1949, Page 8

CANTERBURY COLLEGE WINS SENIOR

HOWE AND CANT BEATEN BY BAILEY AND WITHERS Beating United 111 by five matches to one, Canterbury College maintained its cUuS2 ten u rec ?s d v/in the Harman whe P the fifth and final round of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association s senior men’s competition was Played on Saturday. South Brighton, with one defeat, was runner-up. Canterbury College quickly put the resuit beyond doubt by winning all tour i ln f, I , es '™ alt . hou S h T - w - Callander and B' I?' "Ppp*" B extended E. D. White and B. R. Penfold respectively. The United pair turned the tables in the doubles to' score their team’s only win. Without its top player, A. L. Blackwell, Woolston was at a disadvantage against South Brighton. Promoted in the batting order,” A. N. Bailey and T. A. F. Withers both played splendidly to extend RAH. Howe and A. R. Cant respectively in long three-set matches. Again the losers In the singles combined to win their doubles, Withers’s serving end volleying being notably aggressive and Bailey playing a sound, aH-round game.

Waimairi, with an easy win over United on Saturday, came through the senior men’s reserve grade unbeaten. Results:—

Canterbury College v. United 111 Singles.—E. D. White beat T. W. Cali?n^. e , r ’nS- 2 ’, 4 - 6 ’ 6_2; B - R - Peutold beat W- Tippins, 13-11, 6-4; J. B. Bushell beat R. J. Telford, 6-1. 7-5; P. W. Murdoch beat T. R. Flint, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles—White and Penfold lost to Callander and Tippins, 3-6, 6-2, 3-6: Bushell and Murdoch beat Telford and Flint, 6-2, 8-6. Canterbury College won by five matches to one. ‘ South Brighton v. Woolston Singles.—R. A. H. Howe beat A. N. Bailey, 10-8, 6-8, 6-3; A. R. Cant beat T. A. F. Withers, 5-7, 8-6, 6-3; H. Dymond beat A. C. Lee. 6-4, 4-6, 6-2: A. T. Goddard beat W. M. Logan, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles.—Cant and Howe lost to Bailey ahd Withers, 6-1, 3-6, 2-6; Dymond and Goddard beat Lee and Logan, 7-5, 2-6, South Brighton won by five matches to one. United I v. United 111 Singles.—R. G. Pattinson beat S. Watson, 6-2, 7-5; T. W. Walls lost to R. J. Donkin, 8-3, 1-6, 2-6; M. Wall beat A. K. Neave, 6-4, 6-1; M. D. Lees beat W. P. Jones, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles.—Pattinson and Walls beat Watson and Donkin, 6-4, 6-2; Wall and and Lees beat Neave and Jones, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. United I won by five matches to one. SENIOR MEN’S RESERVE St. Mary’s beat Shirley by 5 matches to 1; Elmwood beat North Linwood by 4 matches to 1; Waimairi beat United by 6 matches to 0. FIRST GRADE Section I.—Elmwood beat Avonside by 12 sets to 4; St. Albans beat United I by 9 sets to 7; St. Mary’s beat Waimairi by 10 sets to 6; Mount Pleasant beat Avonside by 10 sets to 6. Section ll.—Woolston beat Cashmere by 9 sets to 7; Mount Pleasant beat United 11 by 11 sets to 5; Redcliffs beat Linwood by 11 sets to 5; Edgeware beat South Christchurch by 9 sets to 7; Barrington beat St. Martins by 10 sets to 6. THIRD GRADE Addington beat Wigram by 14 sets to 2; Phillipstown beat Shirley by 9 sets to 7; Redcliffs beat St. Martins by 107 games to 103. UNDER 21 GRADE St. Mary’s beat Linwood by 15 sets to 1; Waimairi beat Addington Catholic by 13 sets to 3; Riccarton beat South Christchurch by 11 sets to 5: Edgeware beat South Brighton by 11 sets to 5; Barrington beat Sumner by 9 sets to 7; Cashmere beat Mount Pleasant by 12 sets to