ELLESMERE BEATS MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27614, 22 March 1955, Page 2

ELLESMERE BEATS MID-CANTERBURY

MATCH FOR BROWNING SHIELD AT LEESTON Ellesmere Lawn Tennis Sub-Association beat Mid-Canterbury by 17 matches to 15 in a match for the Browning Shield played at Leeston on Saturday. Details, with Ellesmere names first, were: Men’s Singles: I. Pickering lost to P. Jackson 6-9; A. Wilson beat B. Boothroyd 9-8; I. Jones lost to G. Street, 3-9; A. Jones beat D. Watson 9-8; B. Wagner beat F. Amos 9-4; N. Nairn lost to A. Anderson 2-9; I. Watkins beat E. Bryant 9-8: P. Bell' lost to K. Logan 4-9. . Women’s Singles: Miss N. Jury beat Miss P. Cullen 9- 2;Mrs J. Bruce beat Miss M. Mackay 9-8; Mrs P. Skilling lost to Miss P. McQuilkin 7-9; Mrs L. Smith lost to Miss M. Barker 6-9: Mrs P. Green lost to Miss P. Andrews 1-9; Mias D. McMillan lost to Miss M? Behrncs 4-9; Mrs M. Hants beat Miss G., Tarbotton 9-2; Mrs P. Bell lost to Miss J. Tarbotton 3-9. Men’s Doubles: I. and A. Jones lost to Jackson and Boothroyd 2-6, 3-6; Pickering and Wagner beat Watson and Street 6-4, 6-2; Naim and Wilson lost to Amos and Anderson 2-6, 6-5, 5-6; Watkins and Bell lost to Bryant and Logan 3-8, 8-5, 2-6. Women’s Doubles: Mesdames Jury and Bruce beat Misses Cullen and Mac Kay 6-2, 6-3; Mesdames Skilling and Hants lost to Misses McQuilkin and Barker 6-3, 4-6, 5-6; Mrs Smith and Miss Green lost to Misses Andrews and Behraes 3-6, 0-6; Miss McMillan and Mrs Bell beat Misses G. and

Mixed Doubles: Pickering and Miss Jury beat Jackson and Miss Cullen 6-4, 6-2: Wilson and Mrs Bruce beat Amos and Miss Mac Kay 6-1, 5-6/6-4; Nairn and Mrs Skilling beat Boothroyd and Miss McQuilkin 6-5, 6-4; A. Jones and Mrs Smith beat Street and Miss Barker 6-5, 4-6, 6-1; I. Jones and Mrs Green beat Watson and Miss Behrnes 6-5, 6-0; Wagner and” Miss McMillan lost to Logan and Miss Andrews 4-6, 3-6; Watkins and Mrs Hants beat Anderson and Miss G. Tarbotton 5-6, 6-4, 6-1; Bell and Mrs Bell beat Bryant and Miss J. Tarbotton 8-4, 6-1.