N.Z. TITLES

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27860, 7 January 1956, Page 6

N.Z. TITLES

LAWN TENNIS

DRAW FOR TODAY There are 44 entries in the men’s singles and 23 entries in the women’s singles of the New Zealand lawn tennis championships which will begin at Wilding Park today. Seedings are:— Men’s singles.—J. E. Robson <Ak.) 1. R. S. McKenzie iWn.) 2. J. R. McDonald (Wn.) 3. P. G. Nicholls (Wn.) 4. C. T: Parker <Ak.) 5. P. Becroft (Ak.) 6. A. S. Burns (Ak.) 7. M. L. Dunn (Wn.) 8. Women’s singles.—Miss E. Becroft <Ak.) 1. Mrs H. Robson (Ak.) 2, Miss P. Nettleton (Ak.) 3. Miss S. Cox <WnJ- 4, Miss E. Meyer (Wn.) 5, Miss D. King (Wn.) 6. Miss B. Nelson iWn.) 7, Miss H. M. Dykes (Wn.) 8. Men’s doubles. —Burns and Robson 1. McKenzie and Nicholls 2, McDonald and Parker 3. Becroft and P. Healey 4. Women's doubles.—Miss Becroft and Mrs Robson 1, Miss Cox and Miss Nettleton 2. Miss King and Miss Meyer 3, Miss Dykes and Miss Nelson 4. Mixed doubles. —Robson and Mrs Robson 1, Burns and Miss Becroft 2. Parker and Miss Nettleton 3, Nicholls and Miss Cox 4. The draw for today is:— 9.30 a.m.—Robson v. Steinmetz; Bailev v. Ferkins; McDonald v. Radford: Parker v. Burton: Dick v. Brightwell: Kirkland v. Wright; O’Connor v. Borough: Callander v. Cormack: Miss Bulleid v. Miss Meyer; Miss Dykes v. Miss Field; Miss_Nettelton v. Miss Olliver: Miss Cox v. Wfrs Brightwell. 10 a.m.—McKenzie v. O’Neill; Hargreaves v. Burns; Becroft v. Sandilands; Smith v. Angland; Dunn v. Beattv; Nicholls v. Cornish: Tenfold v. Woolf: Robinson v. P. Healey: Miss Becroft v. Mrs Rennie: Miss Nelson v. Miss Neave; Mrs Robson v. Miss Hopkinson; Miss Pauli v. Miss King. 1.30 p.m.—Misses Cox and Nettleton v. Misses Field and Olliver: Burton and Cornish v. Dick and Hargreaves; Borough and Woolf v. Dunn and Sandilands; Shaw and Scoltock v. Angland and Pritchard: McKenzie and Nicholls v. Crawford and Cormack; Becroft and P. Healey v. Ferkins and Wright.

2 p.m.—Mrs H. Robson and Miss Becroft v. Misses Pauli and Allen; J. E. Robson and Rums v. O’Neill and Robinson: Misses King and Meyer v. Mrs and Miss Lambert; Steinmetz and Le Compte v. M. Healey and Smith: Misses Dvkes and Nelson v. Mrs Rennie and Miss Neave.

3 p.m.—McDonald and Parker v. Ellis and Nicholson.