LAWN TENNIS N.Z. TITLES SEEDINGS AND DRAW

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28167, 4 January 1957, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS N.Z. TITLES SEEDINGS AND DRAW

There are 53 entries for the men’s singles and 39 for the women’s singles of the New Zealand lawn tennis championships which will begin at the Stanley street courts. Auckland, tomorrow.

Seedings are.:— Men’s singles: J. E. Robson 1. R. N. Howe 2, J. R. McDonald 3, M. Davies 4, C. T. Parker 5, R. S. McKenzie 6, A. S. Burns 7. W. A. Knight 8. Women's singles: Miss S. Cox 1. Miss R. Morrison 2. Miss B. Nelson 3. Mrs J. E. Robson 4, Miss P. Nettleton 5, Miss D. King 6, Miss M. Oliver 7. Miss D. Taylor 8. Men’s doubles: Robson and McKenzie 1, M. L. Dunn and Howe 2. Burns and M. A. Otway 3. McDonald and Parker 4. Women’s doubles: Misses Cox and Morrison 1. Miss Nettleton and Mrs Robson 2, Misses R. Dickson and Nelson 3, Mrs J. F. Tinnock and Miss D. Taylor 4. Mixed doubles: Robson and Mrs Robson 1, Howe and Miss Taylor 2, Nicholls and Miss Cox 3, Burns and Miss Nettleton 4.

Holders of the titles are:— Men’s singles. J. E. Robson: women’s singles, Miss S. Cox: men’s doubles, A. S. Burns and J. E. Robson: women’s doubles. Misses R. Bulleid (Britain) and R. Morrison; mixed doubles. A. S. Burns and Miss E. Becroft. The draw for the singles events is: THE DRAW Abbreviations used in the draw are: Auckland (Ak.); Australia (Aust.): Australian Universities (Aust. Univ.); Taranaki (Tara.): Bay of Plenty (8.P.): Northland (Nthld.): Waikato (Waik.); Wairarapa (Wair.): Wellington (Wn.i: Canterbury (C.); Otago (O.): South Canterbury (S.C.); Poverty Bay (P. 8. Great Britain (G. 8. MEN’S SINGLES Top Half.—R. N. Howe (Aust.) v. R. H. Mahy (8.P.) D. H. Lott (Ak ) v. K. F. Greenwood (Wn.): Rae (Aust. Univ.) v. R. Gibbins (Tara.); D. C. Shaw (O.). a bye: R. S. Me-; Kcnzie (Wn.) v. R. J. Keenan (Ak.); L. A. Gerrard (Ak.) v. J. S. Robb (P. 8. D. J. Ferguson (Ak.) v. M. A. Ellis (O.); B. M. O’Connor (Wn.) a bye; M. Davies (G. 8. v. G. L. Johns (Ak.): Mihell (Aust. Univ.) v. R. H. Turner (Ak.); T. Russek (Nthld.) v. P. G. Nicholls (Wn.); P. Healey (Ak.) a bye; A. S. Burns (Ak.) v. G. Roberts (Ak.); J. M. Raos (Ak.). a bye; A. D. Robinson (Wn.) v. B. E. Woolf (Ak.); M. L. Dunn, a bye. Bottom Half.—J. E. Robson (Ak.) v. O’Sullivan (Aust. Univ.); A. G. Mills (Ak.) v. F. G. Dick (Wn.): D. L. Lye (O.) v. K. H. Long (Ak.): E. D. White (Ak.) , a bye; J. Lockington (Ak.) v. W. G. Ward (Ak.); B. Sloan (Wn.), a bye; N. C. Munro (8.P.) v. R. Goldfinch (Ak.): C. T. Parker (Ak.), a bye; J. R. McDonald (Wn.) v. W. T. Bignell (B.P); B R. Boon (Wn.) v. G. V. Atkinson (Ak ); R. Sharpe (Wair.) v. J. Z. Montgomerie (Ak.); D. M. Chapman (Wn.). a bye; B. Brown (Ak.) v H. N. Greenwood (Wn.); M. A. Otway (Ak.), a bye; Callaghan (Aust. Univ.) v. J. J. Borough (Ak.); W. A. Knight (G. 8. a bye. WOMEN’S SINGLES Top Half.— Miss S. Cox (Wn.) v. Miss A. Purdy (Ak.); Miss Bradfield .(Aust. Univ.), a bye; Miss S. Field (C.), a bye; Miss Emslie (Aust. Univ.), a bye; Miss P. Nettleton (Ak.) v. Miss F. Lobb (Ak.); ,Miss S. McEwen (O.). a bye; Miss Becker (Aust. Univ.), a bye; Miss C. Fladgate (Waik.), a bye: Miss B. Nelson (Wn.) v. Miss C. Trask (Ak.); Miss R. B. Bill (Ak.), a bye; Miss M. Douglas (Waik.), a bye; Miss L. McCracken, a bye; Miss M. Oliver (S.C.) v. Miss L. Lott (Ak.); Miss M. Hatton (Ak.), a bye; Miss J. Glenie (Ak.), a bye; Miss Hemming (Aust. Univ.), a bye.

Bottom Half.—Miss R. Morrison (Ak.) v. Miss B. Paterson (Waik.); Miss S. Birchall (Ak.), a bye: Miss A. Emery (Ak.). a bye; Miss D. King (Wn.). a bye; Miss L.« Adams (Ak.) v. Miss S. McCarthy (Ak.); Miss V. Teat (Nthld.), a bye; Mrs J. Robb (P. 8. a bye; Miss R. Dickson (Ak.), a bye; Mrs J. E. Robson (Ak.) v. Miss H. Rika (Nthld.); Miss B. Bryant, a bye; Miss D. Davies (H.V.), a bye; Miss K. Baigent (Ak.). a bye: Miss D. Taylor (Ak.), a bye: Miss J. Davidson (C.), a bye; Miss P. Catley (Ak.), a bye; Mrs K. Wentzel (Wn.), a bye.