N.Z. TOUR OF AUSTRALIA
Team Leaves From Harewood
The New Zealand representative badminton team left Christchurch airport yesterday afternoon for Sydney, to begin its tour of Australia. The tour, which will comprise 16 matches, will culminate in a match with Australia for the Whyte JTTophy. which Australia holds at present. The members of the team are: P. Skelt (Southland) captain. A. Skelt (Southland). N. Thompson (Southland). A. Stephens (Wellington), Miss S. Cox (Wellington). Miss A. McKenzie (North Otago), Miss N. Fleming (Wellington), and Mrs A. Butterworth (Auckland). The manager of the team is Mr R. Gimblett.
Shortly after arriving in Australia, the team will split into two sections, each of two men and two women, and will tour separately, meeting again for the Whyte Trophy match at Newcastle on July 26 and 27.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19570709.2.135
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28324, 9 July 1957, Page 14
Word Count
133N.Z. TOUR OF AUSTRALIA Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28324, 9 July 1957, Page 14
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in