LAWN TENNIS Junior Tourney Begins With Increased Entries

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28463, 18 December 1957, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS Junior Tourney Begins With Increased Entries

The entry of more than 500 players gave the administrators of the Cromb and Merritt junior tennis tournament, which began in Christchurch yesterday, a difficult task. By last evening the early rounds of nearly all sections had been played and in some of the smaller singles sections the quarter-finals had been completed. With the size of the entry, the 22 hard courts at Wilding Park were not sufficient for the tournament and sections were played at the North Linwood, Avonside Church and Linwood club courts.

For the four-day tournament, which is by far the biggest held in the South Island each year, the participants range from those in the under 13 sections with no previous competitive experience and wielding rackets almost as big as themselves, to some of the province's best juniors in the under 18 sections.

Nearly all the seeded players in the various sections got through their matches successfully yesterday, but a few were eliminated and several others had close calls.

Among the ” seeded players eliminated were B. Judge, seeded fourth in the under 18 boys' singles, who was beaten. 9-1, by B. Lane. Judge is; ranked higher than Lane on the junior ladder, but he was sadly off form and Lane gave him no chance. The only top seed put out was S. Jenkins, of the Linwood Avenue Club, in the under 13 girls’ singles. She was beaten in the quarter-finals by an unseeded player, C. Andrew, of Sumner. Andrew showed that she had great power in her shots for one so young and she won without the loss of a game. Results: — BOVS’ EVENTS Under 18 Slneles First Round.—L. Walpole beat B. Ogier, 9-3: T. Iggo beat P. .Jellyman, 9-2: R. Blunt beat R. -Moore, 9-0; A. Bateman beat D. Gray 9-4; E. Maxwell beat A. Cameron, 9-2; J. Logie beat R. Stanton, 9-2; G. McFadden beat N. Alexander 9-4: B. Lane beat B. Fisher, 9-2; B. Judge beat C. Sheridan. 9-0; R. Hampton beat D. Mason, 9-1; R Newmann beat I. Laby. 9-5. Second Round.—G. Moss beat A. Perry, 9-0; Walnole beat Iggo, 9-2; Blunt beat Bateman, 9-2; Maxwell beat B. Morris. 9-3: Logie beat McFadden. 9-4: Lane beat Judge, 9-1: J. Hall beat Hampton, 9-7; A. Browne beat Newmann, 9-3. Quarter-finals.—Moss beat Walpole, 9-7; Blunt beat Maxwell. 9-1;

Lane beat Logie. 9-2; Browne beat Hall, 9-3.

Under 18 Doubles First Rou d.—E. Ogier and R. Hampton beat P. Jellyman and R. Moore, 9-7; G.. Moss and R. Newmann beat T. Iggo and D. Gray, 9-0; B. Lane and J. Logie beat J. Hall and D. Manson, 9-2; C. Sheridan and L. Watkins beat E. Maxwell and G. McFadden, 9-8; N. Alexander and B. Fisher beat A. Cameron and B. Morris, 9-6. Second Round.—L. Walpole and B. Judge beat A. Bateman and A. Perry, 9-2. Under 15 Singles First Round.—A. Lester beat S. A. McLean, 9-4; J. Papps beat K. Connell, 9-4; A. Muxlow beat P. Barkle, 9-4; D. Marshall beat S. Avery, 9-6; J. Cullington beat D. Keenan. 9-5; P. Trolove beat J. Darnborough, 9-0; L. Watkins beat P. Rodden, 9-2; P. Boatwood beat R. Harkness, 9-8; M. Thom beat W. Moultrie, 9-0; -M. Gibson beat C. Wood, 9-3; A. Woodlbck beat R. Smitheram, 9-1; D. McCosh neat W. Rothwell, 9-0; I. Wright beat M. Howman, 9-7; R. McGregor beat G. Wyatt, 9-2; R. N. Cooper beat T. Lawson, 9-0. Second Round.—D. Scotland beat K. Gimblett, 9-0; K. Kiernan beat G. Turner, 9-2; R. Stevenson beat B. Campbell, 9-2; B. Bartlett beat A. Rumoold. 9-7; B. Gowans beat Lester, 9-4; Papps beat Muxlow, 9-1; Cullington beat Marshall, 9-0; L. Watkins beat Trolove, 9-3; Thorn beat Boatwood, 9-1; Gibson beat Woodlock, 9-1; McCosh beat Wilkie. 9-5; . Wright beat McGregor. 9-1; Cooper beat B. Watkins, 9-4; A. Galbraith beat I. Parker, 9-7; P. Ward beat D, Hendrie, 9-0. Under 15 Doubles First Round.—T. Papps and R. Harkess beat R. Barrell and B. Campbell. 9-3; K. Kiernan and J. Paricer beat J. Cullington and R. Smitheram, 9-4; A. Hatherley and M. Thom beat B. Bartlett and D. Rodder, 9-3; K. Connell and P. Burke beat D. Hendrie and A. Lester, 9-8; B. Watkins and J. Wright beat G. Wright and T. Lawson. 9so: A. Muxlow and R. McGregor beat W. Moultrie and C. Price, 9-3: P. Bell and M. Howman beat D. Marshall and S. Avery. 9-1; C. Wood and G. Abbie beat B. Clark and G. Turner, 9-3: A, Woodlock and B. O’Malley beat W. Rothwell and B. Gowans. 9-3; K. Gimblett and T. Wilkie beat M. Gibson and Darnborough. 9-2.

Second Round.—Papps and Harkness beat Kiernan and Parker, 9-1; D. Scotland and P. Ward beat D. Keenan and D- McCosh. 9-8; P. Boatwood and W. Watkins beat P. Trolove and R. Cooper, 9-2; Watkins and Wright beat Muxlow and McGregor, 9-0* Hatherley and Thom beat Connell and Burke, 9-1.

Under 13 Singles First Round.—J. Brocherie beat L. Legge, 9-6; J. Duffy beat R. Honeybone. 9-7; R. Donald beat J. Donnelly, 9-2; G E. Priddy beat A. M. Atkinson. 9-3; J. Turner beat B. Muir. 9-4; P. Gillespie beat L. Vallance, 9-3; G. Abbie be»t D. Roberts. 9-0; P. Bell beat K. Thomson, 9-0; S. Molnar beat M. Woodluck, 9-7:

A. Brooks beat P. Duncan. 9-5; B. Murray beat D. Forrest, 9-1; R. Barrell beat W. Hempstalk, 9-3; B. D. Clark beat J. Martin, 9-2; I. Stanton beat P. McGarry, 9-2; L. Smith beat M. Lawson, 9-6; R. Farrant beat P. J. Williams, 9-7; W. Edgecumbe beat P. De La Cour, 9-0; J. Bowman beat F. Gowans, 9-6; B. Gibson beat F. Dierck, 9-0; T. Blackett beat L. Toomey, 9-1; R. Greenaway beat P. Crowhen, 9-4.

Second Round. —A. Hatherley beat B. Fisher, 9-1; A. Smith beat T. Wilkins, 9-7; Brocherie beat J. Gibbs, 9-0; Donald beat Duffy, 9-2; Priddy beat Turner, 9-6; B. O’Malley beat Abbie. 9-7; Molnar beat Bell, 9-4: Brooks beat Murray, 9-4; Clark beat Barrell, 9-2; Stanton beat Smith, 9-0; Edgecumbe beat Farrant, 9-0; Gibson beat Bowman, 9-1; Blackett beat Greenaway, 9-0; B. Keeley beat R. Sanderson, 9-1; D. Blackburn beat A. Bowie, 9-0. Third Round.—Hatherley beat Smith, 9-4; Donald beat Brocherie, 9-4; Gillespie beat Priddy, 9-2; Molnar beat B. O’Malley, 9-6; Clark beat Brooks. 9-4; Edgecumbe beat Stanton, 9-1; Gibson beat Blackett, 9-6; Blackburn beat Keeley, 9-2. Doubles Under 13 First Round.—-J. Martin and P. McGarry beat R. Sanderson and M. Lawsbn, 9-2; J. Duffy and P. de la Cour beat R. Farrant and B. Fisher, 9-2; L. Toomey and B. Keeley beat F. Dierck and P. Crowhen, 9-1; A. Brooks and J. Bowman beat' J. Turner and T. Gowans, 9-4; B. Gillespie and. B. Gibson beat B. Blackett and B. D. Clark, 9-6. Second Round.—G. Priddy and W. Dailey beat K. Thompson and D. Roberts, 9r2; Brooks and Bowman' beat Toomey and Keeley, 9-0.

GIRLS’ EVENTS Under 18 Singles First Round.—L. Mardon beat C. Collier, 9-1; J. Beveridge beat C. Orsbourn, 9-7; H. Rich beat J. Hiatt, 9-5; Y. Hart beat K. Dawson, 9-0; E. Hart beat .L. Fisher, 9-3; L. Watson beat P. Mackay, 9-4; J. Andrews beat J. Robinson, .9-1; B. Dawson beat J. McKain, 9-5; Y. Jenkins beat J. Stonyer, 9-7; P. Hatch beat w 9 " fi; A - Howman beat 9-1; M. Martin beat C. Williams; 9-8; A. Freeman beat C. Dolan, 9-5; K. Brander beat J. Rich, 9-1. Second Round.—Mardon beat Beveridge. 9-3; Watson beat E. Hart, 9-5; Andrews beat J, Scotland, 9-4; Dawson beat Jenkins, 9-4; Howman beat Hatch, 9-6; Martin beat C. Halliday, 9-6; Brander beat Freeman, 9-2; Y. Hart beat Rich, 9-6. Under 18 Doubles First Round.—S. Stonyer and M. Collier beat L. Fisher and C. Williams, 9-6.

Second Round.—K. Brander and L. Mardon beat C. Ogilvie and J. Beveridge, 9-2; J. Andrews and H. Rich beat S. Harty and J. Hiatt, 9-1; L. Watson and S. Cederman beat C. Orsbourn and Y. Jenkins, 9-5; C. Dolan and A. Howman beat G Brown and M. Martin, 9-1; B. Dawson and J. Hatch beat A. McNaughton and A. Halliday, 9-1. Under 15 Singles First Round.—D. Smith beat G. Brown. 9-1; G. Mclntosh beat I. Waters. 9-5; N. Graham beat D. Neale, 9-8; C. McNicol beat G. Simpson, 9-1; S. Rich beat L. Bardzouka, 9-1; P. Hawker beat P. Daley, 9-1; D. Glass beat H. Saunders, 9-3; C. Columbus beat M. Holland, 9-6; J. McKenzie Ijeat M. Simpson, 9-1; P. Craythorne beat D. Watts, 9-8; S. Leggett beat L. Gunns, 9-2; J. Maudsley beat J.* Thornton, 9-0; H. Stanton beat M. Hill, 9-4; H. Scrimgeour beat E. Stemmer, 9-2; R. Purdie beat A. Hadley, S-'S; P. Latham beat S. Reid, 9-1; J. McEwan beat M. Hanright, 9-7; C. Fisher beat E. Giles, 9-1; S. Bycroft beat S. Chamberlain, 9-3.

Second Round.—D. Smith beat B. Yee, 9-0; N. Graham beat Mclntosh, 9-2; McNicol beat E. King, 9-0; Rich beat Hawker, 9-4; McKenzie beat Columbus, 9-0: Craythorne beat Leggett, 9-3; Maudsley beat Santon, 9-6; Purdie beat Scrimgeour, 9-6; Latham beat McEwan, 9-0; Bycroft beat Fisher, 9-2; J. Bumstead beat L. Williams, 9-1; C. Rawson beat M. Honeybone, 9-6; L. Ashby beat C. Fahey, 9-0 Third Round.—D. Corich beat S. Napier, 9-0; Smith beat Graham, 9-4; McKenzie beat Glass, 9-2; Maudsley beat Craythorne, 9-5; Latham beat Purdie, 9-4; Bycroft beat Bumstead, 9-0; Ashby beat Rawson, 9-2; Rich beat McNicol, 9-8. Under 15 Doubles First Round.—M. Honey bone and L. Williams beat R. Purdie and F. Thomson, 9-5; Si Rich and D. Watts beat E. Giles and D. Neale, 9-0; B. Yee and J. Bumstead beat Ml Holland and S. Hanright, 9-2; M. Hill and J. Thornton beat E. Stemmer and C. Apperley, 9-8; S. Chamberlain and P. Latham beat C. McNicol and H. Scrimgeour, 9-2; D. Glass and S. Reid beat M. Hanright and H. Saunders, 9-3; C. Fahey and D. Smith beat I. Waters and L. Bardzouka, 9-0; C. Columbus and C. Fisher beat J. McEwan and G. Mclntosh, 9-3; A. Hadley and A. Sheard beat G. Simpson and M. Simpson, 9-4; E. King and P. Hawker beat L. Gunns and P. Jones, 9-7. Under 13 Singles First Round.—D. Newton beat J. Nelson, 9-2; C. Andrew beat A. Beveridge, 9-3; L. King beat S. Innes, 9-0; F. Thomson beat N. Wilkins, 9-0; B. Brabner beat A. White, 9-2;’ J. Brander beat L. Gibbons, 9-0; M. Charteris beat M. Hargreaves, 9-1; S. Robinson beat S. Hanright, 9-3; G. Phillips beat J. Fright. 9-8; S. Spitzer beat J. Lilley, 9-6; P. Jones beat B Saunders, 9-0; C. Apperley beat N. Gamble, 9-7; D. Hopping beat N. Nurse, 9-0. Second Round. —S. Jenkins beat L. Alexander. 9-4; C. Andrew beat D. Newton, 9-2; King beat Thomson, 9-2; Brander beat Brebner, 9-2; Robinson beat Charteris, 9-0; Spitzer beat Phillips, 9-5; Jones beat Apperley, 9-8; Hopping beat S. Mackay, 9-4. Quarter-finals. —Andrew beat Jenkins, 9-0; King beat Brander, 9-1: Robinson beat Spitzer, 9-6; Hopping beat Jones, 9-1. Under 13 Doubles

First Round—L. Alexander and S. Spitzer beat M. Charteris and A. White, 9-0; B. Brebner and D. Newton beat J. Lilley and N. Gamble, 9-6.