CANTERBURY RANKINGS

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29389, 16 December 1960, Page 6

CANTERBURY RANKINGS

Judge Top Of Men Miss j, Davidson, the fourth ranked New Zealand woman tennis player, has retained her position at the top of the Canterbury women’s ranking list and C- G, Judge, a Canterbury player who had an overseas tour this season, has returned to the top of the men’s list, a position he held for a short time two seasons ago. The provisional men’s and women's lists have been announced by the Canterbury selectors (Mr M. C, Healey, Dr. A. D. L. Hunter and Miss P. Cuddon) this week.

They are:— Men:—C. G. Judge 1, G- Moss 2, B. J. Shirlaw 3, A. D. L. Hunter 4, W. Thom 5, L. Walpole 6, B. J. Aldridge 7, B. R. Crawford 8. B. Judge 9, B. Johns 10, D. Preston 11, R. Watson 12, R. Neumann 13. V. Price 14, D. Marshall 15, I. Laby 16. This list was posted on December 6. Women—Miss J. Davidson 1, Mrs G. Mlddleberg 2, Mrs P-, Leopold 3, Mrs E. Campbell 4, Miss S. Mackay 5, Miss S. Field 6, Miss L. Mardon 7, Miss K. Williams 8, Miss R. Jones 9, M rs B- Allan 10, Miss J. McKain 11, Mrs M. Hanlon 12, Miss J, Mollison 13, Miss J. Hatch 14, Mrs L. Hixon 15, Mrs B- Lawrence 16. Top Place

Top of the men’s list at the end of last season was C. W. Pritchard, who has since shifted to Wellington. Judge did not take part in ranking matches last season as he was not often in Christchurch. At the beginning of this season it looked as if there would be a battle between Judge and Moss for top place. Moss was superior at first when he beat Judge in the Show tournament final but Judge turned the tables later when he beat Moss in a ranking match and gained his top position. Moss is at second, the same as he was to Pritchard last season: Shirlaw has risen on the list from fifth at the end of last season to third. Fourth last season, A. Trembath. is not playing ranking matches and Shirlaw beat Hunter, who was third last season. Hunter beat Thom, another Canterbury player who was overseas, but Thom has risen from seventh to fifth. Miss Davidson retained her position by beating Mrs Middelberg twice, Mrs Middelberg, formerly Miss G. Hppkinson, did not take part in ranking matches last season but she was for a time ranked top in the province a season or so before. She is second because she beat Mrs Leopold, who has therefore dropped one place. Mrs Leopold beat Mrs Campbell Miss Mackay has gone up from eighth to fifth.