Table Tennis Leaders Have Further Wins In Fourth Round

Press, Volume C, Issue 29526, 30 May 1961, Page 15

Table Tennis Leaders Have Further Wins In Fourth Round

The three leading teams. Eagles Selwyn and Wallabies 11, all recorded further victories when the fourth round of matches in the Canterbury Table Tennis Association A grade competitions was played last evening. Eagles is still the only unbeaten team.

Eagles beat Wallabies I by seven matches to five, in an entertaining contest. J. Armstrong conceded only a handful of points in each game, but D. V. Fisher and Mrs J Shadbolt found the opposition stronger than usual. R. G. Hart and K. J. Cassidy each won two singles for Wallabies I. and that team won five singles to four. Better doubles combination gave Eagles its victory. Wallabies II beat University I by eight matches to four, but this could easily

have been a much closer contest. N. B. Radford, whose form this season has been outstanding, won his five matches for Wallabies n, hitting very hard on both backhand and forehand in all his matches. He was not extended in his three singles

K. V. Stevenson < Wallabies II) and D. D. M. Stewart (University I) both showed better form to win two singles matches each. M. A. Cox won one singles for Wallabies, beating J. Atvars in a long match. Wallabies won two of the three doubles. Selwyn I was untroubled to beat University II and T. R. D. Flint, like Armstrong and Radford, had a very easy evening. H. P. Holt showed the best form of the University players, winning a singles and a doubles, and again taking V. N. Brightwell to three games in their singles. He hit very’ hard when the occasion presented itself, and his defence was very steady. Points after four rounds are: Eagles 8 Selwvn 6. Wallabies II 6. Wallabies I 2. University II 2. University I 0.

Results were.— WALLABIES II V. UNIVERSITY I Singles.—N. B. Radford beat T. A Dowie 21-17. 21-10: beat D. D. M. Stewart, 21-11 21-12: beat J. Atvars. 21-14, 21-13: K F. Stevenson beat Dowie. 21-11, 21-23. 21-13; lost to Stewart. 1321. 18-21; beat Atvars. 21-11, 2117; M. A. Cox lost to Dowie, 19-21 19-21: lost to Stewart. 1521, 21-19, 14-21; beat Atvars. 21-8. 14-21, 21-18. Doubles.—Radford and Stevenson beat Dowie and Stewart, 21-13, 11-21, 24-22; Radford and Cox , Dowie and Atvars : Stevenson and Cox lost to Stewart and Atvars, 21-19, 1921 18-21. wallabies II won by 8 matches to 4. EAGLES V. WALLABIES I Singles.—J. Armstrong beat R. G. Hart, 21-9, 21-7: beat J. Lelliott. 21-7. 21-9: beat K. J. Cassidy. 21-5, 21-6: D. V. Fisher lost to Hart. 21-15. 11-21. 16-21: beat Lelliott. 19-21. 21-12, 21-18: lost to Cassidy. 21-11, 11-21, 1321: Mrs J. Shadbolt lost to Hart, 21-15, 12-21, 10-21; lost to Lelliott, 11-21, 17-21: lost to Cassidy. 12-21, 14-21. Doubles. Armstrong and Fisher beat Cassidy and Hart. 21-19, 16-21, 21-15; Armstrong and Mrs Shadboit beat Cassidy and Lelliott. 21-8, 23-21: Fisher and Mrs Shadbolt beat Hart and Lelliott. 21-11, 14-21. 21-17 Eagles won by 7 matches to 5. SELWYN v. UNIVERSITY II Singles —V. N, Brightwell beat G. M. Leech. 21-14, 21-13: beat H. P. Holt. 19-21, 21-9 21-10; beat G. W. Makinson, 21-4, 2118: T. R. D. Flint beat Leech. 21-7. 21-10; beat Holt, 21-13. 21-13; beat Makinson, 21-14, 21-9: R. B. McCallum lost to Leech, 16-21. 20-22; lost to Holt. 10-21. 11-21; beat Makinson. 21-19, 2119. Doubles—Brightwell and Flint beat Leech and Makinson. 21-9. 21-18: Brightwell and McCallum beat Leech and Holt. 21-17. 2321; Flint and McCallum lost ’o Makinson and Holt. 12-21. 21-17. 8-21 Selwyn won by 9 matches to 3.