McCutcheon Retains His Tennis Form

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30938, 20 December 1965, Page 22

McCutcheon Retains His Tennis Form

Although Woolston’s lead in the senior men’s tennis competition was cut by two points on Saturday it is still in a commanding position, 10 ahead of University. Woolston is the only team unbeaten; University has had one loss —to Woolston.

Whereas UoiveraKy scored • maximum 16 potato on Saturday with a SO win over Beckenham, Woolston has so far only 14 pointe from Mb contest with Cashmere. Woolston leads by 4 matches to 1 with one singles to be completed. In the other fixtures, North Unwood beet Linwood Avenue, 7 sets to 6, and Elmwood beat Edgeware, 5 matehes to 1. An unfinfehed singles to the Etawood-Bdge-ware game between W. Edgecunhe (Stanwood) and B. Crofte wm fintobed yesterday with a wta for Edgecumbe, M, 11-0. the pointe are: Woolston 71, University 61. North Linwood 57, Cashmere 45, Elmwood 37, Linwood Avenue 31, Beckenham 18, Edgware 9. Lees at Mitchell The Unlvetwity aidewaa to grand fora. Celebrating hto recent promotion to thejopot the provincial ladder, B. MoCntcheoa »ded A. Brooke (Bejiwahem) only one gam to Beifltow has augured sovrtefr from the absence of 3. NKcbeU la Australia and to tbe Wetttaatea cbampSomhlo, but It would have bad a OitoczUt task with Univarvlty two if Meh pteyor bad been one place

University’s second nan, 3. Martin, let the drives flow from his racket to the right positions as he beat P. McGoldrick wttb the loss of only one game. Alexander Unwell The Woolston-Cashmere match was not the clash it might have been. P. S. Alexander, one of the province's beat men to recent years, was unwell. He and J. Dickie were beaten, 6-1, 6-3, by B. Aldridge and R. Neumann in their doubles, and then Alexander defaulted his singles after he had lost the first set, 14, to Aldridge. J. Culllngton (Cashmere) and M. Agar (Woolston) were setail when they had to give up their court for afternoon matches. However, Woolston had won by 4 matches to 1 and was clearly superior. North Linwood and the new team in the grade thio season. Linwood Avenue, had a dose tussle. Top of the young Linwood Avenue side, I. Stanton, bad one of his beet successes when he beat the solid and determined P. An gland, 7-5, 6-3. Edgecumbe and Crofts were well matched in a game which had a break in the middle. Crofts is noted for his success to three-set matches and when they stopped on Saturday, Edgecumto had won the fire*. 64, and they were S-S to the second.

Yesterday Crofte was unable to force the match on and Edgecumbe, exhibiting hie usual control, won, 11-0. University v. Beckenham Singles.—R. McCutcheon beat A. Brooks, 6-1, 6-1; J. Martin beat P. McGoldrick, 64, 6-1; M. Dow beat T. Bradbury, 6-3. 6-1; J. Taylor beat W. Tuck, 8-6, 7-6. Doubles. McCutcheon and Martin beat Brooks and Bradbury, 6-4, 6-4; Taylor and Dow beat Tuck and McGoldrick. 6-4, University won by 6 matches to 6. Cashmere v. Weeleoea Singles.—P. ,8. Alexander lest to B. Aldridge, 1-6. default: 3. Price, 6-3. 3-6, 8-3; S. Bullen feet to B. Neumann, 84,14. Doubles. Alexander and Dickie loot to Aldridge and Neumann, 14, 34; Cußington and Bullen loot to Agar and Price. 14, 13-15. Woolston won by 4 matches to 1. Nerth Uawoed v. Linwood Singles.—P. Anglsnd lost to 1. Stanton, 5-7, 34: B. Payne beat Bruce beat B. Kaetop, 64, 84 84; Crawford and Bram laot ta, YaManim and Kaalap, 114, « *Nertb Unwaad wen By 3 ante fed. Cam> nMnwart vh bp s BMtot* to