Tight match between top squash teams

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33649, 26 September 1974, Page 16

Tight match between top squash teams

Warmer conditions produced longer games in the men’s A; grade squash rackets competition. The encounter between the two leading teams. BurnsideChrist’s College and High School Old Boys, lasted just on lour ! hours. A determined recovery bv J. G. Foulds when down 2-8. in the third set against W. J. Tolchard, enabled Burnside-Christ’s College to win the match, nine games to eight, and increase its lead to six points. There was keen and close competition throughout the battle between the competition leaders. A shock win to G. Jenkinson over J. Moseley gave the Old Boys I a good start but R. Blank lev. elled the matches by overtaking R. McCutcheon from two sets behind. Then it was the top players’ turn. L. C. Sparks managed to’ take the first game from V .1 W. Hargreaves by bustling him into errors. but Hargreaves settled down and quickls asserted his mastery. With the competition finishing next week, the points are: Burn-side-Christ’s College 84, High School Old Bovs II 78, Christ church II 60. High Sthool Old Boys I 52. Christchurch I 46. University-Christchurch 44. Sum ner 26. Results:— MEN University-Christchurch 4, Christchurch I 4 M. D. Grant lost to D. R 'Preston, 3-9, 9-6, 4-9, 3-9; L. J. Plever lost to R. Haves. 9-4.; ’9-6 4-9, 3-9, 5-9; B. B. Trangmar beat R. D. Monk, 9-2. 6-9. 9-7. 9.3; L. Wilson beat P. Steinmetz, 9-1. 9-3, 9-5. Sumner 8, High School Old Boys I 2. I. P. Skurr lost to I. B McNeil. 3-9. 9-6. 5-9. 6.9; !.. G Milne beat G. Bianchi. 9-5, 8-10. 10-9. 9-7;; C. Van Loen beat A. G. A.nderson, 9-2, 9-3 10-8; J. MacDougall beat ' R. Vivian, 9-0, 9-0, 9-7. Burnside-Christ's College 4, High School Old Boys II 4 [ I. C. Spa-ks 'ost to V J I | Hargreaves. 9-3, 19, 5-9, 5-9: J. G ’ I Foulds beat W J. Tolchard. 9-5. I 9-4, 10-8; R. Blank beat R. McCut-l

cheon, 2-9. 5-9. 9-4. 9-3, 9-1: -I. Moselev lost to G Jenkinson, 6- 9-6, 7-9. 9-1. 3-9. WOMEN Sumner 10, Christchurch II 0 M. Holland beat R. Woodliead. 7- 4-9, 9-3, 10-9, 10-8; F Rodgers beat B. Dewar, 92, 9-1. 9-1; M. Quince beat S. Mopre, 9-3. 8-10, 9- 9-1; S. Lane beat J Gemmill, 10- 9-5, 9-2. High School Old Boys-Suburbs 8, Christchurch I 2. J. Bruce beat R. Davies, 9-7. 2-9, 9-6. 7-9. 9-3; V. Dunstan lost to P. Leopold. 10-9. 9-5, 5-9. 29, 7.9; A. McKenna beat B. Bowbve-, 9-5, 10-9, 4-9. 7-9. 9-4, C Armitaga beat W. Dann. 9-0, 9-5. 9-7.