Late sport Win and loss for Canterbury
Special correspondent Auckland Canterbury has had a win and a loss from its first two ties at the Wisden Cup interprovincial badminton tournament in North Shore. It beat Otago, 11 matches to [five, but earlier was beaten, 19 games to 18, by Wanganui. The Canterbury challenge has been severely weakened by the loss of its leading woman Alison Ross. Miss Ross injured a leg against Wanganui and she has returned home. First round results were:— Section one.—Auckland 16, Hutt Valley 0; Wellington 10. Southland 6; WeUington 20 games. North Shore 18; Auckland 15, Southland 1. Section two.—Waitemata 14, Waikato 2; Waitemata 16, Otago 0; Wanganui 19 games. Canterbury 18; Waikato 12, Taranaki 4; Canterbury 11. Otago 5. Detailed scores from Canterbury's win over Otago (Canter bury names first) were:—
Singles.—Men: G. Miller lest to S. Wilson, 7-15, 8-13; M Nolan lost to D. Charlesworth, 4-15. 16-17; W. Edgecumbe beat A. Bull, 15-10. 15-3; D. Ross beat J. Hoffman, 15712. 15-10. Women. D. Erikson beat E. Brown, 11-8, 11-6; P. Duckmanton beat C. Hinton. 11-7. 3-11. 11-2; R. Erskine beat G. Ellis. 11-9, 11-7: K. Burn beat D. Smith, 11-4, 11-6. Doubles.—Miller and Edgeeumbe beat Wilson and Charlesworth, 9-15, 15-12. 15-7; Nolan and Ross beat Ball and Hoffman, 18-13, 8-15, 17-14; Erikson and Burn beat Hinton and EIIU, 13-15, 15-6. 15-3; Duckmanton and Erskine beat Brown and Smith, 15-9. 10-15, 15-9. Mixed doubles.—Miller and Erikson lost to Wilson and Ellis. 3-15. 6-15; Edgecumbe and Duckmanton beat Charlesworth and Brown. 11-15, 15-7, 15-7; Nolan and Erskine lost to Hoffman and Hinton, 10-15, 14-18: Ross and Burn lost to Ball and Smith, 11-13. 4-15.
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