TENNIS PRODIGY
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAD
DEFEATS DAVIS CUP STAR
(Received Bth February, 1.30 p.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day. Vivian McGrath, who has had a sudden rise to fame in the tennis world, defeated E. F. Moon, the Australian Davia Cup player, in the Australian tennis championships at Adelaide, 6-2, 6-4, 1-0, 9-7.
Dr. McElhone, writing to tho "Herald," says that this fifteen-year-old lad must now be classed as one of the first four leading players in Australia.
Patterson, Hawke?, Hopman, aud Cuinmings, who witnessed the sensational match, are definite that McGrath should accompany the Davis Cup team.
V. McGrath, the . remarkable boy, player, was recently beaten by J. Crawford only at a score of 7-5, 7-5. According to the ox-New Zealand champion, A. C. Stedman, who recently returned from a visit to Australia, McGrath is considered possibly the most promising player that Australia has ever possessed. E. F. Moon won the Australian singles championship in 1930, beating both Crawford and Hopman, and toured with the Davis Cup team that year.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320208.2.87.3
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 10
Word Count
168TENNIS PRODIGY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in