BADMINTON TOUR

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 9

BADMINTON TOUR

N.Z. TEAM IN AUSTRALIA

RESULTS OF MATCHES

(Received August 4, 10 a.m.)

ADELAIDE, This Day,

The touring New Zealand badminton team won its match against South Australia, who were outclassed, by six rubbers to one. The team's display was patchy and the players seemed to be tired as a result of the travelling they have done. The manager, the Rev. L. W. Austin, expects an improvement in the team's form.

The women's smashing, particularly by Miss M. Kerr, of Otago, was a revelation.

Results are:—

Men's Singles.—P. E. Hawksworth won, 15-9, 15-6; G. A. Pearce lost to Bicker, 15-4, 4-15, 10-15.

Women's Singles.'—Miss Mavis Kerr won, 12-11, 11-3.

Doubles. —Hawksworth and Pearce won, 15-13, 15-2; Mrs. Hawksworth and Miss Kerr won, 15-6, 15-12; Hawksworth and Mrs. Hawksworth won, 15----9, 15-6; Pearce and Miss Kerr won, 15----10, 15-7.

The team at Adelaide consists of Hawksworth and Mrs. Hawksworth and Pearce and Miss Kerr. The other players, E. A. Roussell and J. Spedding and Miss N. Fleming and Mrs. C. F. Wren, are touring the Victorian country districts. *

In matches together, the full team started its tour in Tasmania. It defeated Burnie by eight to nil, lost to Launceston by two to six, defeated Hobart, nitj| to seven, and lost to Victoria at by three to four.