LAWN TENNIS.
The Davis Cup team were successful in all the events played at Christ church yesterday against New Zealand representatives. Results:— —Singles.— Lowe (Britain) heat SAvanston (NewZealand), 6-5. 6-3. 6-3. Parke (Britain) beat Goss (New Zealand), 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. Dixon and Beamish (Britain) boat Ollivier and Fisher (Ncav Zealand), 3-6, 6-3. 6-3. 6-2, 6-1. The treat of the afternoon Avae the play in the Doubles, Avhen Fisher and Ollivier met Dixon and Beamish. The teams wore well matched, and five sets had to be played before the final result Avas reached. The. New Zcalanciers started off well, and for a time seemed likely to be the winning team, but Fisher fell aAvay, Avhile Beamish, who AA-as out of sorts in the, earlier stages of the game, improved considerably.
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Evening Star, Issue 15074, 4 January 1913, Page 6
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129LAWN TENNIS. Evening Star, Issue 15074, 4 January 1913, Page 6
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