TENNIS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1931, Page 10

TENNIS

HOKITIKA DEFEAT GREYMOUTH. An inter-club tennis match was played at Grey mouth on Saturday, between teams from the Grey and Hokitika clubs, and resulted, after many .interesting games had been played in a victory for the Hokitika teams by a

margin of 4 sets and 27 games. Hokitika plavers won 10 sets, and 111 games, and the Grey club’s team won 6 sets and 84 games. Detailed results (Hokitika names being mentioned first) were: — Ladies’ Singles.—Miss Stevenson 3 v Miss N. Tennent 6, Miss Thompson 5 v. Miss Schaef 6, Miss Knight 6 v. Mrs. Allison 3, Miss Mortland 6 v. Mrs. McGlashan 1. Men’s Singles.—Gooch 9 v. A. K. Smith 1, Turner 9v.M. C. Smith 3, Dougherty 9 v. Shallcrass 6, Larcombe 9 v. Schnackeuberg S. Ladies’ Doubles. —Misses Stevenson and Thompson 4 v. Misses Tennent and Schaef 6, Misses Knight and Mortland 6 v. Mrs. Allison and Mrs. McGlashan ” Men’s Doubles. —Gooch and Turner 9 v. Smith and Smith 8, Dougherty and Larcombe 8 v. Shallcrass and Schnackenberg 9. Combined Doubles. —Gooch and Miss Stevenson 5 v. A. K. Smith and Miss Tennent 9, Turner and Miss Thompson 9 v. M. C. Smith and Miss Schaef 3, Dougherty and Miss Knight 5 v. Shallcrass and Mrs. Allison 9, Larcombe and Miss Northland 4 v. Schnaekenberg and Mrs. McGlashan 4. In the B teams match, played at Hokitika, Greymouth defeated Hokitika by 10 sets to 6,- and 89 games to AUSTRALIAN TOURNAMENT. MELBOURNE. December C. New South Wales, beat Victoria in the inter-State tennis match by 15 rubbers to six. Hopman brilliantly

defeated Crawford fi/3,'6/2. South Australia beat Victoria by 14 •rubbers to seven. In the women’s games, Victoria beat New South Wales by seven rubbers to four. They also defeated South Australia by eight rubbers to four. ■