TENNIS

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 February 1932, Page 10

TENNIS

GREYMOUTH V. HOKITIKA. The Greymouth Tennis Club’s A team, on Saturday Afternoon, visited Hokitika, and played the Hokitika Club’s A team. The Hokitika team won by 9 matches to 7, but the games score favoured the Greymouth team, who won .ill to their opponents’ 109. Results, ■ with Greymouth players mentioned first, are as follow:— Men’s Singles: A. K. Smith lost to Gooch 6/9; M. C. Smith beat Turner 9/7; Shallcrass lost to Larcombe 6/9; Schnackenberg beat Guthrey 9/4. Ladies’ Singles:—Miss Costello beat Miss Thompson 6/1; Alias N. Tennent beat Miss Knight <</3; Mrs Allison lost to Miss Mortland 4/6; Miss Schaef lost to Miss Stapleton 4/6, Men’s Doubles: Smith and Smith lost to Gooch and Turner 4/9; Shallcrass and Schnackenberg beat Larcombe and Guthrey 9/7.

Ladies’ Doubles: —Miss Costello and Mrs Allison lost to Miss Thompson and Miss Knight 8/9; Miss Tennent and Miss Schaef lost to Miss Mortland and Miss Stapleton '4/9. Combined Doubles: A. K. Smith and Miss Costello beat Gooch and Miss Thompson 9/8; M. C. Smith and Miss Tennent lost to Turner and Miss Knight 8/9; Shallcrass and Mrs Allison lost to Larcombe and Miss Mortland 7/9; Schnackenberg and Miss Schaef beat Gutlirey and Miss Stapleton 9/7. WELLINGTON> DISPUTE WELLINGTON, February 27. The Council of the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association affirmed the decision of the Management Committee to suspend two players, one man and one woman, members of the Brougham Hill Club, for periods of two years and one year respectively. The offence for which the players were suspended consisted of playing in a tournament conducted by the Wellington Catholic Lawn Tennis Association, an unaffiliated body. The players appealed against the decision. WEST INDIES CHAMPIONSHIP HAMILTON (Bermuda), Feb. 26. Mrs Palfrey defeated Betty Nuthall 6/4, 5/7, 6/2, in'the final of the West Indies tennis championship.