TENNIS
AUSTRALIANS’ TOUR. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] TORONTO, May 7. J. Crawford and A. Quist defeated V. McGrath and J. Sproule in a threeset exhibition doubles match at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club to-day by 6/2, 3/6, 6/3. The re-playing match was interrupted by rain. • - ' Yesterday, Crawford defeated Quist 7/5, 6/3. It was the most brilliantly played match seen here for many years. In the first set Crawford took a 5/1 lead, only to have Quist pull up to 5/5. Crawford had to fight hard for the two winning games. The second set was also hard fought, with the games going to 3/3, before Crawford ran out with three straight games. ’
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 May 1936, Page 13
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