LAWN TENNIS J. ROBSON DEFEATED BY O. M. BOLD: CANTERBURY TITLES

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 December 1949, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS J. ROBSON DEFEATED BY O. M. BOLD: CANTERBURY TITLES

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day (0.C.) —ln an outstanding thrilling tennis match which lasted almost three hours, the New Zealand singles champion, J. E.- Robson (Otago) was beaten by the fourth seeded player, .0. M. Bold, Hutt Valley, in five sets, when the Canterbury lawn tennis championships were continued yesterday. R. S. McKenzie had a fairly easy win over Pattinson, and the score, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1, was a true indication of the match. It was ■a match between two players of totally different styles. Miss J. MacGibbon' (Canterbury), second seeded player, had a good win over Miss B. Potter (Auckland), fourth seeded player, in a semi-final of the women’s singles. Miss M. Beverley (Waikato) had too many strokes and too much experience for Miss M. Robertson (Otago), but the game was more even than the score, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 suggests. The women’s doubles provided some particularly good play. The top seeded pair, Misses M. Kerr and Potter, were beaten very easily by the fourth seeded pair, Misses Beverley and Robertson, 6-4, 6-0. Mrs I. Hatherley and Miss T. Poole (Canterbury) second seeded players, combined well to beat the- third seeded pair, Mrs E. Anderson (Wellington) and Miss Mac Gibbon, 9-7, 6-4. Miss Poole gave a grand exhibition of net play in this match. Details: — Men’s Singles.—Semi-finals: O. M. Bold (Hutt Valley) beat J. E. Robson (Otago), 6-3, 7-9, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6; R. S. McKenzie (Wellington) beat R. G. Pattinson (Canterbury), 6-4, 6-1. Women’s Singles:—Semi-final: Miss M. Beverley (Waikato) beat Miss M. Robertson (Otago), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Miss J. Mac Gibbon (Canterbury) beat Miss B. Potter (Auckland), 7-5, 6-3. Men’s Doubles. —Semi-finals: J. A. Barry and A. S. Burns (Auckland) beat R. A. H. Howe and R. G. Pattinson (Canterbury), 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3; J. E. Robson (Otago) and R. S. McKenzie (Wellington) v ,M. Otway (Auckland) and O. M. Bold (Hutt Valley), 7-5, 8-6, 4-6, 9-9 (unfinished). Women’s Doubles. — Semi-finals: Misses M. Beverley (Waikato) and M. Robertson (Otdgo) beat Misses M. Kerr (Otago) and B. Potter (Auckland), 6-4, 6-0; Mrs I. Hatherley and Miss T. Poole (Canterbury) beat Mrs E. Anderson (Wellington) and Miss J. Mac Gibbon (Canterbury), 9-7, 6-4. Mixed Doubles. —Quarter-final: R. G. Pattinson and Mrs K. Hart (Canterbury) beat A. S. Burns and Miss V. Johnson (Auckland), 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.