BADMINTON BLAKETOWN LOSES BENNINGTON CUP

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1950, Page 7

BADMINTON BLAKETOWN LOSES BENNINGTON CUP

St John’s Club won the Bennington Challenge Cup from Baketown in a badminton match played at Blaketown last evening. St John’s won seven games to five, but Blaketown held the points advantage 201 to 191. The result was in doubt until the final game. The following are the results, with the Blaketown players mentioned first:—

Women’s Doubles: Miss N. Longstaff and Mrs M. Knapp 21, Mrs Hutchinson and Mrfe Buchanan 7; Mrs M. Oakley and Miss U. Clarke 6, Mrs Stocker and Mrs Tennent 21; Miss I. Finlay and Miss K. Dowdall 21, Mrs Seator and Mrs Tucker 12. Men’s Doubles: V. Rudd, D. Spender 18, W. Tennent, J. Stocker 21; D. Cairney, J. Benyon 19, Blythe, H. Hutchinson 21; T. Jarvis, G. Collins 21. W. Bone, Yates 10. Mixed Doubles: Miss N. Longstaff, V. Rudd 21, Mrs Hutchinson, Tennent 9; Mrs M. Knapp, D. Spender 20, Mrs G. Buchanan, J. Stocker 21; Miss I. Finlay, J. Benyon 21, Mrs J. Stocker, B. Blythe 6; Miss U. Clarke, D. Cairney 5, Mrs Tennent 21, H. Hutchinson 21; Mrs M. Oakley, T. Jarvis 18, Mrs Seator, W. Bone 21; Miss K. Dowdall, G. Collins 10, Mrs Tucker, Yates 21.