TENNIS
BRITISH CHAMPIONS’ TOUR.
FINE MATCHES AT CHRIST-
CHURCH
CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 9
Approximately 2000 people assembled at Wilding park today to see I .he vfeiting English lowa tennis team engage in matches against one another and with leading Canterbury players. A large proportion <>f the visitors canto mainly to see Mias DE. Round, first ranked woman Pt--' er in the world for, whil© F, J. P orr y another member of the team o('cnpiesi a .similar position in men’s tennis, lie had already played 111 Christchurch. None could have been disappointed in Misw Round, lot ®ho played 'tennis jif a standard thait has never before been produced by u woman player in the South Island The results of the matches were as follows:
F. J. ,I’Lrry (Efnglund) Aligns (Canterbury), 7—9, 6 —l, 6—o G. P. Hughes (England), beat T. Rhodes Williams (Canterbury), G—l, G—3.
Miss. D. E. Round (England) beat Miss N. M. Lylo (England), 4—6, G-4, 6—2.
F. J. Perry (England). and 1 H. A. Barnett (Canterbury) beat 'G. P. Hughes (England) and IT.. Dymond (Canterbury), 6—l, I—6, G 2. Miss E. M. Doarman and G. P. Hughes (England) beat Miss. D. E. Round (England) and T. Rhodes Williams (Canterbury), 6—3, 10—B.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12398, 10 November 1934, Page 6
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203TENNIS Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12398, 10 November 1934, Page 6
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