TENNIS.

Grey River Argus, 11 February 1929, Page 2

TENNIS.

INTER-CLUB TOURNAMENT. At the Hokitika courts on Saturday the return inter-club tournament was played Ijetwteen the Greymouth A team and the Hokitika A team. The weather was ideal for play, and after an interes'ing afternoon’s play the tournament resulted in each side securing twelve matches, but Hokitika were ahead on the games, winning these by 150 to 139. Hollowing are the details (Hokitika players being mentioned first in each instance): — Ladies’ singles: Miss Moore beat Miss Tenne-.it 6/2. Miss Lewis lost to Mrs Lawn 2/6, Miss Thompson beat Mrs Larsen 6/2, Miss Leslie lost to Mrs Fletcher 5/6, Mrs Baird lost to Mrs Schaef 6/2, Miss Knight beat Mrs Brown 6/4. Men’s singles: Partridge beat McCarthy 9/3, Gooch beat M. Smith 9/2, Keller lost to A. K. Smith 8/9. Feist lost to Stephens 5/9, Guthrie lost to Lorking 4/9, McFarlane lost tb Gilbert 3/9. ,

Ladies’ doubles: Misses Moore and Lewis beat Mrs Lawn and Miss Tennent 9/6, Misses Thomson and Leslie lost to Mesdames Larsen and Fletcher 7/9, Miss Knight and Mrs Mann beat Mesdames Schaef and Brown 9/6. Men’s doubles: Partridge and Gooch beat McCarthy and M. Smith 9/3, Keller and Feist lost to Smith and Stephens 7/9, Guthrie and McFarlane lost to Lorking and Gilbert 2/9. Combined doubles: Partridge and Miss Moore beat McCarthy and Mis Tennent 9/3, Gooch and Mi ss Lewis beat Mr and Mrs Lawn 9/5. Keller and Miss Thompson beat A. K. Smith and Mrs Larsen 9/6, Feist and Miss Leslie lost to Lorking and Mrs Fletcher 8/4. Guthrie and Miss Knight lost to Stephens and Miss Schaef 3/6, McFarlane and Mrs Baird beat Gilbert and Mrs Brown 5/3.

The Hokitika B team played the Grey mouth B’s on the Grey courts on Saturday, the home team winning by 13 sets to 9, or 144 games to 119. The first men’s doubles and the second combined matches were not played owing to the fact that one of the visit ing players returned by the express. Following are the results (Hokitika players mentioned first): — Men’s singles: Williamson lost to Shallcrass 3/9. Perry lost to Dr Ray 8/9. Hayward lost to Haigh 1/9, Dawson lost to Mcßrearty 5/9, Diedrichs lose to C. James 4/9, Morrison lost to Mepham 5/9. Ladies’ singles: Miss Reid lost to Mrs Davis 2/6. Miss* Urquhart defeated Mi s Griffen 6/5, Miss Bell defeated Miss M. Costello 6/5/ Miss E. Knight defeated Mrs McGlashan 6/3, Miss Davidson defeated Miss A. Bush 6/3, Mrs Guthrcy defeated Miss D. Mcßrearty 6/3. Meh’’s doubles: Hayward and Dawson to Haigh and Mcßrearty 4/9, Diedrichs and Morrison lost to James and Mepham 6/9. Ladies’ doubles: Misses Reid and Urquhart lost 1o Mrs Davis and Miss Griffen 5/6, Misses Bell and Davidson defeated Mbs Costello and Mrs McGlashan 6/5, Miss E. Knight and Mrs Guthrey defeated Misses Bush and Mcßrearty 6/1. Combined doubles: Williamson and Miss Reid lost t 0 Shallcrass and Miss Davis 4/9, . Hayward and Miss Bell lost to Haigh and Miss Costello 8/9 Dawson and Miss Knight lost to McBrearty and Mrs McGlashan 4/9, Diedrichs and Miss Davidson defeated James and Miss Bush 9/3, Morrison and Mrs Guthrey defeated Mepham and Miss Mcßrearty 9/5.