TENNIS DAVIS CUP TIES IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES

Grey River Argus, 19 May 1947, Page 5

TENNIS DAVIS CUP TIES IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES

(Rec. 9.10). LONDON, May 16. In the Davis Cup matches at Amsterdam, Vaswol and Ivor Rinkel (Holland), beat Sturgess and Fannin (South Africa), 6/3, 6/1, 6/0.

At Dublin Miric and Pallada (Yugoslvakia), beat Kemp and Egan (Eire), 6/2, -6/4, 6/2. The Yugoslavian team, who beat. Eire three to nil, next play the winned of the Egypt v. Belguim tie, which will be played to-morrow. At Prague, Brobny (Czechoslovakia), .beat Huonder (Switzerland) 6/1, 6/1, 6/1; Spitzer (Switzerland), beat Cernin (Czechoslovakia 6/2, 4/6, 0/6, 7/5, 6/1. At the Paddington hard-court tournament semi-finals of the men’s doubles, the New Zealanders, Bold and H. F. Walton beat C. R. Fawcus and J. A. White 6/1, 6/1. Britain won the second round of the Davis Cup tie against Poland in Warsaw, by 3 matches to 2. Mottram (Britain) beat Skonecki (Poland), 6/4, 6/2, 7/5; Hebda (Poland) beat Barton (Britain), 4/6, 6/2, 6/2, 4/6, 6/4.

N.Z. BEAT NORWAY

(Rec. 10.40) LONDON, May 18. New Zealand beat Norway by three to two in the Davis Cup tie at Oslo. McKenzie (New Zealand) beat Haanes (Norway) 6/4, 0/6. 6/3, 9/7. Barry (New Zealand) beat Staubo (Norway) 4/6. 7/5, 3/6, 6/2. McKenzie and Robson beat Haanes and Bren 4/6, 6/4, 6/4, 6/2.