TENNIS WEST COAST TOURNEY DRAW

Grey River Argus, 22 February 1949, Page 6

TENNIS WEST COAST TOURNEY DRAW

Next Saturday the West Coast Lawn Tennis Association will hold their annual championship tournament with matches on the Greymouih, St. Columba, United and Cobden courts. Entries totalling 227, nave been received, and play will commence in all sections at 7.45 a.m. In the men's singles, players are to report to Greymouth courts, while players in the women’s singles will attend at the United Club’s courts. Entrants in the boys’ and girls’ events will report to the Cobden courts. The following draw for the singles events has been arranged:-— Men’s Singles: First round—A. Batey v A. Spark; J. Lundon v F. O’Connor; B. Newton v J. Mcßride; D. Pfahlert v N. Odwer; A. McLean v A. Wallace; FI. Hill v K. Rendon; J. Hewitt v E. Andrews; R. Hamilton v O. Keating; L. Derby v A. McNabb; M. McDonald v B. Webb; G. Louden v J. Lynch; B. Guerin v J. McGhie; M. Cartner v J. Nolan; A. Hines v F. McGrath; E. Rose v T. Henderson; J. Luey v J. Pascoe; W. Stagg v R. Mitchell; R. Stoop v J. Skeats; R. J. McNeill v D. Nutting; L. Savage v A. Hutchison; I. Baird v A. Luff; W. Cropp v H. Wilson. Byes: J. Baddeley, E. Pattinson, I. Hay, S. Kennedy, F. Aynsley, A. K. Smith, M. Dwan, I J. Soster, W. Hewitt, M. Thomas, i Women’s Singles: Miss O. StapleI ton v Mrs B. McDonald; Mrs McLean v Mrs Wilson; Miss Clements v Miss Cusack; Miss Burrows v Miss M. McDonald; Miss Henderson v Mrs Cowdry; Mrs Gear v Mrs Teen; Miss Pool lv Mrs Woollett; Mrs Spiers v Mrs | Skeats; Mrs Holt v Miss S. Pamment; 'Mrs Butland v Mrs Bunt; Mrs Neville lv Miss McCarthy: Miss Kennedy v 'Mrs Hutchison; Mrs Timms v Mrs j Strachan; Mrs MacMillan v Miss I Carter; Miss Heslop v Mrs McNeill; I Miss Burns v Mrs E. Ryan, I Boys’ Singles: G. Inglis v L. Bax!endale; M. Bourke vK. Hendry; J. '.Ackland v O. Harrison; C. Thorpe v W. Neilson; J. Dawson v J. Duggan; R. Duggan v K. Cowan; G. Wootton . v L. Roberts; J. Ewen v R. Lynch; |F. O’Connor v J. McArthur; D. Nissen v C. Hibbs: P. Corcoran v T. Hibbs. Byes: A. McNabb, J. Lynch,. E. Newton, W. Cumming, S. Pollock. Girls’ Singles: P. Mason v R. Dick; A. Murland v D. Robertson; N. Nissen v N. Lennane; M. Cherry v A. McKav; D. Mayell v P. Fleming; D. Seamell v D. Stanton. Byes; S. Stanton, M. Pamment. COBDEN BEATEN BY RUNANGA The match for the Presidential Trophy, which was played in overcast weather, ended in a win for Runanga by 9 sets to 6, and 84 games to 78. There was some good tennis and the result was in doubt until the last doubles set, which Runanga managed to win by two sets to one. Results (with Cobden players mentioned first) are: — I. Hay v S. Kennedy 6/2 13/11; L. McNeill v J. Soster 2/6, 2/6; L. I Darby v A. Sparks 5/7, 6/1,6/2; S. Pollock v K. Kendon, 2/6, 6/4, 3/6. Doubles. —Hay and Pollock v Kennedy and Soster 3/6, 5/7: McNeill and Darby v Kendon and Sparks, 3/6, 7/5, 7/9. -