TENNIS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 15 March 1926, Page 6

TENNIS.

VICTORIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

PINAL FOR- MIXED DOUBLES.

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT Received 11.45 a.m. to-day. MELBOURNE, March 13. In the Victorian tennis championships, in the mixed doubles, the final resulted: Schlesinger and Miss Boyd defeated Mclnnes and Mrs Harper, 9—7, I—6, 6—3.

VICTORIAN TITLES

INTERESTING FINALS

1Y CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. MELBOURNE; March 14. The final in the State tennis championships resulted : Men’s Singles. —Patterson beat Schlesinger, B—6, 6- — 2, 6—2. Doubles.—Hawkes and O’Hara Wood beat Mclnnes and Fitchett, 6—4, 4—6, 5- 6—2, 6—l. Women’s Doubles. —Mrs Harper and Miss .Boyd beat 1 Misses Mclvor and Stephens, 6 —3, B—6. AT PALM BEACH. RICHARDS WINS FLORIDA TITLE NEW YORK, March 13. At Palm Beach, Richards won the singles tennis championship of Florida on Fridav, defeating Haraga, 4—6, 6 6—2, 6—3. ELTHAIM v. NEW PLYMOUTH. An El.tham -team went to New Plymouth on, Saturday and, after a series of intere.stinig contests, were level jin matches and the win went to New Plymouth on, games, by 24. Scores were as below : SINGLES. Men's. —New Plymouth 6 matches, Eltha-m 4. Ladies’.—New Plymouth 5 matches, El th a m 5. DOUBLES. Men’s.—New Plymouth 2 matches. El/th am 3. Ladies’.—New Plymouth 2 matches, Elthiam 3. Combi lied. —N ew Plymouth 5 matches, 171 th am 5. SOUTH TARANAKI TEAM.' TO PLAY ST. JOHN’S, WANGANUI. The South Taranaki team which will travel to Wanganui next. Saturday to play St. John’s Club will consist of eight men and six ladies. The team will be selected from the following': Mesdames Rudge. Poynter, Whitehead. Misses Nutting, Carncross, Taylor. Bell and Hilles, Messrs G. Wills, H. Will? T. Kururangi, M. R. Jones, Wybourne, Whitehead, Torrens. Meuli, Collins, Edmonds, Hawken, Smith, Caplen, Bil lows.