LAWN TENNIS
English Team in Action By Telegraph—Press Assodatioo. CHRISTCHURCH, November 8. Approximately 2000 people assembled at Wilding Park to-day to see the visiting English lawn tennis team engage in matches against one another and with leading Canterbury playera. A large proportion of those visitors came mainly to see Miss D. E. Round, first ranked woman player in the world, for while F. J. Perry, another member oi the team occupies a similar position in men’s tennis, he has already played in Christchurch. None could have been disappointed in Miss Round, for she played tennis of a standard that has never before been produced by a woman player in the South Island. Results of the matches were as follows :— F. J. Perry (England) beat C. Angaa (Canterbury), 7—9, 6 —l, 6—O. G. P. Hughes (England) beat T Rhodes Williams (Canterbury), 6—l G—3 Miss D. E. Round (England) be; Miss N. M. Lyle (England), 4—6, 6- I 6-2 F. J. Perry (England) and H A Barnett (Canterbury) beat G. I’ Hughes (England) and H. Dymond (Canterbury). 6—l, I—6, 6—2. Miss E. M Dearman and 0. P Hughes (England) beat Miss D. F. Round (England) nnd T. Rhodes Wil Hams (Canterbury), 6—3, 10—8.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 280, 10 November 1934, Page 2
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