LAWRENCE CUP

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 60, Issue 4368, 13 December 1950, Page 5

LAWRENCE CUP

A WIN FOR PAEROA PLAINS TEAM BEATEN TENNIS IN PAEROA The Paeroa Lawn Tennis Club’s A team defeated Hauraki Plains in a Lawrence cup match on the Paeroa courts on Saturday last by nine matches to six.

Details of play, with Paeroa names mentioned first, were as follows:— Men’s singles: M. Hume defeated R. Ridings, 6—2, 6—4; N. R. Harris defeated L. Ridings, 6—4, 6—l; E. A. Meyer lost to R. Liddle, 5—6, I—6; C. McKain lost to A. McLean, 4—6, 4— 6; R. Williams defeated H. Fisher, 5— 6, 6—l, 6—l; H. R. Thorp lost to B. Paton, 5—6, 6—5, 2—6; Ladies singles: Miss M. Ryde lost to Mrs Constantine, 5—6, —6; Mrs G. Moran defeated Mrs Lf McCollum, 6— 1, 6—3; Mrs C. McKain defeated Mrs Bennett, 5—6, 6— 2, 6—2; Mrs P. Martinovich defeated Mrs Wallis, 6—l, 6—5. Men’s doubles: Hume and Harris lost to Ridings and Ridings, I—6, 5— 6; Meyer and McKain defeated Liddle and Fisher, 3—6, 6—l, 6—2; Williams and Thorp lost to McLean and Paton, 5—6, 2—6. Ladies doubles: Mesdames Moran and McKain defeated Mesdames Constantine and McCollum, 3—-6, --6-M), 6— 2; Miss Ryde and Mrs Martinovich defeated Mesdames Bennet and Wallis, 6—5, 6—l. M I LLS CU P WIN FOR PAEROA B In a Mills cup tennis match played at Te Aroha against the. Te Aroha Domain Tennis Club’s ‘B grade team, the Paeroa Lawn Tennis Club’s B team won by 10 games to five. Details of play, with Paeroa names mentioned first, were:—

Men’s singles: N. Vinnicombe defeated Cowley, 9—6; R. Sumner lost to Saunders, B—9; B. Hunt defeated O’Connell, 9—6; B. McDonald defeated Barnes, 9—5; H. Lee defecated Lacassie, 9—l; F. Thorp defeated Gibson, 9—5.

Ladies singles: Miss C. Shaw lost to Mrs Martin, 'B—9; Miss R. Bradley defeated Mrs Ellery, 9—2; Miss W. Handley defeated Mrs Conning, 9—4; Miss J. Morgan defeated Mrs Cowley, 9—4. Men’s doubles: Vinnicombe and Sumner lost to Cowley and O’Connell, 4—9; Hunt and McDonald defeated Saunders and Barnes, 9—l; Lee and Thorp defeated Lacassie and Gibson, 9—2.

Ladies’ doubles: Misses Shaw and Handley lost to Mesdames Martin and Ellery, 6—9; Miss Bradley and Morgan lost to Mesdames Conning and Cowley, B—9.