PLAINS TENNIS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 60, Issue 4369, 15 December 1950, Page 5

PLAINS TENNIS

TURUA B-EATS NETHERTON X EIGHT GAMES TO SEVEN By winning eight games to Netherton’s seven, Turua had a narrow win when its A team met Netherton A at Netherton.

Details (Turua names first): — Women’s singles: Mrs R. Madgwick lost to Mrs Richmond, 3—7; Miss F. Marshall defeated Miss L. Richmond, 7—3; Mrs F. Marshall defeated Miss R. Richmond, 7—3; Mrs B. Fox lost to Miss Elvidge, 5—7.

Womep’s doubles: Mesdames Madgwick and Fox defeated Mrs Richmond arid Miss L. Richmond, 7—5; Miss F. Marshall and Mrs F. Marshall defeated Misses R. Richmond and Elvidge, 7—2. Men’s singles: T. Prowse defeated D. Liddington, 9—4; R. Madgwick lost to J. McMillan, I^-9; G. Clark lost to B. Heath, 7—9; J. Beagley lost to I. Jamieson, B—9; H. Troughton defeated J. Bennett, T. Millington defeated S. Coldicutt'9—B.

Men’s idoubles: Prowse and Madgwick lost to Liddington and McMillan, 7—9; Clark and Beagley lost to Heath and Jamieson, 2—9; Troughton and Millington defeated Bennett and Coldicut, 9—7. B TEAMS MEET TURUA DEFEATS NETHERTON A tennis match between the B teams of the Netherton and Turua tennis clubs was played at Turua recently and the result was a win for Turua B by 9 games to 6. Details of play, with Turua names mentioned first, were:— Men’s singles: K. Clark defeated L. Marriner, 9 —B; A. sutton defeated B. Coldicutt, 9—B; J. Harris lost to E. Williams, 6—9; B. McNaughton lost to L. Williams, 3—9; C, Hall defeated T. Jones, 9—5; G. Egan lost to W. McKain, 3—9. Men’s doubles: Clark and Sutton defeated Marriner and Coldicutt, 9—B; Hanis and McNaughton lost to Williams and Williams, 5—9; Hall and Egan lost to Jones and McKain, 6—9. Ladies’ singles, M. Bowen defeated Mrs R. Jones, 7—5; M. Baker defeated Mrs J. Petley, 7—o; M. Sutton defeated Mrs J. Jamieson, 7—o; A. Clark defeated Mrs E. Liddington, 7—5. Ladies’ doubles: Bowen and Baker lost to Jones and Petley, 4—7; Sutton and Clark defeated Jamieson and Liddington, 7—2.