TENNIS

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4956, 16 February 1937, Page 5

TENNIS

TARANAKI v. KING COUNTRY. MATCH AT OTOROHANGA. Taranaki, who came through on Saturday to play Waikato and abandoned the match owing to the wet weather, played King Country on Sunday at Otorohanga and defeated them by 16 games to 5. Some excellent games were played. Results follow, Taranaki players being mentioned first: — Men’s Singles: J. J. McCarthy beat E. Fouhy 6—5, o—6, 6—l; G. H. Stromborn beat N. G. Brown 6—3, 6—5; E. Dickie beat H. McLeod 6—o, 6 —3; Nicholls lost to M. McNamara 4—6, 6—5, 6—4; Nodder beat T. Jones 6—2, 4—6, 6—2; M. R. Jones . lost to A. C. Thompson 5—9. Ladies Singles: Miss O. J. Taylor beat Miss - J. Chambers 6—3, 4—6, 6—5; Miss M. Dickie beat Mrs. Trapski 9 —3; Miss D. Wylds beat Miss D. Scarborough 16 —9; Miss B. Warren stood 6 —4 in an unfinished game with Miss White. Men’s Doubles: E. and A. Dickie beat Fouhy and Brown 9—4; Stromborn and Nodder beat Jones and Jones 9—7; Nicholls and McCarthy beat McLeod and McNamara 9—7. Ladies’ Doubles: Misses Taylor and Wylds beat Miss Chambers and Mrs. Trapski 9—5; Misses Graham and Dickie beat Mesdames Innes and Archer 9—4; Misses Bright arid Warren lost to Misses Scarborough and White 6—9. Combined Doubles: Stromborn and Miss Taylor beat Fouhy and Mrs. Trapski* 9—B; Dickie and Miss Dickie • beat Brown and Mrs. Patterson 9—4; McCarthy and Miss Wylds beat J. D. Jones and Mrs. Innes 9 —6; E. Dickie and Miss Graham lost to McLeod and Mrs. Archer B—9;8 —9; Nicholls and Miss Bright lost to McNamara and Miss Scarborough 6 —9; Nodder and Miss Warren beat T. Jones and Miss White 9—6. ‘ Mr. A. C. Thompson for King Country expressed pleasure at the visit paid by Taranaki to Otorohanga for the first time, and said they hoped to send a team through to Taranaki for a return visit. Mr. M. R. Jones responded for Taranaki, saying that they had greatly enjoyed the play and looked forward to a visit by King Country. Cheers for both teams concluded proceedings.