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WELLINGTON TOURNAMENT.
OPENING GAMES YESTERDAY. The Wellington provincial tennis championship tournament was commenced. yesterday at Miramar in unusually hot weather and with a complete absence of wind. Details of the championship games played are as follow:
MEN*S CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES,
First round: N. A. Foden beat F. C. Palethorpe, 6 —l, 6—o; S. P. Wheeler beat C. T. Andrews, 6—l, 6 —3; A. S. Chandler beat J. A. Reid, 6—2, 6—l; F. Eales beat C. M. Watt, 3—6, 6—l, 9—7; It. R. T. Young beat L. Brand, 6—o, 6—l; C. E. Murray beat O. Balls, 6—o, 6—l; T. C. Ward beat D. Wood. 6—o, 6—l. Second round: E. B. W. Smyth beat H. N. Burns 6—4, 6—l; L. France beat l l '. H. Paul, 6—3, 6 0; B R. O’Brien beat W. P. Robinson, 6 —3, 6—2; W. H. Stainton beat M. A. Castle, 6—2, 6—l; R. H. Donovan boat G. F. Ponlington, 7 —5, 6—4; V. H. Thwaites beat T. Marshall, 3 —6, 6 —l, 7 —5; S. P. Wheeler beat N. A. Foden, 6—4 6—3; W. P. Hollings beat J. C. Peacock bv default; C. E. Malfroy beat T. S. Williams, 6—2, 6 —4; It. Ferkins beat It. R. T. Young 6—3, 6—4; Rhodes Williams beat Poole, 6 —3, 6 —2. Third round: L. France beat B. It. O’Brion, 6—o, 6—2; W. P. Hollings beat W. H. Stainton, 6—2, 6—l; E. B. W. Smyth beat V. Thwaites, 6 —2, 6—3. LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. First round: Miss Shortt beat Miss It. Whitwell, 6—3, 6—3; Mrs King beat Miss T. Duncan, 3 —6, 6 —2, 6—l.
Second round.—Miss East beat Miss Thwaites, 2—6, 6—2, 6—2; Miss Myers beat Mrs W. P. Hollings, 6—o, 6—2; Mrs Burn beat Miss O. Rule, 6—l, 6 —o; Miss Martin beat Miss 0. Wild, 6—l, 6—l; Miss North beat Miss Gardner, 6 —2, 6 —3; Miss E. Brady beat Miss N . Howell, 6 —o, 6—o; Mrs Marshall beat Miss D. Elliott, 6—o, 6—l; Mrs Campbell beat Miss G. Thompson, 6 —2, 6 —3; Mrs Heald beat Mrs G. Rhodes, 6 —2, 6 0; Miss M. Macasscy beat Miss Mourn tier, 7 —5, 6—3; Miss Preedy beat Miss Tucker, 7—9, 6 —2, 6 —l; Miss Shortt beat Mrs King, 6 —l, 6—3.
MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES.
First round: G. Penlington and Reid boat F. H. Paul and Andrews, 10—8, 6—2; E. B. W. Smyth and M. L. Lampo boat C. M. Watt and F. Cornet, 6 —o, 6 —2. MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. First round: M. L. Lampo and Miss Myers beat V. Thwaites and Miss It. Gardner, 6—3, 6—l; L. Franco and Miss M. Tracy beat Eales and Miss Thompson, 6 —2, 6—4. BOYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. First round: R. Howe beat R. F. East, 6—o, 6 —3; C. McArthur beat E. A. Rousscll, 6—4, 6 —3; L. J. Hills beat M. Mitchell, 4—6, 6—l, 6 —3; Cope beat Searle, 6 —3, 6—l. BOYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. First round: McArthur and C. E. Malfroy beat White and Rainbow, 6 —l, 6 —o; Mitchell and Pringle beat Evans and East, 6 —o, 6 —3. GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. First round : Miss N. Bell beat Miss N. G. Wheeler, 6—o, 6—2; Miss E. Itoss beat Miss C. Alacassey, 6 —2, 6—3; Miss Quirk beat Miss Walsh* 6—l, 6—2. Second round: Miss D. Howe beat Miss Wheeler, 6 —o, 6 —l; Miss N. Bell beat Miss Quirk, 6 —5, 6 —3; Miss Z. Castle beat Miss itoss, 6—3, 6—4. WAIRARAPA TOURNAMENT. Dr. Hooper, of Palmerston North, who is competing in the AVairarapa tennis championships -at Masterton, in the second round of the men’s singles beat McLeod 6 —o, 6 —2. With F. Martin in the championship doubles he figured in another win, over Person and Williams, 6 —o, 6 —l, and also had successes in the handicaps.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 45, 22 January 1926, Page 11
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