LAWN TENNIS.
MANAWATU COMPETITIONS. MID-WEEK SERIES BEGIN. The Manaivatu Lawn Tennis Association’s mid-week competitions commenced yesterday afternoon under exceptionally favourable conditions. MANAWATU v. PALMERSTON NORTH. Palmerston North played Manawatu at the latter’s courts, winning by 16 sets to 0 and 134 games to 62. Detailed results are as follow, the Manawatu players being mentioned first in each instance : Men’s singles. —R. Elliott lost to R. Radford, 7—9; E. Nuttall lost to R. Hill, 5—9; W. Smillie lost to W. Duckworth, 6—9; L. Sweetman lost to A. Graham, 4—9. Ladies’ singles.—Miss M. Stubbs lost to Miss £oung, I—7;1 —7; Miss J. Christie lost to Mrs Yates, I—7;1 —7; Miss R. Burrell lost to Miss Landers, 6 —Bj Miss B. Stevens lost to Miss Flannagan, o—7.0 —7. Men’s doubles.—Elliott and ■ Nuttall lost to Radford and Hill, 2 —9: Smillie and Sweetman lost to Duckworth and Graham, 4 —9. Ladies’ doubles. —Misses Stubbs and Christie lost to Miss Young and Mrs Yates, I—7; Misses Burrell and Stevens lost to Misses Landers and Flannagan, 4—7. Mixed doubles. —Elliott and Miss Stubbs lost to Radford and Miss Young, 6—9; Nuttall and Miss Christie lost to Hill and Mrs Yates, 5—9; Smillie and Miss Burrell lost to Duckworth and Miss Landers, 2 —9 ; Sweetman and Miss Stevens lost to Graham and Miss Flannagan, B—lo. PALMERSTON NORTH B v. HOKO- - Playing on their home courts, Palmerston North B beat Hokowhitu by 12 sets to 4 and 125 games to 81. Detailed results are as follow, the Palmerston North players being mentioned first in each instance: Men’s singles. —G. Beattie beat K. O’Halloran, 9 —l; P. R. Scoble beat W. Robson, 9 —l; A. E. Blackbourne beat Allison, 9 —4; Dr. Yeates beat Berkham, 10—8. Ladies’ singles.—Mrs Fisher lost to Miss J. Louisson, I—7;1 —7; Miss G. A. Blundell beat Miss E. Quigan, 7—3; Mrs A- McKegg beat Miss H. Tarr, 7—5; Miss L. Robertson beat Miss R. Holmes, 7—2. Men’s doubles. —Blackbourne and Scoble beat Berkham and Allison, 9 —3; Beattie and Dr. Yeates beat Robson and O’Halloran, 9—5. Ladies’ doubles.—Mrs Fisher and Miss Blundell lost to Misses Lonisson and Tarr, 8—10; Mrs McKegg and Miss Robertson beat Misses Quigan and Holmes, 7 —5. Mixed doubles.—Beattie _ and Mrs Fisher beat Robson and Miss larr, 9—6; Blackbourne and Miss Blundell lost to O’Halloran and Miss Louisson, 4 —9; Scoble and Mrs McKegg beat Allison and Miss Quigan, 9 Dr. Yeates and Miss Robertson lost to Berkham and Miss Holmes, 10— TAKARO A v. TAKARO B. The Takaro A team defeated the B
team by 15 sets to 1 and 135 games to 67. In the following detailed scores the A team players are mentioned first in each instance :
Men’s singles.—Tapp beat Bovis, 9—3; McMurray beat Anthony, 12— 10; M. Smith beat Burke, 9—7; Cooksley beat Little, 9 —5. Women’s singles.—Miss King beat Mrs B. Smith, 7—2; Mrs Heald beat Miss Sowerby, 7—l; Miss Bovis beat Miss D. Smith, 7—4; Miss McCulloch beat Miss Ray, 7 —l. Men’s doubles.—Tapp and McMurray beat Bovis and Anthony, 9—3; Smith and Cooksley beat Burke and Little, 9 —4. Women’s doubles.—Miss King 'and Mrs Heald beat Mrs Smith and Miss Sowerby, 7—l; Miss Bovis and Miss McCulloch beat Miss Smith and Miss Ray, B—6.
Mixed doubles—Tapp and Miss King beat Bovis and Mrs Smith 9—4 • McMurray and Mrs Heald lost to Anthony and Miss Sowerby B—lo- - and Miss Bovis beat Burke and Miss Ray, 9-6; Cooksley and Miss McCulloch beat Little and Miss Smith, 9—l.
WIN BY DEFAULT. PaWatua were to have played West End, but the latter team won by default.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 305, 22 November 1934, Page 12
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599LAWN TENNIS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 305, 22 November 1934, Page 12
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