Whangarei v Dargaville At Tennis

Northern Advocate, 20 March 1939, Page 2

Whangarei v Dargaville At Tennis

In a tennis match played at the Whangarei courts yesterday. the Whangarei club defeated Dargaville by 47 sets to 7; 399 games to 233. Although badly beaten the visitors had thoroughly enjoyed the match which had been productive of keen and interesting tennis, said Mr S. C. Gould, the president of the Dargaville Club.

The day, he said, had been arranged by Mr C. Reilly of the Whangarei Club to whom the thanks ot all were due, as they were to the Whangarei ladies for their abounding hospitality. The Whangarei president, Mr Les Dyer, replying, agreed with Mr Gould that further matches of a similar nature would Ire of great benefit to the game A return match would be played at Dargaville on Sunday week. Results, with Whangarei players mentioned first, are.— Ladies’ singles: Miss Hemus beat Mrs Bartley. 9—2; Miss Griffin beat Mrs Lawson, 9 —B; Miss Hall beat Miss Grant, 9—6; Miss Prebble beat Miss Bellingham, 9—4; Miss Hawkins beat Miss Linton, 9—2; Mrs Reilly lost to Miss Murdoch, 5—9; Mrs Oyer beat Miss McDermott, 9—4; Mrs Zohrab lost to Mrs Bentley, 6—9; Miss Sloane beat Miss A. Kemp, 9—4; Mrs H. Jones beat Miss F. Kemp, 9 —2; Miss Hope beat Miss Jackson, 9—o; Mrs Thompson beat Miss Wilkins, 9 —o. Men’s singles: Shaw beat Nash, 9—4; D. Wilson beat Gould, 9—4; T. Colthart beat Bartley, 9—5; Pickmere lost to Tetley, 6—9; Dyer lost to Bentley, 8— 9; Reilly beat Keely, 9—4; Jones beat Grant, 9—7; Neale beat Bassett, 94; Fisher beat Hemphill. 9—6: Wright beat Stanton, 9 —6; Tapper beat Coleman, 9—5. Combines; Shaw and Miss Hemus lost to Mr and Mrs Bartley, B—9;8 —9; D. Wilson -and Miss Griffin lost to Nash and Mrs Lawson, 7—9; Pickmere and Miss Hall beat Gould and Mrs Grant, 9—2; Boardm.an and Mrs Thompson beat Tetley and Miss Bellingham, 9—o; Dyer and Mrs Reilly beat Keeley and Miss Linton, 9—5; Colthart and Miss Hawkens beat Bentley and Mrs Bentley. 9—5; Reilly and Miss Prebble beat Grant and Miss Murdoch, 9—6; Neale and Miss Sloane beat Hemphill and Miss McDermott, 9—3; Jones and Mrs Zohrab lost to Bassett .and Miss A. iemp, 7—9; Wright ,and Mrs Jones beat Stanton and Miss Kemp, 9—2; Tapper and Mrs Dyer beat Coleman and Miss Wilkins, 9—3; K. Wilson and Miss Hope beat Newman and Miss Jackson, 9—4, Ladies’ doubles:' Misses Hemus .and , Griffin beat Mrs Bartley and Mrs Grant, 9 —6; Mrs Thompson and Miss Hall beat Mrs Lawson and Miss Wilkins, 9—3; Miss Prebble and Miss Hawkins beat Misses Bellingham .and Linton, 9 —2; Mrs Reilly and Mrs Dyer beat Mrs Bentley and Miss McDermott, 9—2; Mrs Zohrab and Miss Sloane beat Misses Murdoch and Kemp, 9 —4; Mrs Jones and Miss , Hope beat Misses Kemp and Jackson. 9—6.

Men’s doubles; Pick mere and Shaw beat Nash and G*ould, 9 —7; Dyer and D. Wilson beat Bartley and Tetley, 9 —6; Mullins and Reilly beat Keely and Bentley, 9 —6; Neale and K. Wilson beat Grant and Coleman, 9 —3; Wright and Tapper beat Bassett and Stanton, 9 —7; Jones and Preeble beat Hemphill and Grant, 9—3.