LAWN TENNIS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 April 1928, Page 2

LAWN TENNIS

NELSON CLUE TOURNAMENT

FURTHER RESULTS Tiie 3s pi son Lawn Tennis Club’s tournament was continued yesterday' afternoon. Notwithstanding lhe dampness of the courts some very hard - foil all? sets were seen, especially in the linai of the men's singles championship between J). France (Wellington) ami C;. Knight (Nelson): and in the linai of the men's championship doubles between Townsend and Fee (Nelson) and Prance and d. Nightingale. The tournament, weather permitting. will be concluded on Saturday aitmnoou. play commencing at i o clock. Further results are:— LADIES' HANDICAP SINGLES Mrs McGregor bent. Mrs Davis 50-40. Miss Wilkins heat Miss Oldham .>O-40. .?■ - • - " MEN’S HANDICAP DOCLLES Knight and Knight heat McGregor and Simp-on h\ default. Hume and Nightingale beat Hodgson and Snodgrass (ill-48. LADIES' HANDICAP DOIT.LES Airs Morrow and Miss Low beat Airs Loti; and .Miss Hair bU-47. COM LINED H ANDICAP DOUBLES

Townsend and Miss Trussing Maunsrll mill Mrs (bailies 60-53. Canniiiuidii ami Miss Si. John bent Mabin ami Mb- Halts tiO-.'iQ. imd Mrs Hunt boat Hume and -Mrs Morrow by default. MeUregor and Mrs McGregor beat l’ul'c and Mrs Mel.men by default. ‘MEM'S CHAMPIOXSIJir SINGLES Era nee b li. Xig:) l tug; *<-0. France b Tmvn -ci: : b;. de:. "It. Townsend b Snodgrass ■ 0. ti-1. S. Knight b Mollr-gor (i-l. (i-1. G. Knight boat Dee by default. Final: Kro (Wellington) beat G. Knight t'i-4.

MFIX'S CIIAMPfOXSIIIP DOrTST.ES

France :ind .1. Xijrlitinjiali; b 11. Nightingale and Hume by default. Final: Fra nee and .1. Nightingale beat Townsend and Doe ti-2. fi-1.

COMBINED CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES

arid 31 is« St. .lolin boat 3Tiss; Wilkin? and' H. 3 by default. Hudj’soit tind 3lrs Kout be:U jk-si and Miss Fear by default. Mcii'.rogor and Mrs Mc< !reg«..r boat Dec and Miss 3. Hunt ‘.l-7. 7-5. Townsend

t!nd Mis? Pnissiii'j bent • J'ranee ami J.ii'o .vlu: row 'iv clelanli.

MEN'S HANDICAP SIXGLEB

G. Knight Lnar Dowgrav liO-.'hi. }[■?- Gvogoi' beat .lolmstoli bit-a 2.

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(By Telegraph.—Press Assoi-kaion)

CBRISTCBURCtI. This Dr.y

In tilt' S i :li Isiariil ;iT!i:is championships. in the in'-n’s singles Ff-mi-firial Malfrov beat. Patterson 0-4, G-I.

la the men’s doubles semi-final Sampler and Wilson h< .d Seay arid Angus £ i, 5-7, 0-1.