"NOVEL" MATCH
WRITERS PLAY TENNIS LONDON, 4th October. For a wager, the famous writers, 11. G. Wells, Arnold Bennett, and A. 0. Gardiner, |)layed a lawn tennis match. The challenger was Gardiner, who said lie would heal. Wells and Bennett at singles in successive sets. His last opponent was Bennett, with Wells acting as umpire and sometimes us Lullboy. It was a strenuous contest, Bennett, wearing a pullover and white funnels, and with a half-smoked cigarette between, his lips, winning, 7—5. Gardiner was not given a breather. Wells immediately took off his coat, and rolled Up his sleeves. He plays left-handed, and a bad attack of donblefaulting proved his undoing, Gardiner winning, 6—2.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 October 1928, Page 2
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