BRITISH TENNIS TEAM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20098, 8 November 1928, Page 12

BRITISH TENNIS TEAM.

MATCHES AT ROTORUA. TREAT FOR THE SPECTATORS. [ii \* XEI'.KO It A PH. —OWN COR RESPONDENT. ] KOTO RITA, AVed nesrl ay. The British tenuis players who arrived in Botorua yesterday played an exhibition game on the courts at King George V, Hospital, for the benefit of the patients. To-day tliev played matches against Maori representatives, E. and M. llowell, I'. 11. Jones and T. \Y. Turei. A large crowd watched the various games, which resulted: — Singles—li. W. Austin beat P. 11. .Jones. 6 —o. 6 —2; J. C Gregory beat K. Ifowell, 6—2, 6—2; G. Collins beat P. Howell, 6 —l, 6—l; E. Higgs beat L'. \Y. Turei, 6—l, 6—l. Doubles.—Gregory and Austin beat Jones and E. Howell, 6—2, 6- 2: (dibits and Higgs beat P. Howell and iurei, 6-0, 6—l. In a matc h against Dr. Laurenson and Dr. Gray, Gregory and Austin won 6—o. 6—2. Collins and Higgs defeated two Botorua plavers, X. Smith and Thompson. 6—l. 6-0. '

An exhibition match, Iliirgs and Collins v. Gregory and Austin, was much appreciated bv the onlookers. The variety ol strokes was a revelation to the spectators.